Jimmie Walker Net Worth

Jimmie Walker's Quotes

• I'm no actor. I'm a comic who lucked into a good thing.
• I think the black actor has a tough time being funny from the standpoint of everything being looked upon as 'coonish'.
• Believe me when I tell you I am lucky to be able to get a laugh here and there in America, And that's a constant fight. Showbiz, I will tell you, is like climbing a greasy pole. Sometimes you get to the top and slide right back down again.
• [on Esther Rolle and John Amos who played his parents on Good Times (1974)] "I've been speaking to you for two or three minutes. That's longer than I ever talked to them. I wasn't angry at them. We just didn't talk."

Interesting Facts about Jimmie Walker

1. Was 26 years old when he started playing teenager J.J. Evans on Good Times (1974).
2. [On the casting of Demond Wilson as Lamont on Sanford and Son (1972)] "It's hard to find a DULL Black man.".
3. His character, J.J. Evans, in the 90's, was the inspiration for many characters on shows such as The Wayne Bros, with the character, Marlon Williams.
4. As of 2017, he has never been married nor had any children. Many internet sites claim he has been married since 1980 to former actress Jere Fields only due to their convincing appearances together on Tattletales (1974). They were never an actual couple. In 2017, Walker's private life made headlines when Norman Lear told an interviewer that Jimmie was dating political commentator Ann Coulter. However, Coulter later responded and clarified that they were only friends.
5. He revealed that he did not have a very good relationship with Esther Rolle on Good Times (1974). During the show's run, Rolle was very critical of the J.J. Evans character believing that he was a poor role model to the black community. She even left the series for a season in a dispute over the character.
6. Best friend of BernNadette Stanis.
7. Friends with Cuba Gooding and David Letterman.