Lamont Johnson
Born: 1922-09-30 in Stockton, California, USA
Died: 2010-10-24
Known For: Directing
Biography
Lamont Johnson (September 30, 1922 – October 24, 2010) was an American actor and film director who has appeared in and directed many television shows and movies. He won two Emmy Awards. Johnson was born Ernest Lamont Johnson, Jr. in Stockton, California, the son of Ruth Alice (née Fairchild) and Ernest Lamont Johnson, who was a realtor. Johnson began his career in radio, playing the role of Tarzan in a popular syndicated series in 1951. Johnson was also one of several actors to play Archie Goodwin in "The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe", opposite Sydney Greenstreet on NBC Radio.He then turned to films and television, first as an actor, then as a director. Johnson also directed productions of the operas The Man in the Moon (1959), Iphigénie en Tauride (1962), and Orfeo (1990). Johnson was nominated for eleven Emmy Awards, winning twice, for Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985) and Lincoln (1988), and for eight Directors Guild of America Awards, winning four times, for Profiles in Courage (1965), My Sweet Charlie (1971), That Certain Summer (1972), and Lincoln. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lamont Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1998
- Felicity ... (Director)
1997
- All the Winters that Have Been ... (Director)
1996
- The Man Next Door ... (Director)
1993
- The Broken Chain ... (Director)
1992
- Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 ... (Director)
1990
- The Kennedys of Massachusetts ... (Director)
- Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase ... (Director)
1988
- Lincoln ... (Director)
1986
- Unnatural Causes ... (Director)
1985
- Wallenberg: A Hero's Story ... (Co-Producer)
1984
- Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter ... (Director)
1983
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone ... (Director)
- Jack and the Beanstalk as Spot, the Cow (voice)
1982
- Faerie Tale Theatre as Voice of Spot (voice)
- Dangerous Company ... (Director)
1981
- Cattle Annie and Little Britches ... (Director)
- Crisis at Central High ... (Director)
- Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper ... (Director)
1980
- Shogun Assassin as Voice (voice)
- Off the Minnesota Strip ... (Director)
- Paul's Case ... (Director)
1978
- Somebody Killed Her Husband ... (Director)
1977
- One on One as Barry Brunz
1976
- Lipstick ... (Director)
1975
- Fear on Trial ... (Director)
1974
- The Execution of Private Slovik ... (Director)
- Visit to a Chief's Son ... (Director)
1973
- The Last American Hero ... (Director)
1972
- That Certain Summer ... (Director)
- The Groundstar Conspiracy ... (Director)
- You'll Like My Mother ... (Director)
1971
- A Gunfight ... (Director)
- Birdbath ... (Director)
1970
- The McKenzie Break
- My Sweet Charlie ... (Director)
1969
- Deadlock ... (Director)
1968
- The Name of the Game ... (Director)
- Premiere ... (Director)
- Kona Coast ... (Director)
1967
- Judd, for the Defense ... (Director)
- Cimarron Strip ... (Director)
- Coronet Blue ... (Director)
- A Covenant with Death ... (Director)
1966
1965
- The Big Valley as Anson Cross
1964
- Profiles in Courage as Fremont
- Slattery's People ... (Director)
1963
- The Richard Boone Show ... (Director)
- The Animals as Narrator (voice)
1962
- Sam Benedict ... (Director)
1961
- Dr. Kildare ... (Director)
- The Defenders ... (Director)
- Cain's Hundred ... (Director)
- Bus Stop ... (Director)
- The Americans ... (Director)
- Five Fingers : Thin Ice ... (Director)
1960
- Angel
- The Law and Mr. Jones ... (Director)
1959
- The Twilight Zone ... (Director)
- Mr. Lucky ... (Director)
- Johnny Ringo ... (Director)
- Five Fingers ... (Director)
1958
- The Rifleman ... (Director)
- Naked City ... (Director)
- Peter Gunn ... (Director)
- The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen ... (Director)
- Steve Canyon ... (Director)
1957
- Have Gun, Will Travel ... (Director)
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective ... (Director)
- The Brothers Rico as Peter Malaks
- Jane Eyre ... (Director)
1956
- Please Murder Me as Carl Holt
- Dracula ... (Director)
1955
- Matinee Theater
- Gunsmoke as Stoner
- The Millionaire as Charles Lomar
1954
- Climax! as Lionel Trent
- The Human Jungle as Detective Lannigan
- Moby Dick as Ishmael
1953
- Letter to Loretta as Mark Hastings
1952
- Cavalcade of America as Lt. Matt Maury
- Retreat, Hell! as Capt. "Tink" O'Grady
- Sally and Saint Anne as Willie O'Moyne
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Son
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Dave