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Date of Birth
25 June 1947, Bronx, New York, USA
Birth Name
James Carter Walker
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.J. Evans of the popular urban-styled sitcom "Good Times" (1974),
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.
Jimmie and the show were instant cross-over hits despite the fact that he was a 27-year-old playing the teenage son of Rolle.
His catchphrase "Dyn-o-mite!" became a popular item in the American vernacular.