title: Arnold Johnson (actor)
text: Arnold Herbert 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., allegedly because Johnson could never remember his lines. Johnson appeared in Shaft (1971) as Cul, a friend of John Shaft and the owner of a shoeshine parlor. He also played a role in the film My Demon Lover (1987) and had roles 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, 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 (1969) as Putney
  Shaft (1971) as Cul
  Pipe Dreams (1976) as Johnny Monday
  Rocky (1976) as Apollo's lawyer
  A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich (1978) as Patient
  American Hot Wax (1978) as Arnold, Musician in Bar
  On the Nickel (1980)
  Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) as Bank Bum
  Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981) as Bum
  Racing with the Moon (1984) as Tattoo Artist
  Oh, God! You Devil (1984) as Preacher
  My Demon Lover (1987) as Fixer
  Weeds (1987) as Inmate
  The Seventh Sign (1988) as Janitor
  Sunset (1988) as George
  Piramiddo no kanata ni: White Lion densetsu (1989)
  The Five Heartbeats (1991) as Mr. Matthews
  Menace II Society (1993) as Thomas Lawson
  
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  1921 births
  2000 deaths
  Male actors from Brooklyn
  African-American male actors
  American male film actors
  American male television actors
  20th-century American male actors
  20th-century African-American people