Writing
John Bowman
Born September 28, 1957 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA · Died December 28, 2021
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.
Known for
7.9
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Writer
8.8
Seinfeld
Teddy Padilac
6.5
The Secret of My Success
Proctor
7.6
Miami Vice
Paul Delgado
8.0
Saturday Night Live
Soldier (uncredited), Bouncer (uncredited), Secret Service Agent (uncredited), Writer
7.5
Martin
Writer, Story, Creator
8.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
7.0
Murphy Brown
Writer
6.1
Ellen
Glenn
6.1
Heckler
Self
7.7
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Writer
4.3
Me and Him
Waiter
8.5 TMDB
Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike
Self
7.0 TMDB
1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
self
10.0 TMDB
The Show
Creator
The Show
Creator
Filmography
- 2014Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild StrikeSelfMovie
- 2007HecklerSelfMovie
- 1996The ShowCreatorSeries
- 1996The ShowCreatorSeries
- 1994EllenGlennSeries
- 1992MartinWriter, Story, CreatorSeries
- 1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirWriterSeries
- 1989SeinfeldTeddy PadilacSeries
- 19891/2 Hour Comedy HourselfSeries
- 1988Murphy BrownWriterSeries
- 1988Me and HimWaiterMovie
- 1987The Secret of My SuccessProctorMovie
- 1986It's Garry Shandling's ShowWriterSeries
- 1984Miami VicePaul DelgadoSeries
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSoldier (uncredited), Bouncer (uncredited), Secret Service Agent (uncredited), WriterSeries
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries