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Van Johnson

Actor | * 08/25/1916 († 92, 12/12/2008) | Newport, Rhode Island (United States of America (USA))
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Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, 1916 – December 12, 2008) was an American film, television, theatre and radio actor. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II. Johnson was described as the embodiment of the "boy-next-door wholesomeness" which made him a popular Hollywood star in the 1940s and 1950s, playing "the red-haired, freckle-faced soldier, sailor, or bomber pilot who used to live down the street" in MGM films during the war years, with such films as Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, A Guy Named Joe, and The Human Comedy. He made occasional World War II films through the end of the 1960s, and he played a military officer in one of his final feature films in 1992. At the time of his death in 2008, he was one of the last surviving matinee idols of Hollywood's "golden age". ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The cit ...

Brigadoon

Certification unknown

1954 | 3.2/5 | 1h 48min
Fantasy, Music, Romance / Love
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Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail. ...

In the Good Old Summertime

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1949 | 3.3/5 | 1h 42min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
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Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already see ...

Battleground

FSK: 12+ years

1949 | 3.4/5 | 1h 58min
Action, Adventure, Drama, War
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When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny. ...

The Caine Mutiny

FSK: 12+ years

1954 | 3.6/5 | 2h 4min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Van Johnson

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Van Johnson as Actor(95)

as Comm. Howard1992 Three Days To A Kill
as Mr. Ranthow1991 Clowning Around
as Gen. McCailland1990 Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One
as Erzähler1990 Flight from Paradise
as Judge1989 Killer Crocodile
1988 Taxi Killer
as himself1988 Bacall on Bogart
as The professor1986 Down There in the Jungle
as Larry1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo
as (archive footage)1982 Showbiz Goes to War
as Self (archive footage)1982 Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Mulligan - Joan's father1982 The Scorpion with Two Tails
as Vice President Ethan Richards1980 The Kidnapping of the President
as Lieutenant Sturges1979 From Corleone to Brooklyn
as Captain Scott1979 Concorde Affair
as Chip Green1978 Superdome
as Phil Lawrence1978 Getting Married
as Johnny Leverett1974 The Girl on the Late, Late Show
as (archive footage)1974 That's Entertainment!
as President Hardgrove1972 Call Her Mom
as Prof. Orson Krüger1971 Eye of the Spider
as Lester Scott1970 San Francisco International
as Sam Cahill1970 Company of Killers
as President James A. Garfield1969 The Price of Power
as Air Marshal George Taylor1969 Eagles Over London
as Darrel Harrison1968 Yours, Mine and Ours
as Father Chase: The 'In' Group1968 Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
as Al Yearling1967 Divorce American Style
as Capt. Anderson1966 The Doomsday Flight
as James Devlin1964 American in Paris
as Bill Austin1963 Wives and Lovers
as himself1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up
as Allan Lemaire1960 The Enemy General
as Paul Mathry1959 Web of Evidence
as Major Baxter Grant1959 Subway in the Sky
as Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson1959 The Last Blitzkrieg
as Scott Ethan Martin1957 Slander
as Carson1957 Action of the Tiger
as Pied Piper / Truson1957 The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Len Carmody1957 Kelly and Me
as Phillip Hannon1956 23 Paces to Baker Street
as Donald Martin / Eric Bell1956 The Bottom of the Bottle
as Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon1956 Miracle in the Rain
as Maurice Bendrix1955 The End of the Affair
as Lt. Thayer1954 Men of the Fighting Lady
as Lt. Stephen Maryk1954 The Caine Mutiny
as Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday1954 The Siege at Red River
as Jeff Douglas1954 Brigadoon
as Charles Wills1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris
as Joe Bedloe1953 Confidentially Connie
as Ray Lloyd1953 Easy to Love
as Waldo Williams1953 Remains to Be Seen
as Joseph T. Gresham1952 Washington Story
as Dan Pierce1952 Invitation
as John Alden1952 Plymouth Adventure
as Father John X. Halligan1952 When in Rome
as Michael Lawrence1951 Three Guys Named Mike
as Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett1951 Grounds for Marriage
as Rev. Adam Burch1951 It's a Big Country
as Eric Wainwright1951 Too Young to Kiss
as Lt. Michael Grayson1951 Go for Broke!
as Dick Layne1950 Duchess of Idaho
as David Maldon1950 The Big Hangover
as Mike Conovan1949 Scene of the Crime
as Professor Richard Michaels1949 Mother Is a Freshman
as Andrew Delby Larkin1949 In the Good Old Summertime
as Holley1949 Battleground
as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans1948 Command Decision
as Spike McManus1948 State of the Union
as Greg Rawlings1948 The Bride Goes Wild
as Henry Carson1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Alec Brooke1947 High Barbaree
as William "Bill" Stevens Chandler1946 Easy to Wed
as Bandleader in Elite Club1946 Till the Clouds Roll By
as Michael Hanlon1946 No Leave, No Love
as Thomas Milvaine1945 Thrill of a Romance
as James Hollis1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
as Dr. Randall Adams1945 Between Two Women
as Dr. Randall Adams1944 3 Men in White
as Ted Lawson1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Sam Bennett1944 The White Cliffs of Dover
1944 Twenty Years After
as John Dyckman Brown III1944 Two Girls and a Sailor
as Ted Randall1943 A Guy Named Joe
as Everett Arnold1943 Pilot #5
as Marcus Macauley1943 The Human Comedy
as Dr. Randall Adams1943 Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Reporter1943 Madame Curie
as (uncredited)1942 Personalities
as Dr. Randall Adams1942 Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
as Wade Hall1942 Somewhere I'll Find You
as Agent Pritchard1942 For the Common Defense!
as Michael Fitzpatrick1942 The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Bert Bell1942 Murder in the Big House
as Chorus Boy1940 Too Many Girls

TV Shows/Series with Van Johnson as Actor(39)

1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars
as himself1991 Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
as Art Bellasco1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Elliot Robinson1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Daniel O'Brien1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Daniel Hannigan1984 Murder, She Wrote
1981 Aloha Paradise
as Gerry T. Armstrong1979 Tales of the Unexpected
as Horace Tompkins1978 Black Beauty
as Bert Wilder1977 The Love Boat
as Victor Moncrief1977 The Love Boat
1976 Quincy, M.E.
1972 Maude
as Harry Jerome1971 McMillan and Wife
1970 McCloud
1970 Nanny and the Professor
as himself1970 The Don Knotts Show
1969 Love, American Style
as Sullivan1968 The Name of the Game
as Jack Newell1968 The Name of the Game
1968 Here's Lucy
as himself1967 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as The Minstrel1966 Batman
as Self - Host1964 The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer1964 The Hollywood Palace
1963 Vacation Playhouse
as himself1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1961 Ben Casey
as Joe Robertson1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Terry Tyler1958 The Ann Sothern Show
as himself1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Frank Gilette1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jimmy Devlin1953 GE Theater
as Self - Guest Host1953 Letter to Loretta
as himself1951 I Love Lucy
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - Singer1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Van Johnson
Born: Friday, 08/25 1916 (August) in Newport, Rhode Island (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 12/12 2008 (December) in Nyack (aged: 92)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Educated at: Rogers High School
Other names for Van Johnson (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Charles Van Dell Johnson"
"Ван Джонсон"
Van Johnson frequently works together with these people:
Loretta Young (117x, Actress)
Cedric Gibbons (25x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (23x, Crew)
Ricardo Montalban (20x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (19x, Actor)
Red Buttons (18x, Actor)
Jack Carter (18x, Actor)
Irene (18x, Crew)
Jessica Walter (16x, Actress)
Chuck Connors (14x, Actor)
Douglas Shearer (14x, Crew)
Sammy Davis Jr. (14x, Actor)
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