Please answer the following question: What key details about johnny brown -lrb- actor -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: john '' johnny '' brown -lrb- born june 11 , 1937 -rrb- is an american actor and singer . brown is a nightclub and stage performer as well as a comic actor , and a regular cast member of the television series '' laugh-in '' . brown is mostly remembered for his chubby physique , wide ingratiating smile , mobile facial expressions , and easy pleasant joking style . brown is most famous , however , for his role as building superintendent '' nathan bookman '' on the 1970s cbs sitcom , '' good times '' . bookman was often the brunt of fat jokes via the show 's main character '' j. j. evans '' -lrb- jimmie walker -rrb- . brown portrayed bookman until the series was cancelled in 1979 . other television shows brown has appeared on include '' flip wilson show '' , '' the jeffersons '' , '' family matters '' , '' the jamie foxx show '' and '' martin '' . brown also used to go to school with walter dean myers when he lived in harlem as a boy . brown is also the father of actress sharon brown , who was born in 1962 . brown had earlier established himself in the broadway musical golden boy , starring sammy davis , jr. ; his supporting role was in the part of ronnie and was featured as the lead voice on the show stopping rouser , '' do n't forget 127th street . '' in the early 1970s , brown starred in a television commercial for the write brothers pen , a short-lived product of the papermate pen company . the commercial consisted of an elaborate musical number , '' write on , brothers , write on '' , led by brown as a schoolteacher who encourages his chorus line of students to use this pen for their school assignments . in 1997 , brown contributed his voice to the introduction of the compilation album '' comedy stew : the best of redd foxx '' . in the introduction , brown tells of how norman lear had considered brown to play the role of lamont in '' sanford and son '' , but was unavailable to do so because of his prior commitment to '' laugh-in '' , leading lear to give the role to demond wilson instead .
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- other names is john brown- years active is 1966 & ndash ; 2013- caption is brown on '' laugh-in '' in 1971 .- birth date is 11 june 1937- name is johnny brown- image is johnny brown laugh-in 1971.jpg- birth place is st. petersburg , florida , u.s.- occupation is actor , singer