John Bowman

Known for

Writing

Born

September 28, 1957

Birthplace

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died

December 28, 2021 (aged 64)

Biography

John Bowman is an Emmy award winning writer who has been writing and producing comedy for 25 years. He has written for Saturday Night Live, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, In Living Color, Martin, Murphy Brown, and Frank TV, among others. He created Martin and received two NAACP Awards and a People's Choice Award for his work there.

Best known work

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

1990

Seinfeld

1989

The Secret of My Success

1987

Miami Vice

1984

Saturday Night Live

1975

Martin

1992

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Murphy Brown

1988

Ellen

1994

Heckler

2007

Filmography

2014
Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike
as Self
2007
Heckler
as Self
1996
The ShowTV
Creator
1996
The ShowTV
Creator
1994
EllenTV
as Glenn (1 episode)
1992
MartinTV
Writer, Story, Creator
1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirTV
Writer
1989
SeinfeldTV
as Teddy Padilac (1 episode)
1989
1/2 Hour Comedy HourTV
as self (1 episode)
1988
Murphy BrownTV
Writer
1988
Me and Him
as Waiter
1987
The Secret of My Success
as Proctor
1986
It's Garry Shandling's ShowTV
Writer
1984
Miami ViceTV
as Paul Delgado (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
as Soldier (uncredited) (1 episode), as Bouncer (uncredited) (1 episode), as Secret Service Agent (uncredited) (1 episode), Writer
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
as Self (1 episode)