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Arnold Johnson is a Actor American born on 15 november 1921 at Brooklyn (USA)
Arnold Johnson (November 15, 1921—April 10, 2000) 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. He also played a role in the film My Demon Lover (1987) and had minor speaking parts in Rocky (1976) and Menace II Society (1993), as Thomas, the religious Christian grandfather of the lead character Caine (played by Tyrin Turner).
Examples of his television work include recurring roles as George "Hutch" Hutton, in Sanford and Son, and as Fletcher, Mother Winslow's second husband, on the sitcom Family Matters. He guest starred as Uncle Buddy in a Christmas episode of The Jeffersons, George Finds a Father.
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Birth name Arnold Herbert Johnson
Nationality USA
Birth 15 november 1921 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 10 april 2000 (at 78 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 15 november 1921 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 10 april 2000 (at 78 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Examples of his television work include recurring roles as George "Hutch" Hutton, in Sanford and Son, and as Fletcher, Mother Winslow's second husband, on the sitcom Family Matters. He guest starred as Uncle Buddy in a Christmas episode of The Jeffersons, George Finds a Father.
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Menace II Society (1993)
, 1h37Directed by Albert et Allen Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Larenz Tate, Tyrin Turner, Jada Pinkett Smith, Samuel L. Jackson, Glenn Plummer, Clifton Powell
Roles Grandpapa
Rating74%
Kaydee "Caine" Lawson is a child raised in South Central Los Angeles. His father was a dope dealer who was killed in a drug deal when Caine was ten and his mother was a heroin addict. As a result he went to go live with his grandparents. Caine grows up to become a drug dealer himself along with his friends.
Sunset (1988)
, 1h43Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Buddy films
Actors Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway, Kathleen Denise Quinlan, M. Emmet Walsh
Rating57%
In Hollywood in the late 1920s during the waning days of the industry's transition to sound film, producer and studio head Alfie Alperin wants to produce a great Western movie about Wyatt Earp. Tom Mix is cast as the great United States Marshal and the real Earp is on set as a technical adviser. But while Earp and Mix are involved in their movie adventure, they also get caught up in a real case of murder, prostitution, and corruption. Together they try to straighten out the problems of the missing son of Earp's former girlfriend, Christina. She is now the wife of studio boss Alfie Alperin and he isn't amused by Earp's investigations. Alfie's sister Victoria Alperin is dating a notorious mobster and all three were at the scene of the murder of madam Candice Gerard. Soon Earp unveils the true sadistic character of Alfie Alperin. Mix and Earp get to fight a real gunfight at a real isolated ranch, with Mix telling Earp "I wish there was a camera here" before drawing a real gun.
The Seventh Sign (1988)
, 1h37Directed by Carl Schultz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Pregnancy films, Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films set in the future, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jürgen Prochnow, Peter Friedman, John Heard, John Taylor
Roles Janitor
Rating58%
Signs of the apocalypse are appearing, along with a mysterious wanderer. Father Lucci (Peter Friedman) is the Vatican official investigating them. He dismisses the occurrences as natural, but Abby Quinn (Demi Moore) believes that they are real.
My Demon Lover (1987)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Actors Scott Valentine, Robert Trebor, Gina Gallego, Alan Fudge, Calvert DeForest, Arnold Johnson
Roles Fixer
Rating46%
A homeless street musician becomes a demon when sexually aroused.
Racing with the Moon (1984)
, 1h48Directed by Richard Benjamin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films
Actors Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage, John Karlen, Rutanya Alda, Max Showalter
Roles Tattoo Artist
Rating65%
The film is set in 1942California, in and around Mendocino. Penn plays Henry 'Hopper' Nash, a small town boy who has been drafted into the U.S. Marine Corps and is about to serve overseas. He is close friends with Nicky (Cage), who is also about to be deployed. They have approximately six weeks before shipping out; the film portrays their remaining time as civilians.
Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
, 1h37Directed by Paul Bogart
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy
Actors George Burns, Ted Wass, Ron Silver, Roxanne Hart, Eugene Roche, Janet Brandt
Roles Preacher
Rating54%
Burns plays the dual roles of both God and the Devil. The Devil — Harry O. Tophet — is a lively character, taking pleasure in petty acts of PG-rated malice, such as making a waiter fall into a pool.
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981)
, 1h32Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Alan Arkin, Carol Burnett, Jack Warden, Danny Aiello, Danny Glover, Vincent Schiavelli
Roles Bum
Rating42%
Once a big-league baseball player known as the Philly Flash, he is now broke and a drunk, reduced to a life on the street, washing car windshields for spare change or trying to sell stolen wristwatches to passersby.
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
, 1h48Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Beverly D'Angelo, Hume Cronyn, David Rasche, Jessica Tandy, Howard Hesseman, Teri Garr
Roles Bank Bum
Rating52%
In a small Florida tourist town named Ticlaw, the Mayor/Preacher Kirby T. Calo (William Devane) also operates a hotel and tiny wildlife safari park. The town's major draw is a water-skiing elephant named Bubbles.
Rocky (1976)
, 1h59Directed by John G. Avildsen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Tony Burton
Roles Spectator (uncredited)
Rating80%
Rocky "The Italian Stallion" Balboa is a hard-living, but failing prize fighter from an Italian neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Between fights, he works as an enforcer for loan shark Anthony Gazzo, and is regarded by many of his neighbors as a bum. The World Heavyweight Champion, Apollo Creed, announces plans to hold a match in Philadelphia during the upcoming United States Bicentennial. However, he is informed five weeks from the fight date, that his scheduled opponent, Mac Lee Green, is unable to compete due to an injured hand. With all other potential replacements booked up or otherwise unavailable, Creed decides to spice things up and give a local contender a chance to face him. He settles on Rocky, believing that he will be an easy challenge.
Pipe Dreams (1976)
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gladys Knight, Bruce French, Sally Kirkland, Wayne Tippit, Altovise Davis, Redmond Gleeson
Roles Johnny Monday
Rating53%
Shaft (1971)
, 1h40Directed by Gordon Parks
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Christopher St. John, Charles Cioffi, Antonio Fargas, Lawrence Pressman
Roles Cul
Rating65%
John Shaft, a private detective, is informed that some gangsters are looking for him. Police Lt. Vic Androzzi meets Shaft and unsuccessfully tries to get information from him on the two gangsters. After Androzzi leaves, Shaft spots one of the men waiting for him in his office building. He commandeers the first gangster, forcing him into his office where the second gangster is waiting. After a quick fight, Shaft dodges one of them who goes out the window, while the other surrenders and reveals to him that Bumpy Jonas, the leader of a Harlem-based organized crime family, wanted Shaft brought uptown to Harlem for a meeting.
Putney Swope (1969)
, 1h24Directed by Robert Downey Sr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Arnold Johnson, Antonio Fargas, Allen Garfield, Allan Arbus, Robert Downey Sr., Shelley Plimpton
Roles Putney Swope
Rating67%
Putney Swope, the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm, is accidentally put in charge after the unexpected death of the chairman of the board: each board member actually believed that he, himself, should be elected chairman, but the bylaws of the corporation prohibit voting for oneself, so each individual member voted his secret ballot for the person that no one else would vote for: Putney Swope.