Van Johnson

Actor Aug 25 (died age 92) Newport, Rhode Island, USA 1940–2000 (60 year career)

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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

Film

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Larry

Film

The Caine Mutiny

Lt. Stephen Maryk

Film

Yours, Mine and Ours

Darrel Harrison

Film

Brigadoon

Jeff Douglas

Film

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage)

Film

Battleground

Holley

Film

23 Paces to Baker Street

Phillip Hannon

Film

State of the Union

Spike McManus

Filmography

Acting (142)

Movies (102)

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

2000

as Self

The Boy from Mercury

1996

as Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)

6.0

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

1995

as Self (archive footage)

Three Days to a Kill

as Comm. Howard

Clowning Around

as Mr. Ranthow

Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One

as Gen. McCailland

Flight from Paradise

as Erzähler

Killer Crocodile

as Judge

Bacall on Bogart

as Self

Going Hollywood: The War Years

1988

Taxi Killer

1988

as Captain

4.3

Down There in the Jungle

1988

as The professor

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985

as Larry

7.4

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Scorpion with Two Tails

1982

as Mulligan - Joan's father

4.7

Showbiz Goes to War

1982

as (archive footage)

10.0

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Kidnapping of the President

1980

as Vice President Ethan Richards

4.6

From Corleone to Brooklyn

1979

as Lieutenant Sturges

Concorde Affair

as Captain Scott

Superdome

as Chip Green

Getting Married

as Phil Lawrence

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage)

7.4

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

1974

as Johnny Leverett

5.2

Call Her Mom

1972

as President Hardgrove

4.0

Eye of the Spider

1971

as Prof. Orson Krüger

4.5

San Francisco International

as Lester Scott

Company of Killers

as Sam Cahill

Eagles Over London

as Air Marshal George Taylor

6.3

The Extraordinary Seaman

1969

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2.6

The Price of Power

1969

as President James A. Garfield

6.0

Yours, Mine and Ours

1968

as Darrel Harrison

6.9

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

1968

as Father Chase: The 'In' Group

6.0

Divorce American Style

as Al Yearling

The Doomsday Flight

as Capt. Anderson

American in Paris

as James Devlin

Wives and Lovers

as Bill Austin

The Enemy General

as Allan Lemaire

Web of Evidence

as Paul Mathry

The Last Blitzkrieg

as Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson

5.2

Subway in the Sky

1959

as Major Baxter Grant

5.7

Slander

1957

as Scott Ethan Martin

6.3

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1957

as Pied Piper / Truson

Kelly and Me

as Len Carmody

Action of the Tiger

as Carson

Miracle in the Rain

as Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon

6.7

The Bottom of the Bottle

1956

as Donald Martin / Eric Bell

5.1

23 Paces to Baker Street

1956

as Phillip Hannon

6.7

The End of the Affair

1955

as Maurice Bendrix

5.7

The Siege at Red River

1954

as Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday

The Caine Mutiny

as Lt. Stephen Maryk

Brigadoon

as Jeff Douglas

Men of the Fighting Lady

1954

as Lt. Thayer

6.2

The Last Time I Saw Paris

as Charles Wills

Easy to Love

as Ray Lloyd

Confidentially Connie

as Joe Bedloe

Remains to Be Seen

as Waldo Williams

Invitation

as Dan Pierce

Plymouth Adventure

as John Alden

When in Rome

as Father John X. Halligan

Washington Story

as Joseph T. Gresham

Grounds for Marriage

as Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett

4.3

Go for Broke!

1951

as Lt. Michael Grayson

5.8

It's a Big Country

1951

as Rev. Adam Burch

5.3

Three Guys Named Mike

as Michael Lawrence

Too Young to Kiss

as Eric Wainwright

Duchess of Idaho

as Dick Layne

The Big Hangover

as David Maldon

Battleground

as Holley

In the Good Old Summertime

1949

as Andrew Delby Larkin

Scene of the Crime

as Mike Conovan

Mother Is a Freshman

as Professor Richard Michaels

8.0

Command Decision

1948

as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans

The Bride Goes Wild

as Greg Rawlings

State of the Union

as Spike McManus

High Barbaree

as Alec Brooke

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

1947

as Henry Carson

6.6

Till the Clouds Roll By

1946

as Bandleader in Elite Club

No Leave, No Love

as Michael Hanlon

Easy to Wed

as William "Bill" Stevens Chandler

6.2

Week-End at the Waldorf

as James Hollis

Between Two Women

as Dr. Randall Adams

Thrill of a Romance

as Thomas Milvaine

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

as Ted Lawson

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

A Guy Named Joe

as Ted Randall

3 Men in White

as Dr. Randall Adams

The White Cliffs of Dover

1944

as Sam Bennett

6.5

Two Girls and a Sailor

1944

as John Dyckman Brown III

5.7

Madame Curie

1943

as Reporter

7.2

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

as Dr. Randall Adams

The Human Comedy

as Marcus Macauley

Pilot #5

as Everett Arnold

For the Common Defense!

1942

as Agent Pritchard

4.7

Somewhere I'll Find You

1942

as Wade Hall

5.6

Personalities

1942

as (uncredited)

Murder in the Big House

1942

as Bert Bell

6.5

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

1942

as Dr. Randall Adams

5.3

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

1942

as Michael Fitzpatrick

5.0

Too Many Girls

1940

as Chorus Boy

5.6

Television (40)

MGM: When the Lion Roars

1992

8.0

Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...

1991

as Self

6.0

Clowning Around

1991

as Mr. Ranthow

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Art Bellasco

Murder, She Wrote

as Daniel O'Brien

Aloha Paradise

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Gerry T. Armstrong

Black Beauty

as Horace Tompkins

The Love Boat

as Bert Wilder

Quincy, M.E.

as Al Ringerman

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

as Marsh Goodwin

Rich Man, Poor Man

as Marsh Goodwin

One Day at a Time

as Gus Webster

Maude

as Henry

McMillan & Wife

as Harry Jerome

McCloud

Nanny and the Professor

1970

6.0

The Don Knotts Show

1970

as Self

Love, American Style

The Name of the Game

as Sullivan

Here's Lucy

as Van Johnson

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

Batman

as The Minstrel

The Hollywood Palace

as Self

Vacation Playhouse

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Ben Casey

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Joe Robertson

The Ann Sothern Show

as Terry Tyler

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self

7.0

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Frank Gilette

6.0

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

MGM Parade

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

as Jimmy Devlin

Letter to Loretta

as Self - Guest Host

I Love Lucy

as Van Johnson

What's My Line?

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self