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Van Johnson
Newport, Rhode Island, USA · b. Aug 25, 1916
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92
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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
The Mike Douglas Show
1967
The Merv Griffin Show
1967
The Love Boat
1978
What's My Line?
1953
Murder, She Wrote
1986
Love, American Style
1971
Quincy, M.E.
1977
Batman
1966
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1962
Ben Casey
1965
Tales of the Unexpected
1983
I Love Lucy
1955
FILMOGRAPHY
All
Movies
TV
Acting
149
2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self
1996
The Boy from Mercury
as Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)
1995
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
as Self
1992
Three Days to a Kill
as Comm. Howard
1992
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1991
Clowning Around
as Mr. Ranthow
1991
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
as Self
1991
Clowning Around
as Mr. Ranthow
1990
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One
as Gen. McCailland
1990
Flight from Paradise
as Erzähler
1990
Murder, She Wrote
as Daniel Hannigan
1989
Killer Crocodile
as Judge
1988
Bacall on Bogart
as Self
1988
Down There in the Jungle
as The professor
1988
Taxi Killer
as Captain
1988
Going Hollywood: The War Years
1988
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Art Bellasco
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1986
Murder, She Wrote
as Elliot Robinson
1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Larry
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Daniel O'Brien
1983
Tales of the Unexpected
as Gerry T. Armstrong
1982
Scorpion with Two Tails
as Mulligan - Joan's father
1982
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
One Day at a Time
as Gus Webster
1982
The Love Boat
as Victor Moncrief
1981
Aloha Paradise
1980
The Kidnapping of the President
as Vice President Ethan Richards
1979
From Corleone to Brooklyn
as Lieutenant Sturges
1979
Concorde Affair
as Captain Scott
1978
Getting Married
as Phil Lawrence
1978
Superdome
as Chip Green
1978
Black Beauty
as Horace Tompkins
1978
The Love Boat
as Bert Wilder
1977
Quincy, M.E.
as Al Ringerman
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Marsh Goodwin
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man
as Marsh Goodwin
1974
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
as Johnny Leverett
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
McCloud
1974
McMillan & Wife
as Harry Jerome
1972
Call Her Mom
as President Hardgrove
1972
Maude
as Henry
1971
Eye of the Spider
as Prof. Orson Krüger
1971
Love, American Style
1971
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Company of Killers
as Sam Cahill
1970
San Francisco International
as Lester Scott
1970
The Don Knotts Show
as Self
1970
The Name of the Game
as Jack Newell
1969
Eagles Over London
as Air Marshal George Taylor
1969
The Price of Power
as President James A. Garfield
1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968
Yours, Mine and Ours
as Darrel Harrison
1968
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
as Father Chase: The 'In' Group
1968
Here's Lucy
as Van Johnson
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
The Name of the Game
as Sullivan
1967
Divorce American Style
as Al Yearling
1967
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1967
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1966
The Doomsday Flight
as Capt. Anderson
1966
Batman
as The Minstrel
1965
Ben Casey
1965
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1964
American in Paris
as James Devlin
1964
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Wives and Lovers
as Bill Austin
1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1960
The Enemy General
as Allan Lemaire
1960
General Electric Theater
as Jimmy Devlin
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Joe Robertson
1960
The Ann Sothern Show
as Terry Tyler
1959
Subway in the Sky
as Major Baxter Grant
1959
Web of Evidence
as Paul Mathry
1959
The Last Blitzkrieg
as Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson
1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Frank Gilette
1958
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1958
The Oscars
as Self
1957
Action of the Tiger
as Carson
1957
Slander
as Scott Ethan Martin
1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Pied Piper / Truson
1957
Kelly and Me
as Len Carmody
1956
23 Paces to Baker Street
as Phillip Hannon
1956
Miracle in the Rain
as Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon
1956
The Bottom of the Bottle
as Donald Martin / Eric Bell
1955
The End of the Affair
as Maurice Bendrix
1955
I Love Lucy
as Van Johnson
1955
Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host
1955
MGM Parade
1955
MGM Parade
as Self
1954
The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. Stephen Maryk
1954
Brigadoon
as Jeff Douglas
1954
Men of the Fighting Lady
as Lt. Thayer
1954
The Last Time I Saw Paris
as Charles Wills
1954
The Siege at Red River
as Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday
1954
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1953
Easy to Love
as Ray Lloyd
1953
Remains to Be Seen
as Waldo Williams
1953
Confidentially Connie
as Joe Bedloe
1953
What's My Line?
as Self
1952
Plymouth Adventure
as John Alden
1952
Invitation
as Dan Pierce
1952
When in Rome
as Father John X. Halligan
1952
Washington Story
as Joseph T. Gresham
1951
Go for Broke!
as Michael Grayson
1951
It's a Big Country
as Rev. Adam Burch
1951
Too Young to Kiss
as Eric Wainwright
1951
Three Guys Named Mike
as Michael Lawrence
1951
Grounds for Marriage
as Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett
1950
Duchess of Idaho
as Dick Layne
1950
The Big Hangover
as David Maldon
1949
Battleground
as Holley
1949
In the Good Old Summertime
as Andrew Delby Larkin
1949
Scene of the Crime
as Mike Conovan
1949
Mother Is a Freshman
as Professor Richard Michaels
1948
Command Decision
as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
1948
State of the Union
as Spike McManus
1948
The Bride Goes Wild
as Greg Rawlings
1947
High Barbaree
as Alec Brooke
1947
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Henry Carson
1946
Easy to Wed
as Bill Chandler
1946
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Bandleader in Elite Club
1946
No Leave, No Love
as Michael Hanlon
1945
Thrill of a Romance
as Thomas Milvaine
1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
as James Hollis
1945
Between Two Women
as Dr. Randall Adams
1944
A Guy Named Joe
as Ted Randall
1944
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Ted Lawson
1944
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Sam Bennett
1944
Two Girls and a Sailor
as John Dyckman Brown III
1944
3 Men in White
as Dr. Randall Adams
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1943
Madame Curie
as Reporter
1943
The Human Comedy
as Marcus Macauley
1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Dr. Randall Adams
1943
Pilot #5
as Everett Arnold
1942
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Michael Fitzpatrick
1942
Murder in the Big House
as Bert Bell
1942
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
as Dr. Randall Adams
1942
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Wade Hall
1942
For the Common Defense!
as Agent Pritchard
1942
Personalities
as (uncredited)
1940
Too Many Girls
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)