Arch Johnson

Career timeline

1. 1922 · Born

   Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

2. 1953 · Screen debut

   Niagara (Movie)

3. 1959 · Breakthrough

   Bonanza (TV)

4. 1990 · Latest release

   Murder in Black and White (Movie)

5. 1997 · Died

   October 9, 1997

Career in numbers

13 1950s

23 1960s

21 1970s

1 1980s

1 1990s

• Drama38
• Crime16
• Comedy16
• Western11
• Action & Adventure9
• Mystery8

Highest-rated title The Sting 1973 8.0 Most popular title Bonanza 1959 7.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Arch Johnson in our catalogue.

Robert Douglas

7 titles together

Robert Day

5 titles together

Jack Arnold

5 titles together

Daniel Petrie

5 titles together

Buzz Kulik

4 titles together

Lawrence Dobkin

4 titles together

Stuart Margolin

3 titles together

Abner Biberman

3 titles together

Robert Altman

3 titles together

Ted Post

3 titles together

1. 1990 Murder in Black and White as Captain Barron Movie
2. 1983 Easy Money as Vendor at Armory 6.0 Movie
3. 1979 Better Late Than Never as Foreman Movie
4. 1978 The Buddy Holly Story as Mr. Holly 7.1 Movie
5. 1977 Babe as Mr. Johnson Movie
6. 1976 Big John, Little John as Sgt. Bentley TV
7. 1975 Wonder Woman as John Kelly 7.0 TV
8. 1975 Ellery Queen as The Commissioner 7.5 TV
9. 1975 The Invisible Man as General Turner 6.3 TV
10. 1975 Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins as Smitty Movie
11. 1974 The Rockford Files as Cardinal Finnerty 7.6 TV
12. 1974 Nightmare as Super Movie
13. 1973 The Sting as Combs 8.0 Movie
14. 1973 Double Indemnity as Dietrickson Movie
15. 1973 Walking Tall as Buel Jaggers 6.6 Movie
16. 1973 Barnaby Jones as Sheriff Les Sprague 7.0 TV
17. 1972 The Streets of San Francisco as Caretaker 7.1 TV
18. 1972 Banyon as Boyle TV
19. 1972 Napoleon and Samantha as Police Chief 6.2 Movie
20. 1970 The Odd Couple as Billy Jack 7.8 TV
21. 1970 Dan August as Sergeant Forbes TV
22. 1970 The Cheyenne Social Club as Marshal Anderson 6.4 Movie
23. 1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones as Stanley Bumpas 6.1 Movie
24. 1969 Love, American Style as Jane's Father 6.2 TV
25. 1969 Medical Center as Sgt. Baylor TV
26. 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. as Contractor 6.7 TV
27. 1969 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as Frank Sorenson TV
28. 1968 Land of the Giants as Chief Rivers 6.8 TV
29. 1968 The Name of the Game as Sergeant Cook TV
30. 1967 The Danny Thomas Hour as Warden TV
31. 1967 The Invaders as Father Paul 6.9 TV
32. 1966 The Monkees as Vandenberg 6.5 TV
33. 1965 The F.B.I. as Sam Gary 5.6 TV
34. 1965 Camp Runamuck as Commander Wivenhoe TV
35. 1964 Daniel Boone as Judson 7.0 TV
36. 1964 Bewitched 7.9 TV
37. 1963 Twilight of Honor as Mac McWade Movie
38. 1963 Grindl TV
39. 1962 The Virginian as Charles Daniels 6.5 TV
40. 1961 The Explosive Generation as Mr. George Sommers Movie
41. 1961 87th Precinct as Bobo TV
42. 1961 The Defenders as Frank Thorpe TV
43. 1961 The Lawbreakers as Gus Honochek Movie
44. 1961 The Asphalt Jungle as Capt. Gus Honochek TV
45. 1960 G.I. Blues as Sgt. McGraw 6.5 Movie
46. 1960 Peter Loves Mary as Charlie TV
47. 1959 Johnny Ringo as Red Walsh TV
48. 1959 Law of the Plainsman as Cass Mabry TV
49. 1959 Laramie as Wellman TV
50. 1959 Bonanza as E.J. Butler 7.5 TV
51. 1957 Decoy as Det. Sam Donovan TV
52. 1957 Maverick as Col. Gaylord Summers 7.1 TV
53. 1957 Perry Mason as Karl Magovern 7.7 TV
54. 1957 Sugarfoot as Turner Evans TV
55. 1957 Gun Glory as Gunn 6.2 Movie
56. 1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me as Heldon 7.2 Movie
57. 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Bart McCormick 7.8 TV
58. 1955 Cheyenne as Ben Stark 6.2 TV
59. 1953 Niagara as Police Driver (uncredited) 6.8 Movie

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