
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

Love, American Style
1969

Batman
1966
as The Minstrel

Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Al Ringerman

What's My Line?
1950
as Self

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Frank Gilette

Ben Casey
1961

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Gerry T. Armstrong

I Love Lucy
1951
as Van Johnson

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Art Bellasco

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

Here's Lucy
1968
as Van Johnson

McCloud
1970

The Oscars
1953
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
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 Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Joe Robertson

MGM Parade
1955
as Self

Nanny and the Professor
1970

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

Letter to Loretta
1953
as Self - Guest Host

Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
as Marsh Goodwin
The Don Knotts Show
1970
as Self

General Electric Theater
1953
as Jimmy Devlin

Black Beauty
1978
as Horace Tompkins

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

Battleground
1949
as Holley

Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self

The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
as Larry

Command Decision
1948
as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans

The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
as Charles Wills

Madame Curie
1943
as Reporter

Brigadoon
1954
as Jeff Douglas

Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
as Bandleader in Elite Club

Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
as Darrel Harrison

Easy to Love
1953
as Ray Lloyd

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self

A Guy Named Joe
1944
as Ted Randall

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

State of the Union
1948
as Spike McManus

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
as Ted Lawson

High Barbaree
1947
as Alec Brooke

Plymouth Adventure
1952
as John Alden

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

Men of the Fighting Lady
1954
as Lt. Thayer

The End of the Affair
1955
as Maurice Bendrix

Invitation
1952
as Dan Pierce

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

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

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

Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)

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

Killer Crocodile
1989
as Judge

Eagles Over London
1969
as Air Marshal George Taylor

Divorce American Style
1967
as Al Yearling

Superdome
1978
as Chip Green

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

Flight from Paradise
1990
as Erzähler

Action of the Tiger
1957
as Carson

The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
as Sam Bennett

Murder in the Big House
1942
as Bert Bell

The Doomsday Flight
1966
as Capt. Anderson

23 Paces to Baker Street
1956
as Phillip Hannon

Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)

The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Henry Carson

3 Men in White
1944
as Dr. Randall Adams

Web of Evidence
1959
as Paul Mathry

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

In the Good Old Summertime
1949
as Andrew Delby Larkin

Concorde Affair
1979
as Captain Scott

The Enemy General
1960
as Allan Lemaire

Kelly and Me
1957
as Len Carmody

Pilot #5
1943
as Everett Arnold

The Human Comedy
1943
as Marcus Macauley

The Kidnapping of the President
1980
as Vice President Ethan Richards

Go for Broke!
1951
as Lt. Michael Grayson

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

The Price of Power
1969
as President James A. Garfield

Slander
1957
as Scott Ethan Martin

Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
as Wade Hall

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

The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as Greg Rawlings

Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as James Hollis

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

The Bottom of the Bottle
1956
as Donald Martin / Eric Bell

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

The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
as Michael Fitzpatrick

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

Bacall on Bogart
1988
as Self

Easy to Wed
1946
as William "Bill" Stevens Chandler

Three Guys Named Mike
1951
as Michael Lawrence

Thrill of a Romance
1945
as Thomas Milvaine

Remains to Be Seen
1953
as Waldo Williams

Too Young to Kiss
1951
as Eric Wainwright

When in Rome
1952
as Father John X. Halligan
Personalities
1942
as (uncredited)

Three Days to a Kill
1992
as Comm. Howard

From Corleone to Brooklyn
1979
as Lieutenant Sturges

Scene of the Crime
1949
as Mike Conovan

Between Two Women
1945
as Dr. Randall Adams

Subway in the Sky
1959
as Major Baxter Grant

Getting Married
1978
as Phil Lawrence

The Big Hangover
1950
as David Maldon

Grounds for Marriage
1951
as Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett

Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
as John Dyckman Brown III

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
as Pied Piper / Truson

San Francisco International
1970
as Lester Scott

Taxi Killer
1988
as Captain

Confidentially Connie
1953
as Joe Bedloe
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
as Self

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

No Leave, No Love
1946
as Michael Hanlon

Wives and Lovers
1963
as Bill Austin

Eye of the Spider
1971
as Prof. Orson Krüger

Mother Is a Freshman
1949
as Professor Richard Michaels

Too Many Girls
1940
as Chorus Boy

Duchess of Idaho
1950
as Dick Layne

The Last Blitzkrieg
1959
as Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson

Washington Story
1952
as Joseph T. Gresham

Call Her Mom
1972
as President Hardgrove

Down There in the Jungle
1988
as The professor

Company of Killers
1970
as Sam Cahill

For the Common Defense!
1942
as Agent Pritchard

Clowning Around
1991
as Mr. Ranthow

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
- Battleground (1949) — as Holley
- Night of 100 Stars II (1985) — as Self
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) — as Larry
- Command Decision (1948) — as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
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