Acting

Van Johnson

Born: August 25, 1916
Died: December 12, 2008 (aged 92)
Birthplace: Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Credits: 143 titles

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.

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Signature work

Known For

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985

Batman

1966

Murder, She Wrote

1984

The Caine Mutiny

1954

I Love Lucy

1951

The Love Boat

1977

Brigadoon

1954

Yours, Mine and Ours

1968

Quincy, M.E.

1976

Battleground

1949

23 Paces to Baker Street

1956

State of the Union

1948

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944

The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985

One Day at a Time

1975

Killer Crocodile

1989

A Guy Named Joe

1944

Acting credits 143

Year	Title	Role
2000	Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy Film	Self
1996	The Boy from Mercury Film	Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)
1995	Roger Moore: A Matter of Class Film	Self (archive footage)
1993	Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie Film	Self
1992	Three Days to a Kill Film	Comm. Howard
1992	MGM: When the Lion Roars TV	(3 ep)
1991	Clowning Around Film	Mr. Ranthow
1991	Clowning Around TV	Mr. Ranthow (8 ep)
1991	Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... TV	Self (1 ep)
1990	Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One Film	Gen. McCailland
1990	Flight from Paradise Film	Erzähler
1989	Killer Crocodile Film	Judge
1988	Going Hollywood: The War Years Film
1988	Bacall on Bogart Film	Self
1988	Down There in the Jungle Film	The professor
1988	Taxi Killer Film	Captain
1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood Film	Self
1985	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Art Bellasco (1 ep)
1985	Night of 100 Stars II Film	Self
1985	The Purple Rose of Cairo Film	Larry
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Elliot Robinson, Daniel Hannigan, Daniel O'Brien (1 ep)
1982	Showbiz Goes to War Film	(archive footage)
1982	Scorpion with Two Tails Film	Mulligan - Joan's father
1982	Night of 100 Stars Film	Self
1982	Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! Film	Self (archive footage)
1981	Aloha Paradise TV	(1 ep)
1980	The Kidnapping of the President Film	Vice President Ethan Richards
1979	From Corleone to Brooklyn Film	Lieutenant Sturges
1979	Tales of the Unexpected TV	Gerry T. Armstrong (1 ep)
1979	Concorde Affair Film	Captain Scott
1978	Getting Married Film	Phil Lawrence
1978	Black Beauty TV	Horace Tompkins (5 ep)
1978	Superdome Film	Chip Green
1977	The Love Boat TV	Bert Wilder, Victor Moncrief (1 ep)
1976	Quincy, M.E. TV	Al Ringerman (2 ep)
1976	Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II TV	Marsh Goodwin (2 ep)
1976	Rich Man, Poor Man TV	Marsh Goodwin (12 ep)
1975	One Day at a Time TV	Gus Webster (1 ep)
1974	That's Entertainment! Film	(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974	The Girl on the Late, Late Show Film	Johnny Leverett
1972	Maude TV	Henry (1 ep)
1972	Call Her Mom Film	President Hardgrove
1971	Eye of the Spider Film	Prof. Orson Krüger
1971	McMillan & Wife TV	Harry Jerome (1 ep)
1970	San Francisco International Film	Lester Scott
1970	The Don Knotts Show TV	Self (1 ep)
1970	Company of Killers Film	Sam Cahill
1970	McCloud TV	(1 ep)
1970	Nanny and the Professor TV	(1 ep)
1969	The Price of Power Film	President James A. Garfield
1969	Love, American Style TV	(1 ep)
1969	Eagles Over London Film	Air Marshal George Taylor
1969	The Extraordinary Seaman Film	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968	Here's Lucy TV	Van Johnson (1 ep)
1968	The Name of the Game TV	Sullivan, Jack Newell (1 ep)
1968	Yours, Mine and Ours Film	Darrel Harrison
1968	Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows Film	Father Chase: The 'In' Group
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV	Self (uncredited) (2 ep)
1967	Divorce American Style Film	Al Yearling
1966	The Doomsday Flight Film	Capt. Anderson