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Biography

James Brown is internationally known under the pseudonyms of "The Godfather of Soul", "Soul Brother# 1", and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business."…more

Born

Barnwell, South Carolina, USA

Birth Name

James Joseph Brown

Gender

Male

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Recurring Role (7)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 85 Show #1948
    2/7/03
  - S 8: Ep 39 Show #1497
    10/19/00
  - S 6: Ep 89 Show #1154
    1/25/99
  - S 5: Ep 63 Show #0925
    12/16/97
  - S 3: Ep 105 Show #0544
    2/20/96
- The Midnight Special
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 28 Host: Helen Reddy
    5/6/77
  - S 3: Ep 12 Million Sellers (Part 1) - Host: Wolfman Jack
    12/13/74
  - S 3: Ep 4 Host: Paul Anka
    10/18/74
  - S 2: Ep 50 Hosts: The O'Jays
    9/13/74
- The Midnight Special
  Himself, tribute
  - S 5: Ep 6 Host: Helen Reddy / The Spinners / Wild Cherry
    10/22/76
- The Midnight Special
  Himself, host
  - S 5: Ep 4 Host: James Brown
    10/8/76
  - S 4: Ep 39 Host: James Brown
    8/6/76
- Soul Train
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 2 James Brown & the First Family of Soul / Fred Wesley & the JB's / Lyn Collins
    9/14/74
  - S 2: Ep 37 The Best of Soul Train (1972-73 season)
    8/11/73
  - S 2: Ep 29 The Manhattans/ Lyn Collins/ Lee Auston
    5/5/73
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Four Tops/ Otis Clay
    2/17/73
  - S 2: Ep 19 James Brown / Lyn Collins
    2/10/73
- American Bandstand
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 20 James Brown / Marva Whitney
    2/3/68
  - S 9: Ep 48 James Brown / The Rovin' Kind
    8/6/66
  - S 5: Ep 201 AB-1276: James Brown & The Famous Flames
    6/11/62
  - S 5: Ep 34 AB-1110: James Brown & the Famous Flames
    10/19/61
  - S 26: Ep 40 James Brown
    7/30/83
- Where The Action Is
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 88 James Brown / The Four Tops / Wilson Pickett
    1/6/67
  - S 3: Ep 55 James Brown / Don and the Goodtimes
    11/18/66
  - S 3: Ep 46 November 7, 1966: James Brown, The Arbors
    11/7/66
  - S 3: Ep 45 James Brown / Herman's Hermits
    11/4/66
  - S 3: Ep 30 James Brown salute
    10/14/66
  - + 18 More Credits
Guest Star (61)

Role
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 15 Bob Geldof, Ricky Gervais, Joss Stone, James Brown.
    7/1/05
- The View
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 91 Ferguson/Brown
    1/10/05
- And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip Hop
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Bring The Noise
    10/5/04
- Politically Incorrect
  Self
  - S 8: Ep 12 Jesse Ventura, James Brown, French Stewart, Andrea Abbate
    9/20/00
- Behind the Music
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 1968
    8/30/98
- Duckman
  Voice of Himself
  - S 4: Ep 18 Kidney, Popsicle, and Nuts
    5/24/97
- King of The Hill
  Digby Wilkins
- TFI Friday
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Sean Bean, Dean Sullivan, Jon Bon Jovi, James Brown, Lightning Seeds, Supergrass.
    3/1/96
- MadTV
  Himself
- New York Undercover
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 20 All in the Family
    3/16/95
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 9 September 8, 1994
    9/8/94
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 158 May 27, 1994
    5/27/94
  - S 3: Ep 205 August 5, 1991
    8/5/91
- The Simpsons
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 7 Bart's Inner Child
    11/11/93
- In Living Color
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 23 Undigable Hosts
    5/2/93
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 23 Show #1765
    3/18/93
  - S 11: Ep 16 Show #1600
    2/27/92
  - S 4: Ep 87 Show #0590 (850827)
    8/27/85
  - S 2: Ep 4 1st Anniversary Special
    2/4/83
  - S 1: Ep 88 Show #0088
    7/12/82
- The Dennis Miller Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 January 28, 1992
    1/28/92
- American Music Awards
  Himself
  - S 19: Ep 19 The 19th American Music Awards
    1/27/92
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 18 Show #4429
    11/6/91
- Amen
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 22 Deliverance (2)
    5/11/91
- Miami Vice
  Lou De Long
  - S 4: Ep 7 Missing Hours
    11/13/87
- The Tube
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 26 Series 5, Episode 26
    4/17/87
- Married... With Children
  Himself
- Murder, She Wrote
  Dr. Church
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 4 Jamie Lee Curtis/James Brown, Ellen Shipley
    12/13/80
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 38 November 5, 1975
    11/5/75
  - S 1: Ep 120 April 21, 1975
    4/21/75
- Barbary Coast
  Stroud
- Starsky And Hutch
  R.J. Crow
- Tattletales
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 28 March 18, 1975
    3/18/75
- The Flip Wilson Show
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 David Frost, James Brown, The Muppets
    9/17/70
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself, on tape
  - S 7: Ep 17 Host: Bing Crosby (Final episode with highlights from past shows)
    2/7/70
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 87 December 30, 1969
    12/30/69
  - S 8: Ep 5 September 5, 1969
    9/5/69
  - S 7: Ep 84 January 2, 1969
    1/2/69
  - S 5: Ep 57 November 22, 1966
    11/22/66
  - S 9: Ep 175 May 14, 1971
    5/14/71
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Music Scene
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 8 Show 8
    11/10/69
  - S 1: Ep 1 First Show
    9/22/69
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 49 October 23, 1969
    10/23/69
  - S 6: Ep 160 April 11, 1969
    4/11/69
  - S 6: Ep 63 November 27, 1968
    11/27/68
  - S 5: Ep 223 July 17, 1968
    7/17/68
  - S 5: Ep 219 July 5, 1968
    7/5/68
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 8 September 10, 1969
    9/10/69
  - S 3: Ep 242 August 13, 1969
    8/13/69
  - S 3: Ep 223 July 16, 1969
    7/16/69
  - S 3: Ep 175 May 8, 1969
    5/8/69
  - S 3: Ep 89 January 7, 1969
    1/7/69
  - + 2 More Credits
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 15 July 25, 1969
    7/25/69
  - S 3: Ep 66 December 31, 1970
    12/31/70
  - S 2: Ep 262 September 4, 1970
    9/4/70
  - S 2: Ep 151 March 30, 1970
    3/30/70
- Allen Ludden's Gallery
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 14 July 10, 1969
    7/10/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 7: Ep 215 July 4, 1969
    7/4/69
  - S 7: Ep 214 July 3, 1969
    7/3/69
  - S 7: Ep 213 July 2, 1969
    7/2/69
  - S 7: Ep 212 July 1, 1969
    7/1/69
  - S 7: Ep 211 Week of June 30, 1969
    6/30/69
  - + 4 More Credits
- The Match Game
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 38 Rita Moreno & James Brown
    5/19/69
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 23 Host: Sammy Davis Jr. / James Brown Revue
    3/15/69
  - S 5: Ep 19 Host: Phil Silvers / James Brown Revue
    2/3/68
- Playboy After Dark
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 17 James Brown; Three Dog Night; Bill Cosby; Soupy Sales
    11/25/68
  - S 2: Ep 10 James Brown; Norm Crosby; The Chambers Brothers; Jack Jones
    1/7/70
- The Match Game
  Himself (as The Godfather of Soul)
  - S 7: Ep 5 Meredith MacRae & James Brown
    9/30/68
- It's Happening
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 25 James Brown Day
    8/16/68
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 40 April 26, 1968
    4/26/68
  - S 6: Ep 95 February 14, 1972
    2/14/72
  - S 6: Ep 70 January 7, 1972
    1/7/72
  - S 5: Ep 63 December 21, 1970
    12/21/70
  - S 4: Ep 165 August 24, 1970
    8/24/70
  - + 2 More Credits
- Happening '68
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 11 James Brown / Aretha Franklin / Bill Medley
    3/16/68
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 124 February 15, 1968
    2/15/68
- American Bandstand
  Himself, on film
  - S 10: Ep 48 AB's 10th Anniversary Show, Part 1
    8/5/67
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 20: Ep 8 October 30, 1966: James Brown, Nancy Sinatra, Stan Freberg, Rich Little
    10/30/66
  - S 19: Ep 33 May 1, 1966: James Brown, The Supremes, Nancy Ames, London Lee
    5/1/66
- Top of the Pops (UK)
  Promo Video
  - S 3: Ep 26 7th July 1966
    7/7/66
- Ready Steady Go!
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 28 March 11, 1966: James Brown and the Famous Flames
    3/11/66
  - S 3: Ep 24 February 11, 1966: The Animals, The Action, Len Barry, Breakaways, James Brown
    2/11/66
- The F.B.I.
  Manos Antonopoulos
- Shindig
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 50 Show 50: September 1, 1965 - James Brown, Booker T & the MG's, The Kinks
    9/1/65
- Hollywood A Go-Go
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 27 Show 27: June 26, 1965 (Syndicated Show 21)
    6/26/65
  - S 1: Ep 15 Show 15: April 3, 1965 (Syndicated Show 9)
    4/3/65
- Shivaree
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 21 June 19, 1965
    6/19/65
- American Bandstand
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 213 AB-1547: James Brown
    6/26/63
- The Virginian
  Lucky
- Bonanza
  Second Boy
- Gunsmoke
  Feeney
- Adventures of Superman
  Ann's Father
- My Little Margie
  Bill
- Sky King
  Matt Reynolds
- The Lone Ranger
  Deputy Sandy

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Trivia
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- James' original backing group, The Famous Flames, were former band mates of Little Richard.
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- James Brown's albums, Live at the Apollo, In the Jungle Groove, Star Time and 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! were listed in the Rolling Stone's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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- Two of James Brown's songs, "Funky President" and "The Payback" can be heard on a fictional radiostation in the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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Quotes
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- James: Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.
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- James: I was stillborn. The midwives laid me aside, thought I was really gone. I laid there about an hour, and they picked me back up and tried again, 'cause my body was still warm. The Good Lord brought me back.
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- James: We need to protect the kids by giving them something to do, ... (It's about) making them interested, making them love mom and dad more, love the family more, love themselves more and love their school. So there won't have to be killing in school."
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