Arnold Johnson

Active - 1969 - 2022  |   Birth - Nov 15, 1921  |   Death - Apr 10, 2000  |   Genres - Drama, Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Fantasy | Subgenres - Silent Feature, Coming-Of-Age Fiction, Apocalyptic Film, Biographical Film, Blaxploitation Film

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Arnold Herbert Johnson 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. because Johnson could never remember his lines. Johnson appeared in Shaft 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.

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