Arnold Johnson (actor)
Arnold Herbert Johnson was an American actor who played the lead role in the film Putney Swope. The film was directed by Robert Downey Sr. Johnson appeared in Shaft as Cul, a friend of John Shaft and the owner of a shoeshine parlor. He also had roles in Rocky and Menace II Society, as Thomas, the religious Christian grandfather of the lead character Caine.
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, titled "George Finds a Father". He also guest-starred as Hubert Johnson on Good Times in the episode titled "A Place to Die".
Johnson died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 78.
Filmography
- Putney Swope as Putney
- Shaft as Cul
- Pipe Dreams as Johnny Monday
- Rocky as Apollo's lawyer
- A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich as Patient
- American Hot Wax as Arnold, Musician in Bar
- On the Nickel
- Honky Tonk Freeway as Bank Bum
- Chu Chu and the Philly Flash as Bum
- Racing with the Moon as Tattoo Artist
- Oh, God! You Devil as Preacher
- My Demon Lover as Fixer
- Weeds as Inmate
- The Seventh Sign as Janitor
- Sunset as George
- Piramiddo no Kanata ni: White Lion Densetsu
- Family Matters as Fletcher Thomas
- The Five Heartbeats as Mr. Matthews
- Menace II Society as Thomas Lawson