Jimmie Walker is an American Actor & Comedian. Jimmie Walker Net Worth according to the 2022 updates is around $0.8 Million. Explore more about Jimmie Walker‘s earning, income, salary, career and other details. His
Jimmie Walker Full name James Carter Walker. His nick Name was Jimmie Walker. Jimmie Walker now 75 Years old .
Jimmie Walker Father James Sr. and his Mother Lorena.
He was born in 25 June 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, United states of america.
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Walker began his stand-up comedy career in 1969, and after appearing on the “Jack Paar Show” and “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In,” the casting director for “Good Times” spotted Jimmie and cast him as James “J.J.” Evans Jr. The series aired 133 episodes over six seasons and earned Walker two Golden Globe nominations. The catchphrase “Dy-no-mite!,” which is credited to John Rich, one of the show’s directors, was featured in the TV Land special “The 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catch Phrases.” While starring on “Good Times,” Jimmie released the stand-up comedy album “Dyn-o-mite” (1975). Walker’s co-stars John Amos and Esther Rolle became frustrated with the direction the show went in due to J.J.’s popularity, with Rolle stating, “He’s 18 and he doesn’t work. He can’t read or write.
In 1975, Walker appeared in the Sidney Poitier-directed film “Let’s Do It Again,” followed by 1978s “Rabbit Test” and 1979’s “The Concorde … Airport ’79.” Walker co-starred with James Earl Jones and Debbie Allen in the 1977 television film “The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened,” and that year, he guest-starred on “The Love Boat” for the first time; he would go on to appear in five more episodes of the series. In 1980, Jimmie appeared in the parody film “Airplane!,” which grossed $171 million at the box office, and the TV movie “Murder Can Hurt You,” then he guest-starred on “Fantasy Island” (1982) and “Cagney & Lacey” (1983). He starred as Sgt. Val Valentine on the ABC sitcom “At Ease” in 1983,
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