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Van Johnson


Van Johnson

Geburtstag:

08/25/1916

Geburtsort:

Newport, Rhode Island, USA:

Biografie:

Van Johnson (* 25. August 1916 in Newport, Rhode Island, als Charles Van Dell Johnson; † 12. Dezember 2008 in Nyack, New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Nach einigen Erfolgen am Broadway ging er mit einem Vertrag bei Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer nach Hollywood. Eine seiner ersten Rollen hatte er als Ersatz für Lew Ayres in der Krankenhausfilmreihe Dr. Kildare neben Lionel Barrymore. Der Durchbruch gelang Johnson 1943 mit dem Kriegsfilm Kampf in den Wolken neben Spencer Tracy und Irene Dunne. Innerhalb von zwei Jahren stieg er von kleinen Nebenrollen, bei denen er oft den „netten jungen Mann von nebenan“ spielte, zu einem der zehn kassenträchtigsten Stars der Filmindustrie auf. Das Studio setzte ihn häufig neben June Allyson und Esther Williams in aufwändig produzierten Musicals und Romanzen ein. 1949 war er als Partner von Judy Garland in Damals im Sommer zu sehen. Mit dem Kriegsende konnte Johnson seine Popularität zunächst noch einige Jahre halten. Als sie Anfang der 1950er-Jahre merklich nachließ, wandte Johnson sich auch dem dramatischen Fach zu. 1954 spielte er eine seiner besten Rollen neben Humphrey Bogart in dem Kriegsdrama Die Caine war ihr Schicksal und war auch in der Musicalverfilmung Brigadoon neben Gene Kelly zu sehen. Nach dem Ende seines Vertrages bei MGM war Johnson im Kino nur noch in Nebenrollen oder mittelmäßigen Filmen zu sehen, stattdessen drehte er aber vermehrt für das Fernsehen und hatte am Theater unter anderem mit dem Musical The Music Man Erfolg. Im Jahr 1976 war Johnson für seine Mitwirkung in der Fernsehserie Reich und Arm für einen Emmy nominiert, was die einzige Berücksichtigung für einen wichtigen Filmpreis in seiner Karriere blieb. Im Fernsehen war er in der Zeit danach unter anderem in drei Folgen der Krimiserie Mord ist ihr Hobby neben Angela Lansbury zu sehen. 1992 spielte er neben Fred Williamson in dem Thriller Three Days to a Kill seine letzte Kinorolle.



Credits

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy (2000)
as Self
The Boy from Mercury (1996)
as Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Three Days to a Kill (1992)
as Comm. Howard
Clowning Around (1991)
as Mr. Ranthow
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One (1990)
as Gen. McCailland
Fuga dal paradiso (1990)
as Erzähler
Killer Crocodile (1989)
as Judge
Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988)
as
Bacall on Bogart (1988)
as Self
Laggiù nella giungla (1988)
as The professor
Taxi Killer (1988)
as Captain
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
as Larry
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
Assassinio al cimitero etrusco (1982)
as Mulligan - Joan's father
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
The Kidnapping of the President (1980)
as Vice President Ethan Richards
Da Corleone a Brooklyn (1979)
as Lieutenant Sturges
Concorde Affaire '79 (1979)
as Captain Scott
Getting Married (1978)
as Phil Lawrence
Superdome (1978)
as Chip Green
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage)
The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974)
as Johnny Leverett
Call Her Mom (1972)
as President Hardgrove
L'occhio del ragno (1971)
as Prof. Orson Krüger
San Francisco International (1970)
as Lester Scott
Company of Killers (1970)
as Sam Cahill
Il prezzo del potere (1969)
as President James A. Garfield
La battaglia d'Inghilterra (1969)
as Air Marshal George Taylor
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
as Darrel Harrison
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968)
as Father Chase: The 'In' Group
Divorce American Style (1967)
as Al Yearling
The Doomsday Flight (1966)
as Capt. Anderson
American in Paris (1964)
as James Devlin
Wives and Lovers (1963)
as Bill Austin
The Enemy General (1960)
as Allan Lemaire
Subway in the Sky (1959)
as Major Baxter Grant
Beyond This Place (1959)
as Paul Mathry
The Last Blitzkrieg (1959)
as Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
as Pied Piper / Truson
Action of the Tiger (1957)
as Carson
Kelly and Me (1957)
as Len Carmody
Slander (1957)
as Scott Ethan Martin
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
as Phillip Hannon
Miracle in the Rain (1956)
as Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon
The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
as Donald Martin / Eric Bell
The End of the Affair (1955)
as Maurice Bendrix
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
as Charles Wills
Brigadoon (1954)
as Jeff Douglas
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
as Lt. Stephen Maryk
Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
as Lt. Thayer
The Siege at Red River (1954)
as Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday
Easy to Love (1953)
as Ray Lloyd
Remains to Be Seen (1953)
as Waldo Williams
Confidentially Connie (1953)
as Joe Bedloe
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
as John Alden
Washington Story (1952)
as Joseph T. Gresham
When in Rome (1952)
as Father John X. Halligan
Invitation (1952)
as Dan Pierce
Too Young to Kiss (1951)
as Eric Wainwright
It's a Big Country (1951)
as Rev. Adam Burch
Go for Broke! (1951)
as Lt. Michael Grayson
Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
as Michael Lawrence
Grounds for Marriage (1951)
as Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett
Duchess of Idaho (1950)
as Dick Layne
The Big Hangover (1950)
as David Maldon
Battleground (1949)
as Holley
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
as Andrew Delby Larkin
Scene of the Crime (1949)
as Mike Conovan
Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
as Professor Richard Michaels
Command Decision (1948)
as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
State of the Union (1948)
as Spike McManus
The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
as Greg Rawlings
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
as Henry Carson
High Barbaree (1947)
as Alec Brooke
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
as Bandleader in Elite Club
Easy to Wed (1946)
as William "Bill" Stevens Chandler
No Leave, No Love (1946)
as Michael Hanlon
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
as James Hollis
Thrill of a Romance (1945)
as Thomas Milvaine
Between Two Women (1945)
as Dr. Randall Adams
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
as Ted Lawson
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
as John Dyckman Brown III
3 Men in White (1944)
as Dr. Randall Adams
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
as Sam Bennett
A Guy Named Joe (1944)
as Ted Randall
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
Madame Curie (1943)
as Reporter
Pilot #5 (1943)
as Everett Arnold
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)
as Dr. Randall Adams
The Human Comedy (1943)
as Marcus Macauley
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)
as Dr. Randall Adams
Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
as Wade Hall
The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942)
as Michael Fitzpatrick
For the Common Defense! (1942)
as Agent Pritchard
Murder in the Big House (1942)
as Bert Bell
Personalities (1942)
as (uncredited)
Too Many Girls (1940)
as Chorus Boy