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Van Johnson

Van Johnson

Highest Rated: 100% Divorce American Style (1967)

Lowest Rated: 57% Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)

Birthday: Aug 25, 1916

Birthplace: Newport, Rhode Island, USA

A freckled-faced boy-next-door, actor Van Johnson became a big star at MGM in the 1940s and 1950s when he came to Hollywood from the Broadway chorus. He cornered the market on genial guys who romanced nice girls like June Allyson and Esther Williams in comedies and musicals, which made him a top box office draw during the war and into post-war America. On occasion, he was given a chance to show some dramatic grit in war pictures like "Thirty Seconds over Tokyo" (1944) and "Battleground" (1949). Johnson's career faded in the early 1960s, though he remained active on television and theater until the early 1990s. Johnson's air of sympathetic concern, boyish energy and sometimes larger-than-life acting style ensured his enduring status as one of the most well-liked symbols of Hollywood's Golden Age.

Highest rated movies

100% Divorce American Style
100% Two Girls and a Sailor
100% Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
95% The Caine Mutiny
93% The Purple Rose of Cairo
86% Brigadoon
83% The Human Comedy
80% The End of the Affair

Photos

THE LAST BLITZKRIEG, from left: Van Johnson, Kerwin Mathews, 1959 THE LAST BLITZKRIEG, Van Johnson, 1959 THE ENEMY GENERAL, from left, Van Johnson, Dany Carrel, 1960 THE BRIDE GOES WILD, June Allyson, Van Johnson, 1948 THE CAINE MUTINY, from left, front, producer Stanley Kramer, Van Johnson, technical advisor James Shaw, on location in Pearl Harbor, 1954 THE CAINE MUTINY, Van Johnson, studying his script in his dressing room, 1954 THE CAINE MUTINY, from left, Van Johnson, producer Stanley Kramer, on location in Pearl Harbor, 1954 WHERE ANGELS GO . . . TROUBLE FOLLOWS, Van Johnson, 1968 A GUY NAMED JOE, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, 1943 REMAINS TO BE SEEN, from left: Van Johnson, June Allyson, 1953 REMAINS TO BE SEEN, from left: June Allyson, Van Johnson, Louis Calhern, Barry Kelley, 1953 REMAINS TO BE SEEN, from left: June Allyson, Van Johnson, 1953 REMAINS TO BE SEEN, front from left: Van Johnson, June Allyson, John Beal (rear), 1953 SCENE OF THE CRIME, from left: Van Johnson, Gloria DeHaven, 1949 SCENE OF THE CRIME, from left: Arlene Dahl, Van Johnson, 1949 THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO, Phyllis Thaxter, Van Johnson, 1944 WEEK-END AT THE WALDORF, Lana Turner, Van Johnson, 1945 THE BRIDE GOES WILD, June Allyson, Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, 1948 EASY TO LOVE, from left: John Bromfield, Esther Williams, Van Johnson, 1953 THE END OF THE AFFAIR, Van Johnson, Deborah Kerr, 1955
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Clowning Around Mr. Ranthow (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Days to a Kill Comm. Howard (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Delta Force Commando II Gen. McCailland (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 16% Killer Crocodile Judge (Character) - 1989
93% 88% The Purple Rose of Cairo Larry (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 15% Assassinio al cimitero etrusco (Scorpion with Two Tails) (Murder in an Etruscan Cemetery) Unknown (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Scorpion With Two Tails Mulligan (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 36% The Kidnapping of the President Vice President Ethan Richards (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 25% The Concorde Affair Captain Scott (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 60% From Corleone to Brooklyn Sturges (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Superdome Chip Green (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Getting Married Phil Lawrence (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl on the Late, Late Show Johnny Leverett (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Call Her Mom President Chester Hardgrove (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wheeler and Murdoch Buddy Shore (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eye of the Spider Unknown (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Company of Killers Sam Cahill (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet San Francisco International Lester Scott (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 45% The Price of Power President James Garfield (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brass Ring Jack Newell (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 18% Eagles Over London Air Marshal George Taylor (Character) - 1969
57% 80% Yours, Mine and Ours Warrant Officer Darrel Harrison (Character) - 1968
100% 58% Divorce American Style Al Yearling (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 36% The Doomsday Flight Capt. Anderson (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wives and Lovers Bill Austin (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Enemy General Allan Lemaire (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beyond This Place Paul Mathry (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Subway in the Sky Maj. Baxter Grant (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Web of Evidence Paul Mathry (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 25% The Last Blitzkrieg Sgt. Hans Von Kroner/Sgt. Leonard Richardson (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Slander Scott Ethan Martin (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 55% The Pied Piper of Hamelin Pied Piper/Truson (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kelly and Me Len Carmody (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Action of the Tiger Carson (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 43% The Bottom of the Bottle Donald Martin/Eric Bell (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 69% 23 Paces to Baker Street Phillip Hannon (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 72% Miracle in the Rain Pvt. Arthur "Art" Hugenon (Character) - 1956
80% 58% The End of the Affair Maurice Bendrix (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 44% Men of the Fighting Lady Lt. Howard Thayer (Character) - 1954
86% 71% Brigadoon Jeff Douglas (Character) - 1954
70% 49% The Last Time I Saw Paris Charles Wills (Character) - 1954
95% 87% The Caine Mutiny Lt. Steve Maryk (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 33% The Siege at Red River Capt. James S. Simmons/Jim Farraday (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Confidentially Connie Joe Bedloe (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 46% Easy to Love Ray Lloyd (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Remains to Be Seen Waldo Williams (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 36% Plymouth Adventure John Alden (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 57% Invitation Daniel I. `'Dan'` Pierce (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 57% Washington Story Joseph T. Gresham (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet When in Rome Father John X. Halligan (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 38% Too Young to Kiss Eric Wainwright (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 25% It's a Big Country Unknown (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 76% Go for Broke! Lt. Michael Grayson (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 68% Three Guys Named Mike Michael Lawrence (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 47% Duchess of Idaho Dick Layne (Character) - 1950
67% 33% The Big Hangover David Muldon (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grounds for Marriage Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 45% Scene of the Crime Mike Conovan (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mother Is a Freshman Professor Richard Michaels (Character) - 1949
78% 83% Battleground Holley (Character) - 1949
62% 79% In the Good Old Summertime Andrew Delby Larkin/Narrator (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bride Goes Wild Greg Rawlings (Character) - 1948
80% 79% State of the Union "Spike" McManus (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 81% Command Decision Tech. Sgt. Immanuel T. Evans (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet High Barbaree Alec Brooke (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 50% The Romance of Rosy Ridge Henry Carson (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 54% Easy to Wed William Stevens "Bill" Chandler (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Leave, No Love Sgt. Michael Hanlon (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 58% Weekend at the Waldorf Captain James Hollis (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 54% Thrill of a Romance Major Thomas Milvaine (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Men in White Dr. Randall "Red" Ames (Character) - 1944
80% 57% The White Cliffs of Dover Sam Bennett (Character) - 1944
100% 81% Two Girls and a Sailor John Dyckman Brown III (Character) - 1944
100% 75% Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Ted Lawson (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Between Two Women Dr. Randall "Red" Adams (Character) - 1944
67% 73% A Guy Named Joe Ted Randall (Character) - 1943
83% 68% The Human Comedy Marcus Macauley (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 11% Pilot No. 5 Everett Arnold (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case Dr. Randall "Red" Adams (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 67% Somewhere I'll Find You Lieutenant Wade Hall (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet For the Common Defense! Agent Pritchard (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Born for Trouble Bert Bell (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant Dr. Randall "Red" Adams (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet The War Against Mrs. Hadley Michael Fitzpatrick (Character) - 1942

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Daniel Hannigan (Guest Star) 1984 1986 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of the Unexpected Gerry T. Armstrong (Character) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Day at a Time Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet McMillan and Wife Harry Jerome (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet McCloud Dan Kiley (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maude Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love, American Style Don (Character) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Doris Day Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1970-1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virginian Alonzo Worth (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1968 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Here's Lucy Unknown (Guest Star) 1968
72% 78% Batman Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Frank Dawson (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1953 1955 1960 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet I've Got a Secret Guest 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theatre Unknown (Character) 1959
No Score Yet 97% I Love Lucy Unknown (Guest Star) 1955