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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 25, 1916
Died
December 12, 2008
Place of Birth
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Also Known As
- Charles Van Dell Johnson
- Ван Джонсон
- ون جانسون
Van Johnson
0.4 Popularity
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
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Self
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
6.0
Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)
The Boy from Mercury
1996
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
3.5
Comm. Howard
Three Days to a Kill
1992
7.8
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
7.0
Mr. Ranthow
Clowning Around
1991
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6.0
Self
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991
7.0
Gen. McCailland
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One
1990
7.0
Erzähler
Flight from Paradise
1990
5.2
Judge
Killer Crocodile
1989
Credits
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Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self
2000
0.0
The Boy from Mercury
as Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)
1996
6.0
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self (archive footage)
1995
6.0
Three Days to a Kill
as Comm. Howard
1992
3.5
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
7.8
Clowning Around
as Mr. Ranthow
1991
7.0
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Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
as Self
1991
6.0
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One
as Gen. McCailland
1990
7.0
Flight from Paradise
as Erzähler
1990
7.0
Killer Crocodile
as Judge
1989
5.2
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Going Hollywood: The War Years
1988
0.0
Bacall on Bogart
as Self
1988
6.0
Down There in the Jungle
as The professor
1988
0.0
Taxi Killer
as Captain
1988
4.3
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Art Bellasco
1985
7.2
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Larry
1985
7.4
Murder, She Wrote
as Elliot Robinson
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Daniel Hannigan
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Daniel O'Brien
1984
7.5
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
Scorpion with Two Tails
as Mulligan - Joan's father
1982
4.6
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.0
Aloha Paradise
1981
5.0
The Kidnapping of the President
as Vice President Ethan Richards
1980
4.6
From Corleone to Brooklyn
as Lieutenant Sturges
1979
6.2
Tales of the Unexpected
as Gerry T. Armstrong
1979
6.7
Concorde Affair
as Captain Scott
1979
6.4
Getting Married
as Phil Lawrence
1978
4.0
Black Beauty
as Horace Tompkins
1978
7.0
Superdome
as Chip Green
1978
4.4
The Love Boat
as Bert Wilder
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Victor Moncrief
1977
6.3
Quincy, M.E.
as Al Ringerman
1976
7.5
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Marsh Goodwin
1976
8.6
Rich Man, Poor Man
as Marsh Goodwin
1976
7.8
One Day at a Time
as Gus Webster
1975
6.7
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1974
7.4
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
as Johnny Leverett
1974
5.2
Maude
as Henry
1972
6.7
Call Her Mom
as President Hardgrove
1972
4.0
Eye of the Spider
as Prof. Orson Krüger
1971
4.5
McMillan & Wife
as Harry Jerome
1971
6.9
San Francisco International
as Lester Scott
1970
3.7
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The Don Knotts Show
as Self
1970
0.0
Company of Killers
as Sam Cahill
1970
4.0
McCloud
1970
7.1
Nanny and the Professor
1970
6.0
The Price of Power
as President James A. Garfield
1969
6.0
Love, American Style
1969
6.1
Eagles Over London
as Air Marshal George Taylor
1969
6.3
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969
2.6
Here's Lucy
as Van Johnson
1968
6.7
The Name of the Game
as Sullivan
1968
6.8
The Name of the Game
as Jack Newell
1968
6.8
Yours, Mine and Ours
as Darrel Harrison
1968
6.9
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
as Father Chase: The 'In' Group
1968
6.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
Divorce American Style
as Al Yearling
1967
5.6
The Doomsday Flight
as Capt. Anderson
1966
6.4
Batman
as The Minstrel
1966
7.3
American in Paris
as James Devlin
1964
0.0
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
4.5
Wives and Lovers
as Bill Austin
1963
4.1
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Vacation Playhouse
1963
7.0
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
The Enemy General
as Allan Lemaire
1960
5.5
Subway in the Sky
as Major Baxter Grant
1959
5.7
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Joe Robertson
1959
6.3
Web of Evidence
as Paul Mathry
1959
4.0
The Last Blitzkrieg
as Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson
1959
5.2
The Ann Sothern Show
as Terry Tyler
1958
6.5
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Pied Piper / Truson
1957
5.4
Action of the Tiger
as Carson
1957
4.6
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Kelly and Me
as Len Carmody
1957
10.0
Slander
as Scott Ethan Martin
1957
6.3
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Frank Gilette
1956
6.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
23 Paces to Baker Street
as Phillip Hannon
1956
6.7
Miracle in the Rain
as Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon
1956
6.7
The Bottom of the Bottle
as Donald Martin / Eric Bell
1956
5.1
The End of the Affair
as Maurice Bendrix
1955
5.7
The Last Time I Saw Paris
as Charles Wills
1954
6.2
Brigadoon
as Jeff Douglas
1954
6.5
The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. Stephen Maryk
1954
7.2
Men of the Fighting Lady
as Lt. Thayer
1954
6.2
The Siege at Red River
as Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday
1954
5.9
Easy to Love
as Ray Lloyd
1953
6.1
Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host
1953
6.5
Remains to Be Seen
as Waldo Williams
1953
5.7
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Confidentially Connie
as Joe Bedloe
1953
5.3
General Electric Theater
as Jimmy Devlin
1953
6.4
Plymouth Adventure
as John Alden
1952
5.7
Washington Story
as Joseph T. Gresham
1952
6.0
When in Rome
as Father John X. Halligan
1952
0.0
Invitation
as Dan Pierce
1952
6.5
Too Young to Kiss
as Eric Wainwright
1951
4.8
It's a Big Country
as Rev. Adam Burch
1951
5.3
I Love Lucy
as Van Johnson
1951
7.9
Go for Broke!
as Lt. Michael Grayson
1951
5.8
Three Guys Named Mike
as Michael Lawrence
1951
5.6
Grounds for Marriage
as Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett
1951
4.3
Duchess of Idaho
as Dick Layne
1950
4.4
The Big Hangover
as David Maldon
1950
6.1
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Battleground
as Holley
1949
6.7
In the Good Old Summertime
as Andrew Delby Larkin
1949
6.6
Scene of the Crime
as Mike Conovan
1949
6.0
Mother Is a Freshman
as Professor Richard Michaels
1949
8.0
A Guy Named Joe
as Ted Randall
1949
6.6
Command Decision
as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
1948
6.4
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
State of the Union
as Spike McManus
1948
6.7
The Bride Goes Wild
as Greg Rawlings
1948
6.2
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Henry Carson
1947
6.6
High Barbaree
as Alec Brooke
1947
5.1
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Bandleader in Elite Club
1946
5.7
Easy to Wed
as William "Bill" Stevens Chandler
1946
6.2
No Leave, No Love
as Michael Hanlon
1946
6.0
Week-End at the Waldorf
as James Hollis
1945
6.0
Thrill of a Romance
as Thomas Milvaine
1945
6.2
Between Two Women
as Dr. Randall Adams
1945
5.9
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as Ted Lawson
1944
6.6
Two Girls and a Sailor
as John Dyckman Brown III
1944
5.7
3 Men in White
as Dr. Randall Adams
1944
6.0
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Sam Bennett
1944
6.5
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
6.0
Madame Curie
as Reporter
1943
7.2
Pilot #5
as Everett Arnold
1943
5.8
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Dr. Randall Adams
1943
5.5
The Human Comedy
as Marcus Macauley
1943
6.2
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
as Dr. Randall Adams
1942
5.3
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Wade Hall
1942
5.6
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Michael Fitzpatrick
1942
5.0
For the Common Defense!
as Agent Pritchard
1942
4.7
Murder in the Big House
as Bert Bell
1942
6.5
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Personalities
as (uncredited)
1942
0.0
Too Many Girls
as Chorus Boy
1940
5.6