Arnold Johnson

Actor Nov 15 (died age 78) 1969–1993 (24 year career)

6.6 avg rating

Highest Rated

Good Times

1974

8.0

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

1990 · as Sam

7.9

Roc

1991 · as Old Barber

7.8

Known For

Film

Rocky

Spectator (uncredited)

Film

Menace II Society

Grandpapa

Film

Shaft

Cul

Film

The Seventh Sign

Janitor

Film

The Five Heartbeats

Mr. Matthews

Film

Racing with the Moon

Tattoo Artist

Film

Putney Swope

Film

Sunset

George

Filmography

Acting (33)

Movies (17)

Menace II Society

as Grandpapa

Rio Diablo

as Abner

The Five Heartbeats

as Mr. Matthews

Sunset

as George

The Seventh Sign

as Janitor

White Lion

as Tsuwana

My Demon Lover

as Fixer

Amazing Stories

as Town Sage

Racing with the Moon

as Tattoo Artist

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

as Bum

Honky Tonk Freeway

as Bank Bum

The Richard Pryor Special?

1977

as Old Man

7.0

The Hostage Heart

1977

as Jimmy Baggs

Rocky

1976

as Spectator (uncredited)

7.8

Pipe Dreams

1976

as Johnny Monday

Shaft

as Cul

Putney Swope

as Putney Swope

Television (16)

Roc

as Old Barber

Pacific Station

as Supply Cop

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Sam

Ferris Bueller

as Grandpa

Family Matters

as Fletcher Thomas

Matlock

as Calvin Stokes

Amazing Stories

as Town Sage

Highway to Heaven

The Hitchhiker

as Nestor

Simon & Simon

Hill Street Blues

The Duke

The White Shadow

as Mickey

The Jeffersons

Good Times

Sanford and Son