About

Known credits:
49
Birthday:
1922-09-30
Place of birth:
Stockton, California, USA
Website:
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Lamont Johnson

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
1983 Jack and the Beanstalk Actor Spot, the Cow (voice) 59
Average
1977 One on One Actor Barry Brunz 58
Average
1970 The McKenzie Break Actor 59
Average
1963 The Animals Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
1957 The Brothers Rico Actor Peter Malaks 59
Average
1956 Please Murder Me Actor Carl Holt 59
Average
1954 The Human Jungle Actor Detective Lannigan 58
Average
1954 Moby Dick Actor Ishmael N/A
N/A
1952 Sally and Saint Anne Actor Willie O'Moyne 59
Average
1952 Retreat, Hell! Actor Capt. "Tink" O'Grady 59
Average

Directing
1997 All the Winters that Have Been Directing Director N/A
N/A
1996 The Man Next Door Directing Director 58
Average
1993 The Broken Chain Directing Director 58
Average
1992 Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 Directing Director 58
Average
1990 Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase Directing Director 59
Average
1990 The Kennedys of Massachusetts Directing Director 69
Fair
1988 Lincoln Directing Director 70
Good
1986 Unnatural Causes Directing Director 59
Average
1985 Wallenberg: A Hero's Story Directing Director 68
Fair
1985 Wallenberg: A Hero's Story Directing Director 59
Average
1984 Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter Directing Director N/A
N/A
1983 Jack and the Beanstalk Directing Director 59
Average
1983 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone Directing Director 57
Average
1982 Dangerous Company Directing Director 58
Average
1981 Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper Directing Director N/A
N/A
1981 Cattle Annie and Little Britches Directing Director 59
Average
1981 Crisis at Central High Directing Director 59
Average
1980 Off the Minnesota Strip Directing Director 58
Average
1980 Paul's Case Directing Director 58
Average
1978 Somebody Killed Her Husband Directing Director 58
Average
1977 One on One Directing Director 58
Average
1976 Lipstick Directing Director 58
Average
1975 Fear on Trial Directing Director 59
Average
1974 Visit to a Chief's Son Directing Director 59
Average
1974 The Execution of Private Slovik Directing Director 59
Average
1973 The Last American Hero Directing Director 58
Average
1972 That Certain Summer Directing Director 59
Average
1972 You'll Like My Mother Directing Director 59
Average
1972 The Groundstar Conspiracy Directing Director 59
Average
1971 Birdbath Directing Director N/A
N/A
1971 A Gunfight Directing Director 59
Average
1970 The McKenzie Break Directing Director 59
Average
1970 My Sweet Charlie Directing Director 58
Average
1969 Deadlock Directing Director N/A
N/A
1968 Kona Coast Directing Director 58
Average
1967 A Covenant with Death Directing Director 58
Average
1961 Five Fingers : Thin Ice Directing Director N/A
N/A
1957 Jane Eyre Directing Director 59
Average

Production
1985 Wallenberg: A Hero's Story Production Co-Producer 68
Fair