Juan DeCarlos made a guest appearance on Good Times, as one of two goons who work for a local loan shark from which J.J. borrowed some money to back a talentless comic in the episode "The Comedian and the Loan Sharks" in Season 4. Juan appeared in numerous guest roles on several Norman Lear-produced CBS sitcoms during the 1970's which included, Sanford and Son, All in The Family (1973), Maude (1973), as well as Good Times (1976). His film roles included the Fred Hammer-starred blaxplotation flick Hammer (1972) and Up The Sandbox (1972).