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.

Career Overview

Van Johnson has 114 screen credits in a career dating back to 1940. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently Dr. Kildare Collection with 4 titles. Signature works include Web of Evidence, Action of the Tiger, Slander. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

114

Birth Date

1916-08-25 00:00:00

Birth Place

Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Known For

• 

  Web of Evidence
• 

  Action of the Tiger
• 

  Slander
• 

  Confidentially Connie
• 

  Battleground
• 

  The Bride Goes Wild

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

• Dr. Kildare Collection (4 titles)
• Delta Force Commando Collection (1 titles)
• Killer Crocodile Collection (1 titles)
• That's Entertainment Collection (1 titles)
• Mother Superior Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Vincent Winter (2 collaborations)
• Byron Foulger (2 collaborations)
• Elisabeth Risdon (2 collaborations)
• Vera Miles (1 collaborations)
• Emlyn Williams (1 collaborations)
• Bernard Lee (1 collaborations)
• Jean Kent (1 collaborations)
• Moultrie Kelsall (1 collaborations)
• Leo McKern (1 collaborations)
• Geoffrey Keen (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (114 credits)

  • Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Three Days to a Kill

    Comm. Howard

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Clowning Around

    Mr. Ranthow

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One

    Gen. McCailland

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Flight from Paradise

    Erzähler

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Killer Crocodile

    Judge

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Going Hollywood: The War Years

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Bacall on Bogart

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Down There in the Jungle

    The professor

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Taxi Killer

    Captain

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Night of 100 Stars II

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • The Purple Rose of Cairo

    Larry

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    - Killer Takes All (1988) ... Art Bellasco actor actors
    1985
  • Murder, She Wrote

    - Hannigan's Wake (1990) ... Daniel Hannigan actor actors

    - Menace, Anyone? (1986) ... Elliot Robinson actor actors

    - Hit, Run and Homicide (1984) ... Daniel O'Brien actor actors
    1984
  • Showbiz Goes to War

    (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Scorpion with Two Tails

    Mulligan - Joan's father

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Night of 100 Stars

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • The Kidnapping of the President

    Vice President Ethan Richards

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • From Corleone to Brooklyn

    Lieutenant Sturges

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Concorde Affair

    Captain Scott

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Tales of the Unexpected

    - Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1983) ... Gerry T. Armstrong actor actors
    1979
  • Getting Married

    Phil Lawrence

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Superdome

    Chip Green

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • The Love Boat

    - The Musical/My Aunt, the Worrier/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Ex-Mom (2) (1982) ... Victor Moncrief actor actors

    - The Musical/My Aunt, the Worrier/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Ex-Mom (1) (1982) ... Victor Moncrief actor actors

    - Tony's Family/The Minister and the Stripper/Her Own Two Feet (1978) ... Bert Wilder actor actors
    1977
  • Quincy, M.E.

    - Snake Eyes (2) (1977) ... Al Ringerman actor actors

    - Snake Eyes (1) (1977) ... Al Ringerman actor actors
    1976
  • One Day at a Time

    - Grandma's Nest Egg (1982) ... Gus Webster actor actors
    1975
  • That's Entertainment!

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Girl on the Late, Late Show

    Johnny Leverett

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Call Her Mom

    President Hardgrove

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Maude

    - Flashback (1972) ... Henry actor actors
    1972
  • Eye of the Spider

    Prof. Orson Krüger

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • San Francisco International

    Lester Scott

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Company of Killers

    Sam Cahill

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • The Price of Power

    President James A. Garfield

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Eagles Over London

    Air Marshal George Taylor

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • The Extraordinary Seaman

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Love, American Style

    - Love and the House Bachelor (1971) ... actor actors
    1969
  • Yours, Mine and Ours

    Darrel Harrison

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

    Father Chase: The 'In' Group

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Divorce American Style

    Al Yearling

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Doomsday Flight

    Capt. Anderson

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Batman

    - Barbecued Batman? (1966) ... The Minstrel actor actors

    - The Minstrel's Shakedown (1966) ... The Minstrel actor actors
    1966
  • American in Paris

    James Devlin

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Hollywood Palace

    - Host: Van Johnson / Liza Minnelli / Mickey Rooney (1967) ... Self actor actors

    - Host: Judy Garland / Johnny Rivers (1966) ... Self actor actors

    - Host: Van Johnson / Betty Grable (1964) ... Self actor actors
    1964
  • Wives and Lovers

    Bill Austin

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Merv Griffin Show

    - Episode 119 (1967) ... Self actor actors
    1962
  • The Mike Douglas Show

    - Episode 60 (1971) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 232 (1971) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 99 (1971) ... Self - Co-Host actor actors

    - Episode 97 (1971) ... Self - Co-Host actor actors

    - Episode 179 (1969) ... Self - Co-Host actor actors
    1961
  • Ben Casey

    - A Man, a Maid, and a Marionette (1965) ... actor actors
    1961
  • The Enemy General

    Allan Lemaire

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Web of Evidence

    Paul Mathry

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Last Blitzkrieg

    Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Pied Piper of Hamelin

    Pied Piper / Truson

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Action of the Tiger

    Carson

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Kelly and Me

    Len Carmody

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Slander

    Scott Ethan Martin

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Miracle in the Rain

    Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Bottom of the Bottle

    Donald Martin / Eric Bell

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    - Deadfall (1959) ... Frank Gilette actor actors
    1956
  • The End of the Affair

    Maurice Bendrix

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Last Time I Saw Paris

    Charles Wills

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Brigadoon

    Jeff Douglas

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Caine Mutiny

    Lt. Stephen Maryk

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Men of the Fighting Lady

    Lt. Thayer

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Siege at Red River

    Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Easy to Love

    Ray Lloyd

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Remains to Be Seen

    Waldo Williams

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Confidentially Connie

    Joe Bedloe

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Oscars

    - The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958) ... Self actor actors
    1953
  • Plymouth Adventure

    John Alden

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Washington Story

    Joseph T. Gresham

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • When in Rome

    Father John X. Halligan

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Invitation

    Dan Pierce

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Too Young to Kiss

    Eric Wainwright

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • It's a Big Country

    Rev. Adam Burch

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Go for Broke!

    Lt. Michael Grayson

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Three Guys Named Mike

    Michael Lawrence

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Grounds for Marriage

    Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • I Love Lucy

    - The Dancing Star (1955) ... Van Johnson actor actors
    1951
  • The Big Hangover

    David Maldon

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • What's My Line?

    - Episode 670 (1963) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 517 (1960) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 259 (1955) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 182 (1953) ... Self actor actors
    1950
  • Battleground

    Holley

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • In the Good Old Summertime

    Andrew Delby Larkin

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Scene of the Crime

    Mike Conovan

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Mother Is a Freshman

    Professor Richard Michaels

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Command Decision

    Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • State of the Union

    Spike McManus

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Bride Goes Wild

    Greg Rawlings

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Romance of Rosy Ridge

    Henry Carson

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • High Barbaree

    Alec Brooke

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Till the Clouds Roll By

    Bandleader in Elite Club

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Easy to Wed

    Bill Chandler

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • No Leave, No Love

    Michael Hanlon

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Week-End at the Waldorf

    James Hollis

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Thrill of a Romance

    Thomas Milvaine

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Between Two Women

    Dr. Randall Adams

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Two Girls and a Sailor

    John Dyckman Brown III

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • 3 Men in White

    Dr. Randall Adams

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The White Cliffs of Dover

    Sam Bennett

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • A Guy Named Joe

    Ted Randall

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Twenty Years After

    (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Madame Curie

    Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Pilot #5

    Everett Arnold

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

    Dr. Randall Adams

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Human Comedy

    Marcus Macauley

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

    Dr. Randall Adams

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Somewhere I'll Find You

    Wade Hall

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The War Against Mrs. Hadley

    Michael Fitzpatrick

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • For the Common Defense!

    Agent Pritchard

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Murder in the Big House

    Bert Bell

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Personalities

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Too Many Girls

    Chorus Boy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940