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Arnold Johnson
Actor
Died April 10, 2000 (78 years)
Arnold Herbert Johnson was an American actor who played the lead role in the film Putney Swope (1969); in the film, his voice was dubbed by Robert Downey, Sr. because Johnson could never remember his lines. Johnson appeared in Shaft as Cul, a friend of John Shaft and the owner of a shoeshine parlor. He also played a role in the film My Demon Lover (1987) and had roles in Rocky (1976) and Menace II Society (1993), as Thomas, the religious Christian grandfather of the lead character Caine.
Filmography
| 2002 | 15 to Life · as Cast |
| 1996 | Buddies (TV Series) · as Uncle Albert |
| 1993 | Menace II Society · as Grandpapa |
| 1993 | Rio Diablo · as Abner |
| 1991 | Homefront (TV Series) · as Jeb Pulliam |
| 1991 | Roc (TV Series) · as Old Barber |
| 1991 | The Five Heartbeats · as Mr. Matthews |
| 1991 | Davis Rules (TV Series) · as Jerry |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) · as Sam |
| 1990 | Ferris Bueller (TV Series) · as Grandpa |
| 1989 | Family Matters (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Guns of Paradise (TV Series) · as Prospector |
| 1988 | Sunset · as George |
| 1988 | The Seventh Sign · as Janitor |
| 1987 | Weeds · as Inmate |
| 1987 | My Demon Lover · as Fixer |
| 1986 | Amazing Stories · as Town Sage |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) · as Town Sage |
| 1984 | Oh, God! You Devil · as Preacher |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Racing with the Moon · as Tattoo Artist |
| 1984 | Riptide (1984) (TV Series) · as Wilfred Tolley |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Nestor |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash · as Bum |
| 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway · as Bank Bum |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) |
| 1980 | On the Nickel · as Cast |
| 1980 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1978 | The White Shadow (TV Series) · as Mickey |
| 1978 | American Hot Wax · as Arnold - Musician In Bar |
| 1977 | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich · as Patient |
| 1977 | The Richard Pryor Show (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1977 | The Hostage Heart · as Jimmy Baggs |
| 1977 | The Richard Pryor Special? · as Old Man |
| 1976 | Rocky · as Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1976 | Pipe Dreams · as Johnny Monday |
| 1975 | Medical Story (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Good Times (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Shaft · as Cul |
| 1969 | Putney Swope · as Putney Swope |