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Arnold Johnson

American actor (1921-2000) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 78

Arnold Herbert Johnson was an American actor who played the lead role in the film Putney Swope (1969). The film was directed by Robert Downey Sr. Johnson appeared in Shaft (1971) as Cul, a friend of John Shaft and the owner of a shoeshine parlor.

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2000Died10 April 20001998Amazing Stories: The Movie IIIFilm, Town Sage1993Menace II SocietyFilm, GrandpapaRio DiabloFilm, 1993Abner1991Pacific StationSeries, Supply CopThe Five HeartbeatsFilm, 1991Mr. Matthews1990Ferris BuellerSeries, Grandpa1988SunsetFilm, George1987My Demon LoverFilm, Fixer1986MatlockSeries, Calvin StokesAmazing StoriesFilm, 1986Town Sage1985Amazing StoriesSeries, Town Sage1984Highway to HeavenSeriesRacing with the MoonFilm, 1984Tattoo Artist1981Hill Street BluesSeriesChu Chu and the Philly FlashFilm, 1981Bum1979The DukeSeries1978The White ShadowSeries, Mickey1977A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a SandwichFilm, Patient1976Pipe DreamsFilm, Johnny MondayRockyFilm, 1976Spectator (uncredited)1974Good TimesSeries1972Sanford and SonSeries1971ShaftFilm, Cul1969Putney SwopeFilm, Putney Swope1921Born15 November 1921

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  • Rocky 1976
  • Menace II Society 1993
  • The Five Heartbeats 1991
  • Shaft 1971
  • Racing with the Moon 1984

Filmography 19

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Television 17

About this person

He also had roles in Rocky (1976) and Menace II Society (1993), as Thomas, the religious Christian grandfather of the lead character Caine.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2000 · aged 78

In the same film or series as Arnold

Casey SanderAlso in Rio Diablo (1993)Mataichirō YamamotoAlso in White Lion (1988)Harold SylvesterAlso in A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1977)Barbara HowardAlso in Racing with the Moon (1984)Norma MillerAlso in The Richard Pryor Special? (1977)Richard DevonAlso in The Seventh Sign (1988)