Editing Good Times (section)

===Supporting===
[[File:Johnny Brown Laugh-In 1971.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|{{center|[[Johnny Brown (actor)|Johnny Brown]] as superintendent<br>Nathan ("Buffalo Butt") Bookman}}]]
* Ned the Wino ([[Raymond Allen (television actor)|Raymond Allen]]) is the local [[Low-end fortified wine|drunk]] who frequents the neighborhood and the apartment building where the Evans family reside. In the season one episode "Black Jesus", J.J. uses Ned the Wino as the model for a portrait of [[Jesus]]. Another episode is centered on Michael's plan to "clean up" Ned and get him off the booze by letting him stay at the Evanses' house.
* Carl Dixon ([[Moses Gunn]]) is a shop owner for whom Michael briefly works. Despite their religious differences, Carl and Florida begin dating and become engaged in the final episode of season four. Carl breaks off the engagement after he is diagnosed with lung cancer. After a talk from Bookman, Carl again asks Florida for her hand in marriage. The two marry off-screen and move to Arizona. Florida returns at the beginning of season six, this time without Carl for Thelma's wedding. Carl is referenced briefly in that season's second episode "Florida's Homecoming Part 2", but he is never mentioned again (Florida continues to use the surname Evans instead of Dixon). (Rolle decided to come back to the show on the condition the character of Carl Dixon was written out.) While it is not mentioned onscreen, it is implied that Carl died from lung cancer.
* Marion "Sweet Daddy" Williams ([[Theodore Wilson]]) is a menacing neighborhood [[numbers game|numbers]] runner and [[pimp]], who has a reputation for wearing flashy clothing and jewelry. He is usually accompanied by bodyguards (one portrayed by [[Bubba Smith]], the other by series painter [[Ernie Barnes]]) and comes across as cool and threatening, but has shown a soft heart on occasion, particularly when he decided not to take an antique locket (to settle a debt) that Florida had given to Thelma because it had reminded him of his late mother. (Wilson also plays a club owner named Stanley in the season four episode, "The Comedian and the Loan Sharks").
* [[Alderman]] Fred C. Davis ([[Albert Reed Jr.]]) is a local politician with a slightly shady disposition whom the Evans generally despise. Spoofing President [[Richard M. Nixon]], he would state in a speech, "I am not a crook". He frequently relies on the support of the Evans family (his "favorite project family") for re-election or support and resorts to threats of eviction to secure their support. In a running joke, Alderman Davis frequently antagonizes Willona by "forgetting" her name, and calling her another similar-sounding name that began with a "W" (such as Wilhemina, Winnifrieda, Winsomnium, Wyomia and even Waldorf-Astoria), thus earning him her everlasting ire as well as the nickname "Baldy".
* Lenny ([[Dap "Sugar" Willie]]) (also known as "Lootin" Lenny), is a neighborhood hustler and peddler who tries to sell presumably stolen items that are usually attached to the lining of his fur coat. He usually approaches people with a laid-back rap and a rhyme, such as "my name is Len-nay, if I ain't got it, there ain't an-nay" (in a style similar to [[Rudy Ray Moore]]). He is typically rebuffed by the people he approaches and responds by saying "that's cold" or uses a small brush to "brush off" the negativity.
* "Grandpa" Henry Evans ([[Richard Ward (American actor)|Richard Ward]]) is James's long-lost father. He abandoned the family years before because he was ashamed that he could not do more to provide for them. This deeply hurt James, who disregarded his father's existence, telling everyone that he was dead. Thelma learns about her grandfather while doing some family research. She meets him and invites him to the Evanses' home to surprise James for his birthday, not knowing that James was well aware of his whereabouts but chose to stay out of his life. After Henry arrives at the Evans home and meets the rest of the family, he realizes that James would not welcome him in the home and decides to leave. Florida convinces him to stay and talk to James and explains that there may never be another chance to do so. Henry and James have a heart-to-heart talk, with Henry being remorseful and apologetic. James ultimately forgives his father. After James's death, the Evans family embraces Henry into the family, alongside his [[common law]] (and eventually legal) wife Lena ([[Paulene Myers]]) in later episodes.
* Wanda Williams ([[Helen Martin]]) is another resident in the apartment building where the Evans reside. Earlier episodes show her at a women's support group, and the tenants rallying around her by giving her a [[rent party]]. Later episodes show her appearing and crying at several funerals, whether she knew the person or not, thus earning her the nickname "Weeping Wanda" from J.J. and Willona.
* Lynnetta Gordon ([[Chip Fields]]) is Penny's abusive biological mother whose first appearance is in the four-part fifth season opening episode, "The Evans Get Involved". Penny's father abandoned her mom when Lynnetta became pregnant at 16. As a result, she takes her anger and frustrations out on Penny, including burning her with a hot iron. After the abuse is finally brought to light, she tells the Evans family that she herself was abused as a child. She gets into a fighting match with Willona and Thelma and they plead for her to seek therapy. Just before she disappears, she expresses regret for hurting her child, telling Willona that Penny deserves better than her. This clears the way for Willona to adopt Penny. She reappears more than a year later, in the sixth-season episode, "A Matter of Mothers", having gotten married and reveals that her new husband is from a very wealthy family. She uses her husband's wealth to send Penny anonymous gifts and, in an effort to regain custody of Penny, also attempts to frame Willona as an unfit adoptive mother who throws wild parties with less than wholesome attendees. Her scheme is exposed by being recorded on tape admitting that the scheme was a set up to get Penny back. After Lynnetta tries to get the tape from Penny and threatens to hurt her again, which is stopped by Willona, Penny tells Lynnetta that no matter what anyone says, she will always consider Willona her real mother. Devastated, Lynnetta decides to drop the charges against Willona and leaves Penny with her, never to be seen again.
* Cleatus ([[John Bailey (American actor)|John Bailey]]) is a cousin of J.J. Evans, Thelma Evans Anderson and Michael Evans and nephew of Florida Evans and James Evans. He made one appearance in the episode "Cousin Cleatus".
* Violet Bookman (Marilyn Coleman) is the wife of Bookman (episodes: "Bye, Bye Bookman" and "Willona, the Other Woman" in season 5).

[[File:Good Times Lou Gossett 1976.JPG|thumb|{{center|[[Louis Gossett Jr.]] as Florida's brother, Wilbert}}]]
[[File:Good Times 1976.JPG|thumb|{{center|[[J. A. Preston]] as Walter Ingles, friend of Willona Woods<br>([[Ja'Net DuBois]]) (1976)}}]]