Arnold Johnson

Arnold Johnson

Born: November 15, 1921
Died: April 10, 2000

Movies for Arnold Johnson...

Menace II Society
Title: Menace II Society
Character: Grandpapa
Released: May 26, 1993
Type: Movie
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
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Rio Diablo
Title: Rio Diablo
Character: Abner
Released: February 28, 1993
Type: Movie
Kenny Roger's leaves his good-guy image behind as the rugged, gutsy Quentin Leach, a bounty hunter with a quick temper and a trigger finger to match. If you're an outlaw with a price on your head, Leach is the last man you'll want to meet. Travis Tritt, in an impressive acting debut, stars as Benjamin Tabor, a man out for blood after a gang of murderous bank robbers flee with his beautiful young bride. Together, Tabor and Leach take to the Trail with guns blazing in search of the same outlaws. And they're not going to stop until they find them - dead or alive.
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Title: Roc
Character: Old Barber
Released: August 25, 1991
Type: TV
Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.
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Title: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Character: Sam
Released: September 10, 1990
Type: TV
Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley — and their sophisticated British butler, Geoffrey. Though Will’s antics and upbringing contrast greatly with the upper-class lifestyle of his extended relatives, he soon finds himself right at home as a loved part of the family.
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Title: Ferris Bueller
Character: Grandpa
Released: August 23, 1990
Type: TV
Ferris Bueller is an American sitcom based on the 1986 John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The show stars Charlie Schlatter in the title role. The series debuted on August 23, 1990, on NBC and was cancelled within its first season, a few months after its debut. The show was produced by Maysh Ltd Productions in association with Paramount Television. Hughes was not involved in the show's production, and asked that his name not be used by Paramount Television to promote it.
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Title: Family Matters
Released: September 22, 1989
Type: TV
A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers.
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White Lion
Title: White Lion
Character: Tsuwana
Released: September 6, 1988
Type: Movie
Maria travels from NYC to Egypt with her mother, Sarah, to research the legend of the White Lion. When entering a pyramid found in the distance, she meets a boy searching for his father.
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The Seventh Sign
Title: The Seventh Sign
Character: Janitor
Released: April 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Abby is a pregnant woman with a curious new boarder in the apartment over her garage. Turns out he's heaven-sent and is speeding along the Apocalypse by bloodying rivers, egging on plagues and following scripture word for word.
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My Demon Lover
Title: My Demon Lover
Character: Fixer
Released: April 24, 1987
Type: Movie
Denny has yet again been left by her thug boyfriend Chip. It seems as if she is doomed to be stuck with awful guys, this time she has to choose between nerdy Charles and the strange Kaz, who turns into a monster when sexually aroused.
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Amazing Stories
Title: Amazing Stories
Character: Town Sage
Released: July 10, 1986
Type: Movie
A feature film edited from three episodes of Amazing Stories (1985): The Mission, Mummy Daddy and Go to the Head of the Class.
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Title: Matlock
Released: March 3, 1986
Type: TV
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.
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Title: Amazing Stories
Character: town sage
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
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Title: Amazing Stories
Character: Johnny
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
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Title: Highway to Heaven
Released: September 19, 1984
Type: TV
A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.
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Racing with the Moon
Title: Racing with the Moon
Character: Tattoo Artist
Released: March 23, 1984
Type: Movie
In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be wealthy. Mischievous and irresponsible, Nicky gets into trouble which forces the other two to become involved, testing their relationship, as well as the friendship between the boys.
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Title: The Hitchhiker
Character: Nestor
Released: November 1, 1983
Type: TV
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
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Title: Simon & Simon
Released: November 24, 1981
Type: TV
Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two brothers who run a private detective agency together.
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Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Title: Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Character: Bum
Released: August 28, 1981
Type: Movie
Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances, but in the streets, for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day stolen government documents literally fall from the sky. They decide to return them to their legal owners, but instead of the expected reward money, all they get is a load of trouble.
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Honky Tonk Freeway
Title: Honky Tonk Freeway
Character: Bank Bum
Released: August 21, 1981
Type: Movie
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by its Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.
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Title: Hill Street Blues
Released: January 15, 1981
Type: TV
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Title: The Duke
Released: April 5, 1979
Type: TV
The Duke is an American mini series that aired shown on NBC from April 5 to May 18, 1979.
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Title: The White Shadow
Character: Mickey
Released: November 27, 1978
Type: TV
The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.
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The Hostage Heart
Title: The Hostage Heart
Character: Jimmy Baggs
Released: September 9, 1977
Type: Movie
When billionaire industrialist goes into a hospital for a heart operation, some people who claim to be revolutionaries enter the operating room and draw guns and holds the man and the entire surgical staff hostage. They then demand 10 million dollars. The administrator calls the police and the FBI. The police claim jurisdiction over the matter and the man in charge is intent on taking them even if some of the hostages get killed. Eventually they learn that some of the people in hospital are with them.
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The Richard Pryor Special?
Title: The Richard Pryor Special?
Character: Old Man
Released: May 5, 1977
Type: Movie
Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio, encountering various eccentrics. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada and others are taping their own segments.
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Rocky
Title: Rocky
Character: Spectator (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1976
Type: Movie
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
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Pipe Dreams
Title: Pipe Dreams
Character: Johnny Monday
Released: November 11, 1976
Type: Movie
A woman trails her estranged husband to the Alaskan pipeline in hope of averting their impending divorce.
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Title: The Jeffersons
Released: January 18, 1975
Type: TV
Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.
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Title: Good Times
Released: February 8, 1974
Type: TV
Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which is itself a spin-off of All in the Family along with The Jeffersons. The series is set in Chicago. The first two seasons were taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. In the fall of 1975, the show moved to Metromedia Square, where Norman Lear's own production company was housed.
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Title: Sanford and Son
Released: January 14, 1972
Type: TV
The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
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Shaft
Title: Shaft
Character: Cul
Released: June 25, 1971
Type: Movie
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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Putney Swope
Title: Putney Swope
Character: Putney Swope
Released: July 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.