For 41 years he enforced the law. For 14 of them, he was also on camera.

Robert "Bobby J" Johnson retired in April 2026 as the chief of police of Corsicana, Texas — and, by his own count, the only SAG police chief in the nation. This is the record: both careers, side by side, the way he actually lived them.

Exhibit 1 · The parallel record

The badge track and the screen track

Year

The badge

The screen

1985

College Station PD — the career begins after the Texas A&M academy

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1993

Chief of Police, Methodist Hospital System — 23 years protecting Dallas hospitals

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2012

Still chief —

Sheriff #2, TNT's Dallas — cast from a same-day audition; the role recurred

2013

Still chief —

Joe (Nicolas Cage) · Red Wing (Bill Paxton)

2016

Chief of Police, Corsicana TX — 39 applicants, 3 interviews, he took the helm

— while in pre-production on Warning Shot

2018

Chief, Corsicana

Warning Shot — actor + associate producer, with James Earl Jones, David Spade, Bruce Dern. Shot in Corsicana, because he brought it there

2022

Chief, Corsicana

Corsicana — co-writer of Isaiah Washington's directorial debut. Deadline covered it; the Cannes market picked it up

2026

April 17: retires — 41 years, final call

Full-time. Three projects in the pipeline

Full filmography — 42 acting, 15 producing, 4 writing credits — on IMDb.

"I think I'm the only SAG police chief in the nation."

— Robert Johnson, to Texas Standard

Exhibit 2 · What the press already knows

They wrote the story. It never had a home.

Dallas Observer"Corsicana's Police Chief Doubles as a Movie Actor and Producer" — the profile that named the double life
Texas Standard"Police Chief Is a Big Reason Why Filmmakers Are Drawn to Corsicana" — statewide public radio on the town they call "Hollycana"
Houston ChronicleCovered his festival work — and couldn't resist opening with the bluesman's crossroads
2026 · the wireHis retirement ran on Fox 44, Yahoo, AOL and MSN — 41 years, final call, April 17

Exhibit 3 · The photographs

Six galleries, coming home

His previous site held six photo galleries — set stills, premieres, the badge years. They return here, on a domain registered to him, with every image credited.

Gallery 01 · The badge years

Gallery 02 · On set

Gallery 03 · Premieres

Exhibit 4 · Direct line

Casting, technical consulting, speaking

Represented by CORE Talent (Frisco), KOR Talent (Los Angeles), and Del Corral Agency (New Orleans). For productions that need procedure done right — on the page or on the set — and for police-leadership and faith-community speaking, the direct inquiry line lands in Robert's own inbox.

Open an inquiry — wired at launch