Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

142

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-08-25

Deathday

2008-12-12 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Also Known As

Charles Van Dell Johnson
Ван Джонсон
ون جانسون

Van Johnson

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

7.4%

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Mar 1, 1985

7.3%

Batman

Jan 12, 1966

7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

7.2%

The Caine Mutiny

Jun 24, 1954

7.9%

I Love Lucy

Oct 15, 1951

6.3%

The Love Boat

Sep 24, 1977

6.3%

The Love Boat

Sep 24, 1977

6.5%

Brigadoon

Sep 8, 1954

6.8%

Yours, Mine and Ours

Apr 24, 1968

7.5%

Quincy, M.E.

Oct 3, 1976

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Acting

1995

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

1992		Three Days To A Kill as Comm. Howard
1992		MGM: When the Lion Roars

1991		Clowning Around as Mr. Ranthow
1991		Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... as Self

1990		Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One as Gen. McCailland
1990		Flight from Paradise as Erzähler

1989

Killer Crocodile as Judge

1988		Bacall on Bogart as Self
1988		Down There in the Jungle as The professor
1988		Taxi Killer as Captain

1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self

1985		The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Art Bellasco
1985		Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1985		The Purple Rose of Cairo as Larry

1984		Murder, She Wrote as Elliot Robinson
1984		Murder, She Wrote as Daniel Hannigan
1984		Murder, She Wrote as Daniel O'Brien

1982		Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
1982		Scorpion with Two Tails as Mulligan - Joan's father
1982		Night of 100 Stars as Self
1982		Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)

1981

Aloha Paradise

1980

The Kidnapping of the President as Vice President Ethan Richards

1979		From Corleone to Brooklyn as Lieutenant Sturges
1979		Tales of the Unexpected as Gerry T. Armstrong
1979		Concorde Affair as Captain Scott

1978		Getting Married as Phil Lawrence
1978		Black Beauty as Horace Tompkins
1978		Superdome as Chip Green

1977		The Love Boat as Bert Wilder
1977		The Love Boat as Victor Moncrief

1976		Quincy, M.E. as Al Ringerman
1976		Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Marsh Goodwin
1976		Rich Man, Poor Man as Marsh Goodwin

1975

One Day at a Time as Gus Webster

1974		That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
1974		The Girl on the Late, Late Show as Johnny Leverett

1972		Maude as Henry
1972		Call Her Mom as President Hardgrove

1971		Eye of the Spider as Prof. Orson Krüger
1971		McMillan & Wife as Harry Jerome

1970		San Francisco International as Lester Scott
1970		The Don Knotts Show as Self
1970		Company of Killers as Sam Cahill
1970		McCloud
1970		Nanny and the Professor

1969		The Price of Power as President James A. Garfield
1969		Love, American Style
1969		Eagles Over London as Air Marshal George Taylor
1969		The Extraordinary Seaman as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1968		Here's Lucy as Van Johnson
1968		The Name of the Game as Sullivan
1968		The Name of the Game as Jack Newell
1968		Yours, Mine and Ours as Darrel Harrison
1968		Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows as Father Chase: The 'In' Group
1968		Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self

1967

Divorce American Style as Al Yearling

1966		The Doomsday Flight as Capt. Anderson
1966		Batman as The Minstrel

1964		American in Paris as James Devlin
1964		The Hollywood Palace as Self - Host
1964		The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer

1963		Wives and Lovers as Bill Austin
1963		Vacation Playhouse

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961		Ben Casey

1960

The Enemy General as Allan Lemaire

1959		Subway in the Sky as Major Baxter Grant
1959		The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Joe Robertson
1959		Web of Evidence as Paul Mathry
1959		The Last Blitzkrieg as Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson

1958

The Ann Sothern Show as Terry Tyler

1957		The Pied Piper of Hamelin as Pied Piper / Truson
1957		Action of the Tiger as Carson
1957		Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1957		Kelly and Me as Len Carmody
1957		Slander as Scott Ethan Martin

1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Frank Gilette
1956		The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1956		23 Paces to Baker Street as Phillip Hannon
1956		Miracle in the Rain as Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon
1956		The Bottom of the Bottle as Donald Martin / Eric Bell

1955

The End of the Affair as Maurice Bendrix

1954		The Last Time I Saw Paris as Charles Wills
1954		Brigadoon as Jeff Douglas
1954		The Caine Mutiny as Lt. Stephen Maryk
1954		Men of the Fighting Lady as Lt. Thayer
1954		The Siege at Red River as Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday

1953		Easy to Love as Ray Lloyd
1953		Letter to Loretta as Self - Guest Host
1953		Remains to Be Seen as Waldo Williams
1953		The Oscars as Self
1953		Confidentially Connie as Joe Bedloe
1953		General Electric Theater as Jimmy Devlin

1952		Plymouth Adventure as John Alden
1952		Washington Story as Joseph T. Gresham
1952		When in Rome as Father John X. Halligan
1952		Invitation as Dan Pierce

1951		Too Young to Kiss as Eric Wainwright
1951		It's a Big Country as Rev. Adam Burch
1951		I Love Lucy as Van Johnson
1951		Go for Broke! as Lt. Michael Grayson
1951		Three Guys Named Mike as Michael Lawrence
1951		Grounds for Marriage as Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett

1950		Duchess of Idaho as Dick Layne
1950		The Big Hangover as David Maldon
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949		Battleground as Holley
1949		In the Good Old Summertime as Andrew Delby Larkin
1949		Scene of the Crime as Mike Conovan
1949		Mother Is a Freshman as Professor Richard Michaels

1948		Command Decision as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948		State of the Union as Spike McManus
1948		The Bride Goes Wild as Greg Rawlings

1947		The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Henry Carson
1947		High Barbaree as Alec Brooke

1946		Till the Clouds Roll By as Bandleader in Elite Club
1946		Easy to Wed as William "Bill" Stevens Chandler
1946		No Leave, No Love as Michael Hanlon

1945		Week-End at the Waldorf as James Hollis
1945		Thrill of a Romance as Thomas Milvaine
1945		Between Two Women as Dr. Randall Adams

1944		Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Ted Lawson
1944		Two Girls and a Sailor as John Dyckman Brown III
1944		3 Men in White as Dr. Randall Adams
1944		The White Cliffs of Dover as Sam Bennett
1944		Twenty Years After as (archive footage)

1943		A Guy Named Joe as Ted Randall
1943		Madame Curie as Reporter
1943		Pilot #5 as Everett Arnold
1943		Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Dr. Randall Adams
1943		The Human Comedy as Marcus Macauley

1942		Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant as Dr. Randall Adams
1942		Somewhere I'll Find You as Wade Hall
1942		The War Against Mrs. Hadley as Michael Fitzpatrick
1942		For the Common Defense! as Agent Pritchard
1942		Murder in the Big House as Bert Bell
1942		Personalities as (uncredited)

1940

Too Many Girls as Chorus Boy