Van Johnson
Known for Acting · 142 credits
- Born
- 1916-08-25
- Died
- 2008-12-12
- Place of birth
- Newport, Rhode Island, USA
- Also known as
- Charles Van Dell Johnson · Ван Джонсон · ون جانسون
Biography
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
TV Shows (40)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self - Co-Host
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Elliot Robinson / Daniel Hannigan / Daniel O'Brien
The Love Boat
1977
as Bert Wilder / Victor Moncrief
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Batman
1966
as The Minstrel
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Al Ringerman
Love, American Style
1969
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
I Love Lucy
1951
as Van Johnson
Maude
1972
as Henry
One Day at a Time
1975
as Gus Webster
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Frank Gilette
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Gerry T. Armstrong
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Ben Casey
1961
The Name of the Game
1968
as Sullivan / Jack Newell
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Here's Lucy
1968
as Van Johnson
McCloud
1970
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Art Bellasco
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Harry Jerome
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Marsh Goodwin
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Joe Robertson
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
as Marsh Goodwin
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Self - Guest Host
Nanny and the Professor
1970
The Ann Sothern Show
1958
as Terry Tyler
The Don Knotts Show
1970
as Self
Aloha Paradise
1981
Black Beauty
1978
as Horace Tompkins
General Electric Theater
1953
as Jimmy Devlin
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
Clowning Around
1991
as Mr. Ranthow
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991
as Self
Movies (102)
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
as John Dyckman Brown III
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
as Bandleader in Elite Club
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
as Larry
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Caine Mutiny
1954
as Lt. Stephen Maryk
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
as Charles Wills
Web of Evidence
1959
as Paul Mathry
Eagles Over London
1969
as Air Marshal George Taylor
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Divorce American Style
1967
as Al Yearling
Easy to Love
1953
as Ray Lloyd
Miracle in the Rain
1956
as Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
as Darrel Harrison
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as Greg Rawlings
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
as Ted Lawson
23 Paces to Baker Street
1956
as Phillip Hannon
Command Decision
1948
as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
The End of the Affair
1955
as Maurice Bendrix
Plymouth Adventure
1952
as John Alden
Men of the Fighting Lady
1954
as Lt. Thayer
Killer Crocodile
1989
as Judge
Confidentially Connie
1953
as Joe Bedloe
Slander
1957
as Scott Ethan Martin
Kelly and Me
1957
as Len Carmody
Battleground
1949
as Holley
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
as Pied Piper / Truson
Wives and Lovers
1963
as Bill Austin
Action of the Tiger
1957
as Carson
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
From Corleone to Brooklyn
1979
as Lieutenant Sturges
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
as Dr. Randall Adams
Madame Curie
1943
as Reporter
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
as Self
Remains to Be Seen
1953
as Waldo Williams
The Doomsday Flight
1966
as Capt. Anderson
A Guy Named Joe
1944
as Ted Randall
Invitation
1952
as Dan Pierce
The Price of Power
1969
as President James A. Garfield
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
as Andrew Delby Larkin
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Human Comedy
1943
as Marcus Macauley
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Grounds for Marriage
1951
as Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
as Wade Hall
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
as Sam Bennett
State of the Union
1948
as Spike McManus
Brigadoon
1954
as Jeff Douglas
The Kidnapping of the President
1980
as Vice President Ethan Richards
Three Days to a Kill
1992
as Comm. Howard
Company of Killers
1970
as Sam Cahill
American in Paris
1964
as James Devlin
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968
as Father Chase: The 'In' Group
Flight from Paradise
1990
as Erzähler
Call Her Mom
1972
as President Hardgrove
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Henry Carson
Thrill of a Romance
1945
as Thomas Milvaine
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
The Boy from Mercury
1996
as Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as James Hollis
It's a Big Country
1951
as Rev. Adam Burch
Concorde Affair
1979
as Captain Scott
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942
as Dr. Randall Adams
The Siege at Red River
1954
as Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday
Three Guys Named Mike
1951
as Michael Lawrence
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956
as Donald Martin / Eric Bell
The Big Hangover
1950
as David Maldon
Between Two Women
1945
as Dr. Randall Adams
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
as Michael Fitzpatrick
Too Many Girls
1940
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Murder in the Big House
1942
as Bert Bell
Too Young to Kiss
1951
as Eric Wainwright
Scorpion with Two Tails
1982
as Mulligan - Joan's father
3 Men in White
1944
as Dr. Randall Adams
Go for Broke!
1951
as Michael Grayson
When in Rome
1952
as Father John X. Halligan
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Getting Married
1978
as Phil Lawrence
The Last Blitzkrieg
1959
as Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson
High Barbaree
1947
as Alec Brooke
No Leave, No Love
1946
as Michael Hanlon
San Francisco International
1970
as Lester Scott
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One
1990
as Gen. McCailland
Subway in the Sky
1959
as Major Baxter Grant
Pilot #5
1943
as Everett Arnold
Scene of the Crime
1949
as Mike Conovan
Clowning Around
1991
as Mr. Ranthow
Washington Story
1952
as Joseph T. Gresham
Duchess of Idaho
1950
as Dick Layne
Superdome
1978
as Chip Green
For the Common Defense!
1942
as Agent Pritchard
Eye of the Spider
1971
as Prof. Orson Krüger
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
as Johnny Leverett
Easy to Wed
1946
as Bill Chandler
Taxi Killer
1988
as Captain
Bacall on Bogart
1988
as Self
Mother Is a Freshman
1949
as Professor Richard Michaels
Down There in the Jungle
1988
as The professor
The Enemy General
1960
as Allan Lemaire
Personalities
1942
as (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The War Years
1988
About Van Johnson
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. With 142 credits spanning from 1940 to 2000, Van Johnson has appeared in 102 films and 40 TV shows.
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Most Popular Van Johnson Movies
- Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) — as John Dyckman Brown III
- Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) — as Bandleader in Elite Club
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) — as Larry
- That's Entertainment! (1974) — as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Caine Mutiny (1954) — as Lt. Stephen Maryk
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