
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

Batman
1966
as The Minstrel

Love, American Style
1969

Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Al Ringerman

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Ben Casey
1961

What's My Line?
1950
as Self

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Frank Gilette

I Love Lucy
1951
as Van Johnson

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Gerry T. Armstrong

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

The Name of the Game
1968
as Sullivan / Jack Newell

One Day at a Time
1975
as Gus Webster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Art Bellasco

Here's Lucy
1968
as Van Johnson

McCloud
1970
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self

Maude
1972
as Henry

McMillan & Wife
1971
as Harry Jerome

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Joe Robertson

MGM Parade
1955
as Self

The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self

Nanny and the Professor
1970

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Marsh Goodwin
Vacation Playhouse
1963

Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
as Marsh Goodwin

Letter to Loretta
1953
as Self - Guest Host

Black Beauty
1978
as Horace Tompkins

General Electric Theater
1953
as Jimmy Devlin
The Don Knotts Show
1970
as Self

The Ann Sothern Show
1958
as Terry Tyler

MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992

Aloha Paradise
1981
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991
as Self

Clowning Around
1991
as Mr. Ranthow
Movies (102)

The Caine Mutiny
1954
as Lt. Stephen Maryk

Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
as Bandleader in Elite Club

The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
as Larry

The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
as Charles Wills

Battleground
1949
as Holley

Easy to Love
1953
as Ray Lloyd

Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
as Darrel Harrison

Brigadoon
1954
as Jeff Douglas

Madame Curie
1943
as Reporter

Command Decision
1948
as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans

Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
as Ted Lawson

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self

A Guy Named Joe
1944
as Ted Randall

State of the Union
1948
as Spike McManus

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self

That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Killer Crocodile
1989
as Judge

Superdome
1978
as Chip Green

High Barbaree
1947
as Alec Brooke

Web of Evidence
1959
as Paul Mathry

The End of the Affair
1955
as Maurice Bendrix

The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Action of the Tiger
1957
as Carson

The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
as Sam Bennett

Pilot #5
1943
as Everett Arnold

Men of the Fighting Lady
1954
as Lt. Thayer

Plymouth Adventure
1952
as John Alden

Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
as Self (archive footage)

Eagles Over London
1969
as Air Marshal George Taylor

Divorce American Style
1967
as Al Yearling

23 Paces to Baker Street
1956
as Phillip Hannon

Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)

Murder in the Big House
1942
as Bert Bell

The Doomsday Flight
1966
as Capt. Anderson

Go for Broke!
1951
as Lt. Michael Grayson

3 Men in White
1944
as Dr. Randall Adams

The Kidnapping of the President
1980
as Vice President Ethan Richards

Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as James Hollis

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
as Dr. Randall Adams

Thrill of a Romance
1945
as Thomas Milvaine

Slander
1957
as Scott Ethan Martin

Invitation
1952
as Dan Pierce

In the Good Old Summertime
1949
as Andrew Delby Larkin

The Enemy General
1960
as Allan Lemaire

The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Henry Carson

Too Young to Kiss
1951
as Eric Wainwright

The Siege at Red River
1954
as Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday

Concorde Affair
1979
as Captain Scott

It's a Big Country
1951
as Rev. Adam Burch

The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as Greg Rawlings

Three Guys Named Mike
1951
as Michael Lawrence

Flight from Paradise
1990
as Erzähler

Remains to Be Seen
1953
as Waldo Williams

Scene of the Crime
1949
as Mike Conovan

Scorpion with Two Tails
1982
as Mulligan - Joan's father

From Corleone to Brooklyn
1979
as Lieutenant Sturges

Miracle in the Rain
1956
as Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon

The Bottom of the Bottle
1956
as Donald Martin / Eric Bell
Personalities
1942
as (uncredited)

When in Rome
1952
as Father John X. Halligan

The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
as Michael Fitzpatrick

The Boy from Mercury
1996
as Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)

The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
as Johnny Leverett

The Big Hangover
1950
as David Maldon

Kelly and Me
1957
as Len Carmody

Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
as Wade Hall

Easy to Wed
1946
as William "Bill" Stevens Chandler

The Price of Power
1969
as President James A. Garfield

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942
as Dr. Randall Adams

The Human Comedy
1943
as Marcus Macauley

Confidentially Connie
1953
as Joe Bedloe

Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One
1990
as Gen. McCailland

Mother Is a Freshman
1949
as Professor Richard Michaels

Bacall on Bogart
1988
as Self

Getting Married
1978
as Phil Lawrence
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
as Self

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968
as Father Chase: The 'In' Group

Duchess of Idaho
1950
as Dick Layne

Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
as John Dyckman Brown III

Three Days to a Kill
1992
as Comm. Howard

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
as Pied Piper / Truson

Taxi Killer
1988
as Captain

No Leave, No Love
1946
as Michael Hanlon

Subway in the Sky
1959
as Major Baxter Grant

Grounds for Marriage
1951
as Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett

Wives and Lovers
1963
as Bill Austin

Too Many Girls
1940
as Chorus Boy

The Last Blitzkrieg
1959
as Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson

Between Two Women
1945
as Dr. Randall Adams

For the Common Defense!
1942
as Agent Pritchard

Eye of the Spider
1971
as Prof. Orson Krüger

San Francisco International
1970
as Lester Scott

Clowning Around
1991
as Mr. Ranthow

Washington Story
1952
as Joseph T. Gresham

Call Her Mom
1972
as President Hardgrove

Company of Killers
1970
as Sam Cahill

Down There in the Jungle
1988
as The professor

American in Paris
1964
as James Devlin
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
- The Caine Mutiny (1954) — as Lt. Stephen Maryk
- Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) — as Bandleader in Elite Club
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) — as Larry
- The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) — as Charles Wills
- Battleground (1949) — as Holley
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