John Bowman

Producer · Died December 28, 2021, aged 64 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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.

Where can I watch John Bowman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for John Bowman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

13 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Root of All Evil(2008)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
The Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Show Creator
The Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Show Creator
Ellen(1994)
Show 1 episode · as Glenn
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Martin(1992)
Show 4 episodes · Creator · Story · Writer
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air(1990)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Seinfeld(1989)
Show 1 episode · as Teddy Padilac
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Murphy Brown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Show 2 episodes · Writer
Me and Him(1988)
as Waiter
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
The Secret of My Success(1987)
as Proctor
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
It's Garry Shandling's Show.(1986)
Show 2 episodes · Writer
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Miami Vice(1984)
Show 1 episode · as Paul Delgado
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Saturday Night Live(1975)
Show 21 episodes · Writer · as Bouncer (uncredited) · as Secret Service Agent (uncredited) · as Soldier (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows