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About
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 |
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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 | 58 Average |
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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 | 58 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 | 58 Average |
Directing |
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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 |
1988 | Lincoln | Directing | Director | 69 Fair |
1986 | Unnatural Causes | Directing | Director | 58 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 | 58 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 | 58 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 | 58 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 |
1956 | Dracula | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Production |
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1996 | The Man Next Door | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
1985 | Wallenberg: A Hero's Story | Production | Co-Producer | 68 Fair |