Jimmie j j walker

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Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. Play trailer Sweet Lorraine He symbolized the 70s American dream of success -- the former kid from the ghetto who rose to wisecracking TV superstardom. While in his element as the broadly strutting, gleamy-toothed J.

Jimmie j j walker

A flamboyant politician, he was a liberal Democrat and part of the powerful Tammany Hall machine. He was forced to resign during a corruption scandal. Walker was the son of Irish-born William H. Walker — , a carpenter and lumberyard owner who was very active in local politics as a Democratic assemblyman and alderman from Greenwich Village , belying certain accounts of Walker's childhood that stated he grew up in poverty. Walker was not the best student and dropped out of college, eventually graduating from New York Law School in Walker's father wanted him to become a lawyer and politician, but he decided that he would rather write songs and be involved in the music industry. He was a member of the New York State Senate from to , sitting in the th , th , th , st all four 13th D. In the Senate he strongly opposed Prohibition. During his tenure as Temporary President of the State Senate, Walker was often seen on the floor accompanied by reformist activist, future urban planner, and key Al Smith ally Robert Moses. Moses, without an official position and therefore forced to kneel beside Walker's desk rather than sit in a chair, acted sort of as an advisor for Walker.

The Larry Sanders Show. Following the series' demise, however, reality again checked in. Go to your list.

James Carter Walker Jr. He portrayed James Evans Jr. While on the show, Walker's character used the catchphrase "Dyn-O-Mite! Walker continues to tour the country with his stand-up comedy routine. Walker was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in the Bronx.

Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. James Carter Walker. Mini Bio. He symbolized the 70s American dream of success -- the former kid from the ghetto who rose to wisecracking TV superstardom.

Jimmie j j walker

Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. Play trailer Sweet Lorraine He symbolized the 70s American dream of success -- the former kid from the ghetto who rose to wisecracking TV superstardom. While in his element as the broadly strutting, gleamy-toothed J. Evans of the popular urban-styled sitcom Good Times , Jimmie Walker lived the extremely good life. Following the series' demise, however, reality again checked in. Still and all, he has not self-destructed as others before him have and continues to enjoy a comedy career now approaching four decades. His ambitions were not originally to entertain.

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Learn more about contributing. Preceded by Jacob Koenig. Nickname J. What Goes Around Comes Around. Airport ' Walker was a clothes horse : his valet packed 43 suits for his trip to Europe in August Following the series' demise, however, reality again checked in. It was one of the causes that led to Tammany Hall's pulling its support for Walker. Theodore Roosevelt High School. During Good Times ' —75 season , Walker was 26 years old, though his character was much younger.

James Carter Walker Jr. He portrayed James Evans Jr. While on the show, Walker's character used the catchphrase "Dyn-O-Mite!

Comedy directed by Boaz Davidson about a talking chimpanzee. Space Ghost Coast to Coast. George Lopez. The Concorde View contact info at IMDbPro. November 18, aged 65 New York City, U. Chasing Robert 4. Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. For other people named Jimmy Walker, see Jimmy Walker. He provided Walker with arguments and facts to be used against Republican adversaries on issues that, according to author Robert Caro , "Walker had no patience to master. Walker was not the best student and dropped out of college, eventually graduating from New York Law School in