Van Johnson

Acting • 1916-08-25 • Newport, Rhode Island, USA

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

7.3

The Caine Mutiny

1954

7.4

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985

6.6

Brigadoon

1954

6.7

Battleground

1949

6.9

Yours, Mine and Ours

1968

6.7

23 Paces to Baker Street

1956

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Filmography

2000
Lucille Ball: Finding LucyFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1996
The Boy from MercuryFilm
Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)
★ 8.0
1995
Roger Moore: A Matter of ClassFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
1993
Lucy and Desi: A Home MovieFilm
Self
★ 8.2
1992
MGM: When the Lion RoarsTV
★ 7.9
1992
Three Days to a KillFilm
Comm. Howard
★ 4.0
1991
Clowning AroundFilm
Mr. Ranthow
★ 7.2
1991
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1991
Clowning AroundTV
Mr. Ranthow • 8 episodes
1990
Flight from ParadiseFilm
Erzähler
★ 8.5
1990
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red OneFilm
Gen. McCailland
★ 8.5
1989
Killer CrocodileFilm
Judge
★ 5.5
1988
Bacall on BogartFilm
Self
★ 6.2
1988
Taxi KillerFilm
Captain
★ 4.3
1988
Going Hollywood: The War YearsFilm
★ 8.0
1988
Down There in the JungleFilm
The professor
★ 7.0
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodFilm
Self
★ 6.0
1985
The Purple Rose of CairoFilm
Larry
★ 7.4
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTV
Art Bellasco • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1985
Night of 100 Stars IIFilm
Self
★ 6.8
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
Elliot Robinson • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
Daniel Hannigan • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
Daniel O'Brien • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1982
Scorpion with Two TailsFilm
Mulligan - Joan's father
★ 4.7
1982
Night of 100 StarsFilm
Self
★ 5.8
1982
Showbiz Goes to WarFilm
(archive footage)
★ 10.0
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!Film
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
1981
Aloha ParadiseTV
★ 7.0
1980
The Kidnapping of the PresidentFilm
Vice President Ethan Richards
★ 4.6
1979
Tales of the UnexpectedTV
Gerry T. Armstrong • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1979
Concorde AffairFilm
Captain Scott
★ 6.4
1979
From Corleone to BrooklynFilm
Lieutenant Sturges
★ 6.3
1978
Black BeautyTV
Horace Tompkins • 5 episodes
★ 7.0
1978
SuperdomeFilm
Chip Green
★ 4.5
1978
Getting MarriedFilm
Phil Lawrence
★ 6.0
1977
The Love BoatTV
Bert Wilder • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1977
The Love BoatTV
Victor Moncrief • 2 episodes
★ 6.2
1976
Quincy, M.E.TV
Al Ringerman • 2 episodes
★ 7.5
1976
Rich Man, Poor ManTV
Marsh Goodwin • 12 episodes
★ 7.9
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book IITV
Marsh Goodwin • 2 episodes
★ 8.3
1975
One Day at a TimeTV
Gus Webster • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1974
That's Entertainment!Film
(archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.4
1974
The Girl on the Late, Late ShowFilm
Johnny Leverett
★ 5.5
1972
MaudeTV
Henry • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1972
Call Her MomFilm
President Hardgrove
★ 6.0
1971
McMillan & WifeTV
Harry Jerome • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1971
Eye of the SpiderFilm
Prof. Orson Krüger
★ 4.5
1970
McCloudTV
★ 7.2
1970
Nanny and the ProfessorTV
★ 6.7
1970
San Francisco InternationalFilm
Lester Scott
★ 4.3
1970
The Don Knotts ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 9.0
1970
Company of KillersFilm
Sam Cahill
★ 6.5
1969
Love, American StyleTV
★ 6.2
1969
The Price of PowerFilm
President James A. Garfield
★ 6.0
1969
Eagles Over LondonFilm
Air Marshal George Taylor
★ 6.3
1969
The Extraordinary SeamanFilm
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 3.4
1968
Here's LucyTV
Van Johnson • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1968
Yours, Mine and OursFilm
Darrel Harrison
★ 6.9
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InTV
Self (uncredited) • 2 episodes
★ 6.8
1968
The Name of the GameTV
Sullivan • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1968
The Name of the GameTV
Jack Newell • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1968
Where Angels Go, Trouble FollowsFilm
Father Chase: The 'In' Group
★ 6.1
1967
Divorce American StyleFilm
Al Yearling
★ 5.8
1966
BatmanTV
The Minstrel • 2 episodes
★ 7.3
1966
The Doomsday FlightFilm
Capt. Anderson
★ 6.5
1964
The Hollywood PalaceTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 5.0
1964
American in ParisFilm
James Devlin
★ 8.0
1963
Wives and LoversFilm
Bill Austin
★ 4.4
1963
Vacation PlayhouseTV
★ 8.0
1962
The Merv Griffin ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 5.8
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowTV
Self - Co-Host • 5 episodes
★ 5.8
1961
Ben CaseyTV
★ 5.9
1960
The Enemy GeneralFilm
Allan Lemaire
★ 7.0
1959
The DuPont Show with June AllysonTV
Joe Robertson • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1959
Subway in the SkyFilm
Major Baxter Grant
★ 6.0
1959
The Last BlitzkriegFilm
Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson
★ 6.1
1959
Web of EvidenceFilm
Paul Mathry
★ 4.7
1958
The Ann Sothern ShowTV
Terry Tyler • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1957
Tonight Starring Jack PaarTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1957
The Pied Piper of HamelinFilm
Pied Piper / Truson
★ 5.7
1957
SlanderFilm
Scott Ethan Martin
★ 6.5
1957
Action of the TigerFilm
Carson
★ 4.9
1957
Kelly and MeFilm
Len Carmody
★ 9.0
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTV
Frank Gilette • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1956
23 Paces to Baker StreetFilm
Phillip Hannon
★ 6.7
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 6.4
1956
Miracle in the RainFilm
Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon
★ 6.8
1956
The Bottom of the BottleFilm
Donald Martin / Eric Bell
★ 5.8
1955
The End of the AffairFilm
Maurice Bendrix
★ 5.8
1955
MGM ParadeTV
★ 7.5
1955
MGM ParadeTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1954
The Caine MutinyFilm
Lt. Stephen Maryk
★ 7.3
1954
BrigadoonFilm
Jeff Douglas
★ 6.6
1954
The Last Time I Saw ParisFilm
Charles Wills
★ 6.1
1954
Men of the Fighting LadyFilm
Lt. Thayer
★ 6.3
1954
The Siege at Red RiverFilm
Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday
★ 6.2
1953
The OscarsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1953
Letter to LorettaTV
Self - Guest Host • 2 episodes
★ 6.6
1953
Easy to LoveFilm
Ray Lloyd
★ 6.2
1953
General Electric TheaterTV
Jimmy Devlin • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1953
Confidentially ConnieFilm
Joe Bedloe
★ 5.8
1953
Remains to Be SeenFilm
Waldo Williams
★ 6.0
1952
Plymouth AdventureFilm
John Alden
★ 5.9
1952
InvitationFilm
Dan Pierce
★ 6.6
1952
When in RomeFilm
Father John X. Halligan
★ 7.7
1952
Washington StoryFilm
Joseph T. Gresham
★ 7.0
1951
I Love LucyTV
Van Johnson • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
1951
Go for Broke!Film
Michael Grayson
★ 5.9
1951
Three Guys Named MikeFilm
Michael Lawrence
★ 5.8
1951
Too Young to KissFilm
Eric Wainwright
★ 5.1
1951
It's a Big CountryFilm
Rev. Adam Burch
★ 5.9
1951
Grounds for MarriageFilm
Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett
★ 5.0
1950
What's My Line?TV
Self • 4 episodes
★ 7.1
1950
The Big HangoverFilm
David Maldon
★ 6.4
1950
Duchess of IdahoFilm
Dick Layne
★ 4.9
1949
BattlegroundFilm
Holley
★ 6.7
1949
In the Good Old SummertimeFilm
Andrew Delby Larkin
★ 6.8
1949
Scene of the CrimeFilm
Mike Conovan
★ 6.1
1949
Mother Is a FreshmanFilm
Professor Richard Michaels
★ 9.0
1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 6.8
1948
State of the UnionFilm
Spike McManus
★ 6.7
1948
Command DecisionFilm
Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
★ 6.6
1948
The Bride Goes WildFilm
Greg Rawlings
★ 6.7
1947
High BarbareeFilm
Alec Brooke
★ 5.6
1947
The Romance of Rosy RidgeFilm
Henry Carson
★ 6.7
1946
Till the Clouds Roll ByFilm
Bandleader in Elite Club
★ 5.8
1946
Easy to WedFilm
Bill Chandler
★ 6.4
1946
No Leave, No LoveFilm
Michael Hanlon
★ 6.5
1945
Week-End at the WaldorfFilm
James Hollis
★ 6.5
1945
Thrill of a RomanceFilm
Thomas Milvaine
★ 6.6
1945
Between Two WomenFilm
Dr. Randall Adams
★ 6.1
1944
Thirty Seconds Over TokyoFilm
Ted Lawson
★ 6.7
1944
A Guy Named JoeFilm
Ted Randall
★ 6.7
1944
The White Cliffs of DoverFilm
Sam Bennett
★ 6.7
1944
3 Men in WhiteFilm
Dr. Randall Adams
★ 6.4
1944
Two Girls and a SailorFilm
John Dyckman Brown III
★ 5.8
1944
Twenty Years AfterFilm
(archive footage)
★ 8.0
1943
Madame CurieFilm
Reporter
★ 7.2
1943
The Human ComedyFilm
Marcus Macauley
★ 6.2
1943
Pilot #5Film
Everett Arnold
★ 6.0
1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal CaseFilm
Dr. Randall Adams
★ 6.0
1942
Somewhere I'll Find YouFilm
Wade Hall
★ 5.7
1942
The War Against Mrs. HadleyFilm
Michael Fitzpatrick
★ 5.3
1942
For the Common Defense!Film
Agent Pritchard
★ 5.0
1942
Murder in the Big HouseFilm
Bert Bell
★ 6.8
1942
Dr. Gillespie's New AssistantFilm
Dr. Randall Adams
★ 6.5
1942
PersonalitiesFilm
(uncredited)
1940
Too Many GirlsFilm
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
★ 5.9