Does anyone remember Tony T. Johnson? Where is he now? He joined the cast during the show's last few seasons.

He's the one who was the adorable & cute, but nosey little boy & neighbor, Chris Wilson, who lived next door to Deacon Earnest Frye. He first appeared during a campout as the stowawy / crying little boy who was deathly afraid of mountain lions.

He would often come over, say hi to everyone, ask what they're talking about and then he would ask a nosey question and get into the family's personal affairs or make a smirky remark, causing an adult to pick him up and put him out on the front porch. Or after making the smart remark, he would quickly get up, bolt & run for the door and get out before he was picked up and put out the door!

He later went on during his early teenage years, to appear in several films such as Downtown with Forrest Whitaker, Theodore Rex with Whoopi Goldberg, The Arrival, where he played an alien and Shadow Zone.

Here are a few pics of him, The one to the extreme top left is what he looked like when he did the show. The one on the right is him with Charlie Sheen using a computer in The Arrival. The one on the bottom right is him also as a teenager;

Here are some more pics of Tony T. Johnson. Found these on Google.

Interesting question. Looks like he suffered the fate of many other child actors, they disappeared into college and the private sector for employment. I don't remember hearing about any other projects he did. I am not sure if he didn't get anymore roles or just simply became uninterested in continuing to act (some child actors leave the business after their series has ended).

Interesting question. Looks like he suffered the fate of many other child actors, they disappeared into college and the private sector for employment. I don't remember hearing about any other projects he did. I am not sure if he didn't get anymore roles or just simply became uninterested in continuing to act (some child actors leave the business after their series has ended).




Yeah, that's sad!

He's a good actor, and he did those parts well. I just hope that he's alright and is still around.

But you're right, he probably didn't want to stay in the business. :(

Yeah, that's sad!

He's a good actor, and he did those parts well. I just hope that he's alright and is still around.

But you're right, he probably didn't want to stay in the business. :(


Well his role was very small so it's not surprising that he wasn't seen on anything else after Amen

Well his role was very small so it's not surprising that he wasn't seen on anything else after Amen




Yeah, I liked him. He was a nosy little boy in the show. He was always being picked up and put on the front porch.

But in some eps, he did entire ones, such as the ep; Child's Play, in which Michael Oliver (Junior in Problem Child 1 & 2) made a guest appearance as one of the day care's rambunccious small children who the church thought were too much for the Deacon to handle. He's shown below, then & now. :)

Well his role was very small so it's not surprising that he wasn't seen on anything else after Amen

Plus you forgot to mention that there are far fewer roles for blacks than whites in Hollywood and that comes from a BLACK casting agent I heard interviewed once!

How many new up and coming black actors can you name? I can't name any. I only know of established ones.

Plus you forgot to mention that there are far fewer roles for blacks than whites in Hollywood and that comes from a BLACK casting agent I heard interviewed once!

How many new up and coming black actors can you name? I can't name any. I only know of established ones.



Can't name anyone new, but there are some well-established ones. Case in point;

Like rapper / actor / director, Bobb'e J. Thompson, for starters, who, as a little boy, kicked off a very impressive acting career.

He's starred in quite a few sitcoms, such as The Tracy Morgan Show & That's So Raven, and well over 2 dozen films. He's even made several guest appearances on WWE Raw!

He can be seen on episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne. He's well into his teens now, still remains very active even today, and he shows no signs of stopping!

I truly commend him for his amazing work, and I hope that he keeps on doing what he does!! But I'm so glad that he's NOT one of the ones who faded into the dust and never seen again!!!


His pic appears below, and that's how he looks now. The one on the right is him as a little boy. But don't let his small size fool you, for under the red shirt that he's wearing, he's got chiseled rock-hard muscles just like a body builder!!! I think he's been pumping iron!!

I'm friends with him on Facebook. Told him that I truly admire his amazingly great work! :)

I still can't believe Gary Coleman is gone. Since he's someone we grew up with you kind of always thought he'd be there.

He never really looked sick but suddenly he was gone like John Ritter!

Sorry for the OT

I still can't believe Gary Coleman is gone. Since he's someone we grew up with you kind of always thought he'd be there.

He never really looked sick but suddenly he was gone like John Ritter!

Sorry for the OT




It IS so sad that he's no longer with us. The immense pressure from the media to try to get into his personal affairs must have taken its toll on him, along with finanicial and legal battles. :(

Looks like Tony decided to become a thug: mugshots.com/US-Counties/Florida/Hillsborough-County-FL/Tony-T-Johnson.5152466.html

Looks like Tony decided to become a thug: mugshots.com/US-Counties/Florida/Hillsborough-County-FL/Tony-T-Johnson.5152466.html




Awww, what a blasted shame!!!!! He was a cute little boy on the show!!!

It's too bad and so unfortunate!! He got involved with the wrong crowd, no doubt.

He's on probation, which gives him a chance to turn his life around before he becomes a career criminal Farankenstien, or worst yet, dead!!!!

Here his mugshot below;

Wow! He looks totally different!

Wow! He looks totally different!



I'm beginning to wonder if it is the same person. I'll have to Google his name to find out. :confused:

According to Google, that IS him in the mugshot. :eek:

According to Google, that IS him in the mugshot. :eek:

Is he really short as an adult?

I've noticed quite a lot of child stars are short as adults since they cast tiny people they think will stay short for a long time!

Is he really short as an adult?

I've noticed quite a lot of child stars are short as adults since they cast tiny people they think will stay short for a long time!



Judging from his mugshot, he looks to be tall.

He was short when he was a little boy, but as he reached his teen years, he grew taller.

Also, he looks to have a very broad torso and shoulders. I just wish that he didn't go sour!!!!!! Shame!!!!!! :(

In the Child's Play ep of Amen, if you've seen it, note that he was noticably taller. :)

If you noticed the mugshot guy was born in 1985. The actor Tony T. Johnson was about 6-8 years old when he was on the sitcom Amen during 1988-1991. So, that would mean that when he started acting on Amen he would had to be 3 years old during his first year on the show. Furthermore, it does not look like him. Everyone with the same ethnic background does not look alike!

If you noticed the mugshot guy was born in 1985. The actor Tony T. Johnson was about 6-8 years old when he was on the sitcom Amen during 1988-1991. So, that would mean that when he started acting on Amen he would had to be 3 years old during his first year on the show. Furthermore, it does not look like him. Everyone with the same ethnic background does not look alike!



I thought about that also.


The actor was born sometime around '82. I once saw his DOB online somewhere.

He had to be like around 3 or 5 when he made his first appearance, playing a camp stowaway on the show. He was on for the last few seasons of the show.

I'm so sorry that I was one of the ones making the assumption that it was him being the thug!!! I was so wrong!!

And your right, that does NOT look like him!! Mistaken indentidy indeed!!!

I'l try to Google his name again, to see if I can find him again. :(

Here's a little bit of info on him, even though there is nothing known about his whereabouts, or what he's doing now.

And his DOB is August 14, 1982.



http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/tony-t-johnson/

Here's how Bobb'e J. Thompson looks now.

Look at the muscles and tattoos on him now!! :eek:

I remember him! He was a cute kid! I'm not a fan of tattoos but I'm liking the muscles!:eek: :)

A few tats are OK, looking at the pic again, his aren't too much. A couple or a few are OK, but when it's overdone and you see more ink than skin on a person's body that's when I say NO!!!!! :confused:

He's still small for his age, even though he's all grown up now!! :)

Here he is on stage at only five years old! He was a cute adorable little boy back then!! Hah!! ;)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_ppACnKYF8

I remember him! He was a cute kid! I'm not a fan of tattoos but I'm liking the muscles!:eek: :)

A few tats are OK, looking at the pic again, his aren't too much. A couple or a few are OK, but when it's overdone and you see more ink than skin on a person's body that's when I say NO!!!!! :confused:



it also signifies that they are thugs when they have too many of them put on their bodies!!

Bobb'e J. will be 19 on his next birthday. I'm friends with him on Facebook. ;)

19? This can't be the little boy that the deacon was throwing out of the house


Beause he would be in his late 20's right now


As a matter of fact, any kid who was on Amen would be over 25 years old since Amen ended in 1991

19? This can't be the little boy that the deacon was throwing out of the house


Beause he would be in his late 20's right now


As a matter of fact, any kid who was on Amen would be over 25 years old since Amen ended in 1991

He should be in his early 30's by now.

He should be in his early 30's by now.


exactly so who is the guy they posted a pic of? Because any child that appeared on Amen would not be no damm 19 years old

even if someone was a newborn baby during the last season of Amen, they would still be 22 years old today

He's talking about Bobb'e J. Thompson . He is 19. Tony T. Johnson was the actor on Amen.

[QUOTE=Stuck In The '70's]He's talking about Bobb'e J. Thompson . He is 19. Tony T. Johnson was the actor on Amen.[/QUOTE


what connection does Bobbe have to Amen?

[QUOTE=Stuck In The '70's]He's talking about Bobb'e J. Thompson . He is 19. Tony T. Johnson was the actor on Amen.[/QUOTE


what connection does Bobbe have to Amen?
I don't know. lol

He's still small for his age, even though he's all grown up now!! :)


what connection does bobbe j have to Amen?

what connection does bobbe j have to Amen?



None, but I posted his pic there anyway. Deal with it.

Go back here;

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=276306

Read post number 7, and you'll know why I mentioned Bobb'e J. Thompson below that one, and posted some pics of him. ;)

None, but I posted his pic there anyway. Deal with it.

Go back here;

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=276306

Read post number 7, and you'll know why I mentioned Bobb'e J. Thompson below that one, and posted some pics of him. ;)

*Edited for personal attack*

Dumbest poster on this board, real rap



You need to just shut up & go kick rocks! You can't say anything nice to me, then just shut up and don't say anything at all. Deal with it & get over it.

A few of YOUR dumb posts got edited before, and if you keep on coming back here to harass & bully me, then I will see to it that you are disciplined. Stop it right now!

End of it from you. Real talk. :mad:

Enough with the name calling, that is not how we should operate around here. You have been warned, TVFactFan.

Enough with the name calling, that is not how we should operate around here. You have been warned, TVFactFan.



Thanks, James. ;)

I believe that this is how Tony T. Johnson looks now.
He's very much alive & well. He lives in Buffalo, NY. Fishing seems to be his hobby - as noted on his Facebook timeline. ;)

That's totally not him. Google isn't correct all the time. Anyone can add info to Google.

That's totally not him. Google isn't correct all the time. Anyone can add info to Google.


How do you know? :rolleyes: