Jimmie Walker

At 76 years old, Jimmie Walker has this physical status:

James Carter Walker Jr. (born June 25, 1947) is an American actor and comedian.

On the CBS television series Good Times, Walker is best known for portraying James Evans Jr. ("J.J."), Florida's oldest son, and James Evans Sr.

In 1975 and 1976, Walker was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor In A Television Series.

Although on the show, Walker's name was known for the catch, "Dy-no-mite!" He also used them in his mid-1970s TV commercial for a Panasonic brand of cassette and 8-track tape players.

He appeared in Let's Do It Again with John Amos and The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened with James Earl Jones.

Walker's comedic routine continues to tour the country.

Early life

Walker was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in The Bronx, New York. He attended Theodore Roosevelt High School in New York City. He continued his education and entered the field of radio engineering with WRVR, which is funded by a New York State funded program called SEEK (Search for Education, Assessment, and Knowledge). Walker, a young man, was a vendor at Yankee Stadium, beginning with the 1964 World Series.

Personal life and political views

Walker said he never married nor fathered children, but he has had many girlfriends, according to an appearance on The Wendy Williams Show on June 27, 2012. On July 11, 2012, Walker appeared on The O'Reilly Factor. He said he did not vote for Barack Obama in 2008 and that he would not vote for him in the 2012 election. Walker said in a CNN interview that he referred to himself politically as a "realist independent" and that he opposed affirmative action, saying that it had outlived its usefulness. He also stated that he opposed gay rights on moral grounds, but that its constitutionalization should be enforced, implying that it was not worth fighting against.

In his autobiography Dyn-O-Mite, Walker discussed his political convictions at length. Our Times, a Memoir. He referred to himself as a "logicist" who believes in "logic and common sense," and that holds moderate positions on certain topics.

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Career

Walker started full time with WRVR, the Riverside Church's radio station. Walker first performed as a stand-up comedian in 1969 and was later discovered by the casting director for Good Times after appearing on Rowan & Martin's Laugh In and on the Jack Paar Exhibition. During his Good Times fame, he released one stand-up comedy album: Dyn-o-mite on Buddah Records (5635). Walker was 26 years old during Good Times' 1974–75 season, though his character was much younger. On Good Times, actor John Amos portrayed Walker's father was actually eight years older than Walker.

"Dyn-o-mite" is Walker's favorite film, and producer/director John Rich is credited to his inventing "Dyn-o-mite." On every episode, Rich insisted that Walker say. Both Walker and executive producer Norman Lear were skeptical of the suggestion, but the word and Walker's character made them laugh out loud.

Walker did not get along with Esther Rolle, the show's producer, because she and Amos opposed Walker's increasingly buffoonish image and his fame, and Walker was bothered by their disdain. Amos (before Rolle) was dissatisfied with the performance, leaving Walker as the show's star. Walker was the only Good Times actor not to attend Rolle's funeral.

Later career

Walker was also a weekend presenter on contemporary R&B radio station KAGB 103.9 FM, which was licensed to Inglewood, California.

During the 1970s and early 1980s, Walker appeared on The Tonight Show and Match Game. He served on the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour from 1983 to 1984. During the 1990s Match Game and several game shows during the period of interest, he appeared on the 1990 revival of Match Game and other game shows.

Walker has appeared on Badge 373, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The Larry Sanders Show, Son of the Beach, The Drew Carey Show, The Fall Guy, Scrubs, Tom Morrow, Everybody Hates Chris, George Lopez, Chelsea Lately, and Lincoln Heights. He appeared in the films Rabbit Test (1978). The Concorde Airport, (1979) Airplane. (1980) Water (1985), Doin' Time (1985), The Guyver (1991), Monster Mash (1995) and Plump Fiction (1999).

Aside from guest appearances, he appeared in the short-lived television series At Ease in 1983 and Bustin' Loose in 1987.

Walker returned to his radio roots in the 1990s, hosting shows on WHIO, WOAI, WLS, and KKAR. He appeared on split release with Powerviolence band Spazz, which Spazz-owned Slap-a-ham records.

Walker made a cameo appearance in the film Big Money Rustlas in 2010. He appeared in a Syfy channel film called Super Shark in 2011.

Dyn-o-mite, Walker's autobiography, appeared in 2012. A Memoir of Good Times, Bad Times, and Our Times were published. Walker revealed the official version of Monty Goulet's iPhone app in 2012.

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