Van Johnson

Aug 25, 1916 - Dec 12, 2008 (92 years old) in Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Van Johnson (1916–2008) was an American film, television theatre and radio actor, singer, and dancer. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II.

Known For

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Murder, She Wrote

Elliot Robinson

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The Love Boat

Bert Wilder

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Batman

The Minstrel

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Quincy, M.E.

Al Ringerman

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Love, American Style

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What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

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Tales of the Unexpected

Gerry T. Armstrong

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I Love Lucy

Van Johnson

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Frank Gilette

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Ben Casey

Credits

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy 2000

Self

★ NR
The Boy from Mercury 1996

Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)

★ 6
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class 1995

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Three Days to a Kill 1992

Comm. Howard

★ 4
MGM: When the Lion Roars 1992

★ 7.8
Clowning Around 1991

Mr. Ranthow

★ 7
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One 1990

Gen. McCailland

★ 7
Flight from Paradise 1990

Erzähler

★ 7
Killer Crocodile 1989

Judge

★ 5.3
Bacall on Bogart 1988

Self

★ 6
Down There in the Jungle 1988

The professor

★ NR
Taxi Killer 1988

Captain

★ 4.3
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 1987

Self

★ 5.7
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1985

Art Bellasco

★ 7.2
Night of 100 Stars II 1985

Self

★ 8
The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985

Larry

★ 7.4
Murder, She Wrote 1984

Elliot Robinson

★ 7.5
Showbiz Goes to War 1982

(archive footage)

★ 10
Scorpion with Two Tails 1982

Mulligan - Joan's father

★ 4.6
Night of 100 Stars 1982

Self

★ 6.7
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! 1982

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Aloha Paradise 1981

★ 5
The Kidnapping of the President 1980

Vice President Ethan Richards

★ 4.6
From Corleone to Brooklyn 1979

Lieutenant Sturges

★ 6.2
Tales of the Unexpected 1979

Gerry T. Armstrong

★ 6.7
Concorde Affair 1979

Captain Scott

★ 6.4
Getting Married 1978

Phil Lawrence

★ 4
Black Beauty 1978

Horace Tompkins

★ 7
Superdome 1978

Chip Green

★ 4.1
The Love Boat 1977

Bert Wilder

★ 6.3
Quincy, M.E. 1976

Al Ringerman

★ 7.5
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II 1976

Marsh Goodwin

★ 8.6
Rich Man, Poor Man 1976

Marsh Goodwin

★ 7.8
One Day at a Time 1975

Gus Webster

★ 6.7
That's Entertainment! 1974

(archive footage)

★ 7.3
The Girl on the Late, Late Show 1974

Johnny Leverett

★ 5.5
Maude 1972

Henry

★ 6.7
Call Her Mom 1972

President Hardgrove

★ 4
Eye of the Spider 1971

Prof. Orson Krüger

★ 4.5
McMillan & Wife 1971

Harry Jerome

★ 6.9
San Francisco International 1970

Lester Scott

★ 3.7
The Don Knotts Show 1970

Self

★ NR
Company of Killers 1970

Sam Cahill

★ 4
McCloud 1970

★ 7.1
Nanny and the Professor 1970

★ 6
The Price of Power 1969

President James A. Garfield

★ 6
Love, American Style 1969

★ 6.1
Eagles Over London 1969

Air Marshal George Taylor

★ 6.3
The Extraordinary Seaman 1969

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 2.6
Here's Lucy 1968

Van Johnson

★ 6.7
The Name of the Game 1968

Sullivan

★ 6.8
Yours, Mine and Ours 1968

Darrel Harrison

★ 6.9
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows 1968

Father Chase: The 'In' Group

★ 6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 1968

Self

★ 6.6
Divorce American Style 1967

Al Yearling

★ 5.8
The Doomsday Flight 1966

Capt. Anderson

★ 6.2
Batman 1966

The Minstrel

★ 7.3
American in Paris 1964

James Devlin

★ NR
The Hollywood Palace 1964

Self - Host

★ 4.5
Wives and Lovers 1963

Bill Austin

★ 4.6
Vacation Playhouse 1963

★ 7
Ben Casey 1961

★ 5.6
The Enemy General 1960

Allan Lemaire

★ 5.5
Subway in the Sky 1959

Major Baxter Grant

★ 5.5
The DuPont Show with June Allyson 1959

Joe Robertson

★ 6.3
Web of Evidence 1959

Paul Mathry

★ 4.8
The Last Blitzkrieg 1959

Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson

★ 5.2
The Ann Sothern Show 1958

Terry Tyler

★ 6.5
The Pied Piper of Hamelin 1957

Pied Piper / Truson

★ 5.4
Action of the Tiger 1957

Carson

★ 4.9
Kelly and Me 1957

Len Carmody

★ 10
Slander 1957

Scott Ethan Martin

★ 6.3
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 1956

Self

★ 6
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956

Frank Gilette

★ 5.5
23 Paces to Baker Street 1956

Phillip Hannon

★ 6.7
Miracle in the Rain 1956

Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon

★ 6.7
The Bottom of the Bottle 1956

Donald Martin / Eric Bell

★ 5.1
The End of the Affair 1955

Maurice Bendrix

★ 5.9
The Last Time I Saw Paris 1954

Charles Wills

★ 6.1
Brigadoon 1954

Jeff Douglas

★ 6.5
The Caine Mutiny 1954

Lt. Stephen Maryk

★ 7.2
Men of the Fighting Lady 1954

Lt. Thayer

★ 6.2
The Siege at Red River 1954

Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday

★ 5.9
Easy to Love 1953

Ray Lloyd

★ 6.1
Letter to Loretta 1953

Self - Guest Host

★ 6.5
Remains to Be Seen 1953

Waldo Williams

★ 5.7
The Oscars 1953

Self

★ 7
Confidentially Connie 1953

Joe Bedloe

★ 5.3
General Electric Theater 1953

Jimmy Devlin

★ 6.4
Plymouth Adventure 1952

John Alden

★ 5.7
Washington Story 1952

Joseph T. Gresham

★ 6
When in Rome 1952

Father John X. Halligan

★ NR
Invitation 1952

Dan Pierce

★ 6.5
Too Young to Kiss 1951

Eric Wainwright

★ 5.2
It's a Big Country 1951

Rev. Adam Burch

★ 5.3
I Love Lucy 1951

Van Johnson

★ 7.9
Go for Broke! 1951

Lt. Michael Grayson

★ 5.7
Three Guys Named Mike 1951

Michael Lawrence

★ 5.7
Grounds for Marriage 1951

Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett

★ 4.3
Duchess of Idaho 1950

Dick Layne

★ 5
The Big Hangover 1950

David Maldon

★ 6.1
What's My Line? 1950

Self - Mystery Guest

★ 6.9
Battleground 1949

Holley

★ 6.7
In the Good Old Summertime 1949

Andrew Delby Larkin

★ 6.6
Scene of the Crime 1949

Mike Conovan

★ 6.3
Mother Is a Freshman 1949

Professor Richard Michaels

★ NR
Command Decision 1948

Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans

★ 6.4
State of the Union 1948

Spike McManus

★ 6.7
The Bride Goes Wild 1948

Greg Rawlings

★ 6.2
The Romance of Rosy Ridge 1947

Henry Carson

★ 6.6
High Barbaree 1947

Alec Brooke

★ 5.5
Till the Clouds Roll By 1946

Bandleader in Elite Club

★ 5.7
Easy to Wed 1946

William "Bill" Stevens Chandler

★ 6.2
No Leave, No Love 1946

Michael Hanlon

★ 6
Week-End at the Waldorf 1945

James Hollis

★ 6
Thrill of a Romance 1945

Thomas Milvaine

★ 6.2
Between Two Women 1945

Dr. Randall Adams

★ 5.9
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944

Ted Lawson

★ 6.6
Two Girls and a Sailor 1944

John Dyckman Brown III

★ 5.7
3 Men in White 1944

Dr. Randall Adams

★ 6
The White Cliffs of Dover 1944

Sam Bennett

★ 6.7
Twenty Years After 1944

(archive footage)

★ 6
A Guy Named Joe 1943

Ted Randall

★ 6.6
Madame Curie 1943

Reporter

★ 7.2
Pilot #5 1943

Everett Arnold

★ 5.8
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case 1943

Dr. Randall Adams

★ 5.5
The Human Comedy 1943

Marcus Macauley

★ 6.3
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant 1942

Dr. Randall Adams

★ 5.3
Somewhere I'll Find You 1942

Wade Hall

★ 5.9
The War Against Mrs. Hadley 1942

Michael Fitzpatrick

★ 5.2
For the Common Defense! 1942

Agent Pritchard

★ 4.7
Murder in the Big House 1942

Bert Bell

★ 6.5
Personalities 1942

(uncredited)

★ NR
Too Many Girls 1940

Chorus Boy

★ 5.6