Johnny Downs

Career timeline

1. 1913 · Born

   Born in Brooklyn, New York, USA

2. 1925 · Screen debut

   Dog Days (Movie)

3. 1928 · Breakthrough

   The Crowd (Movie)

4. 1953 · Latest release

   Cruisin' Down the River (Movie)

5. 1994 · Died

   June 6, 1994

Career in numbers

24 1920s

28 1930s

24 1940s

4 1950s

• Comedy51
• Music22
• Drama16
• Romance13
• Family6
• Crime5

Highest-rated title The Crowd 1928 7.6 Most popular title Racket Squad 1951 6.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Johnny Downs in our catalogue.

Robert Kent

2 titles together

Eugene Jackson

2 titles together

Constance Moore

2 titles together

1. 1953 Cruisin' Down the River as Young Jack Movie
2. 1953 Column South as Posick Movie
3. 1951 Racket Squad TV
4. 1950 Hills of Oklahoma as Square Dance Caller Movie
5. 1948 Captain Billy's Mississippi Music Hall TV
6. 1946 The Kid from Brooklyn as Master of Ceremonies Movie
7. 1945 Rhapsody in Blue as Dancer Movie
8. 1945 Forever Yours as Ricky Movie
9. 1944 Twilight on the Prairie as Bucky Movie
10. 1944 Trocadero as Johnny Edwards Movie
11. 1944 What a Man! as Henry Burrows Movie
12. 1943 Harvest Melody as Tommy Nelson Movie
13. 1943 Campus Rhythm as 'Scoop' Davis Movie
14. 1943 Adventures of the Flying Cadets as Danny Collins Movie
15. 1942 Behind the Eight Ball as Danny Movie
16. 1942 Kiss and Wake Up Movie
17. 1942 The Mad Monster as Tom Gregory 3.4 Movie
18. 1942 Freckles Comes Home as Freckles Winslow Movie
19. 1941 I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire as 'Buck' Roberts Movie
20. 1941 All-American Co-Ed as Bob Sheppard / Bobbie DeWolfe Movie
21. 1941 Moonlight in Hawaii as Pete Fleming Movie
22. 1941 Sing Another Chorus as Andy Peyton Movie
23. 1941 Redhead as Ted Brown Movie
24. 1941 Adam Had Four Sons as David Stoddard 5.9 Movie
25. 1941 Honeymoon for Three as Chester T Farrington III Movie
26. 1940 Melody and Moonlight as Danny O'Brian Movie
27. 1940 Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot as Johnny Movie
28. 1940 I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby as Robert Lee 'Bob' Gunther Movie
29. 1939 A Child is Born as Johnny Norton Movie
30. 1939 Laugh It Off as Stephen 'Steve' Hannis Movie
31. 1939 Parents on Trial as Don Martin Movie
32. 1939 Hawaiian Nights as Ted Hartley Movie
33. 1939 Bad Boy as John Fraser Movie
34. 1938 Once Over Lightly as Bob Bradley Movie
35. 1938 Swing, Sister, Swing as Johnny Bennett Movie
36. 1938 Hold That Co-ed as Dink Movie
37. 1938 It's in the Stars as Dorothy's Boyfriend Movie
38. 1938 Hunted Men as Frank Martin Movie
39. 1938 Algiers as Pierrot 6.4 Movie
40. 1937 Thrill of a Lifetime as Stanley Movie
41. 1937 Blonde Trouble as Fred Stevens Movie
42. 1937 Turn Off the Moon as Terry Keith Movie
43. 1937 Clarence as Bobbie Movie
44. 1936 College Holiday as Johnny Jones Movie
45. 1936 Pigskin Parade as Chip Carson Movie
46. 1936 The Arizona Raiders as Lonesome Alonzo Q. Mulhall Movie
47. 1936 The First Baby as Johnny Ellis Movie
48. 1936 Everybody's Old Man as Tommy Sampson Movie
49. 1935 So Red the Rose as Yankee boy Movie
50. 1935 Coronado as Johnny Marvin Movie
51. 1935 Pirate Party on Catalina Isle as Singer/Tap Dancer (uncredited) Movie
52. 1935 The Virginia Judge as Bob Stuart Movie
53. 1935 College Scandal as Paul Gedney Movie
54. 1934 Babes in Toyland as Little Boy Blue (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
55. 1933 Strange Case of Hennessy as Husband Movie
56. 1931 The High School Hoofer as High School Student Movie
57. 1928 The Trail of '98 as Mother's Boy Movie
58. 1928 The Crowd as John, age 12 (uncredited) 7.6 Movie
59. 1927 The Valley of the Giants as Bryce, as a Boy (uncredited) Movie
60. 1927 Chicken Feed as Professor Presto Misterio (uncredited) Movie
61. 1927 Outlaws of Red River as Tom Morley (prologue) (as Jimmy Downs) Movie
62. 1927 Seeing the World as Johnny Movie
63. 1927 Bring Home the Turkey as Johnny Movie
64. 1926 Telling Whoppers as Toughey Thompson Movie
65. 1926 War Feathers as Johnny Movie
66. 1926 The Fourth Alarm as Johnny Movie
67. 1926 Shivering Spooks as Johnny Movie
68. 1926 Thundering Fleas as Johnny Movie
69. 1926 Uncle Tom's Uncle as Johnny / 'Marks the Lawyer' Movie
70. 1926 Baby Clothes as Johnny Movie
71. 1926 Monkey Business as Johnny Movie
72. 1926 Good Cheer as Johnny Movie
73. 1925 One Wild Ride as Johnny Movie
74. 1925 Better Movies as Johnny Movie
75. 1925 Your Own Back Yard as Johnny Downs Movie
76. 1925 Boys Will Be Joys as Johnny Movie
77. 1925 Official Officers as Johnny Movie
78. 1925 Shootin' Injuns as Johnnie Movie
79. 1925 Red Pepper as Boy with Ice Cream (uncredited) Movie
80. 1925 Dog Days as Rich Kid Movie

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