Van Johnson

Career timeline

1. 1916 · Born

   Born in Newport, Rhode Island, USA

2. 1942 · Screen debut

   Murder in the Big House (Movie)

3. 1966 · Breakthrough

   Batman (TV)

4. 1992 · Latest release

   MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV)

5. 2008 · Died

   December 12, 2008

Career in numbers

20 1940s

21 1950s

12 1960s

14 1970s

7 1980s

2 1990s

• Drama45
• Comedy25
• Romance16
• Crime13
• War10
• Mystery8

Highest-rated title I Love Lucy 1951 7.9 Most popular title Murder, She Wrote 1984 7.5

Frequent collaborators

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

June Allyson

4 titles together

Ted Post

3 titles together

Abner Biberman

3 titles together

Robert Walker

3 titles together

Robert Douglas

2 titles together

Phyllis Thaxter

2 titles together

Ray Danton

2 titles together

Ray Collins

2 titles together

Stuart Margolin

2 titles together

Albert Hackett

2 titles together

1. 1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars TV
2. 1991 Clowning Around as Mr. Ranthow TV
3. 1989 Killer Crocodile as Judge 5.5 Movie
4. 1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Art Bellasco 7.2 TV
5. 1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo as Larry 7.4 Movie
6. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Elliot Robinson 7.5 TV
7. 1982 Scorpion with Two Tails as Mulligan - Joan's father 4.7 Movie
8. 1981 Aloha Paradise TV
9. 1980 The Kidnapping of the President as Vice President Ethan Richards Movie
10. 1979 From Corleone to Brooklyn as Lieutenant Sturges Movie
11. 1979 Tales of the Unexpected as Gerry T. Armstrong 6.8 TV
12. 1979 Concorde Affair as Captain Scott 6.4 Movie
13. 1978 Black Beauty as Horace Tompkins TV
14. 1977 The Love Boat as Bert Wilder 6.3 TV
15. 1976 Quincy, M.E. as Al Ringerman 7.5 TV
16. 1976 Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Marsh Goodwin TV
17. 1976 Rich Man, Poor Man as Marsh Goodwin 7.9 TV
18. 1975 One Day at a Time as Gus Webster 6.8 TV
19. 1974 That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited) 7.4 Movie
20. 1972 Maude as Henry 6.9 TV
21. 1971 McMillan & Wife as Harry Jerome 6.9 TV
22. 1970 McCloud 7.2 TV
23. 1970 Nanny and the Professor TV
24. 1969 The Price of Power as President James A. Garfield 6.0 Movie
25. 1969 Love, American Style 6.2 TV
26. 1969 Eagles Over London as Air Marshal George Taylor 6.3 Movie
27. 1968 Here's Lucy as Van Johnson 6.7 TV
28. 1968 The Name of the Game as Sullivan TV
29. 1968 Yours, Mine and Ours as Darrel Harrison 6.9 Movie
30. 1968 Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows as Father Chase: The 'In' Group Movie
31. 1967 Divorce American Style as Al Yearling 5.8 Movie
32. 1966 The Doomsday Flight as Capt. Anderson Movie
33. 1966 Batman as The Minstrel 7.3 TV
34. 1963 Vacation Playhouse TV
35. 1961 Ben Casey TV
36. 1959 Subway in the Sky as Major Baxter Grant Movie
37. 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Joe Robertson TV
38. 1958 The Ann Sothern Show as Terry Tyler TV
39. 1957 The Pied Piper of Hamelin as Pied Piper / Truson Movie
40. 1957 Action of the Tiger as Carson Movie
41. 1957 Slander as Scott Ethan Martin Movie
42. 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Frank Gilette TV
43. 1956 23 Paces to Baker Street as Phillip Hannon 6.7 Movie
44. 1956 Miracle in the Rain as Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon Movie
45. 1955 MGM Parade TV
46. 1955 The End of the Affair as Maurice Bendrix 5.8 Movie
47. 1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris as Charles Wills 6.1 Movie
48. 1954 Brigadoon as Jeff Douglas 6.6 Movie
49. 1954 The Caine Mutiny as Lt. Stephen Maryk 7.3 Movie
50. 1954 Men of the Fighting Lady as Lt. Thayer Movie
51. 1954 The Siege at Red River as Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday Movie
52. 1953 General Electric Theater as Jimmy Devlin TV
53. 1952 Plymouth Adventure as John Alden 5.9 Movie
54. 1951 Too Young to Kiss as Eric Wainwright Movie
55. 1951 It's a Big Country as Rev. Adam Burch Movie
56. 1951 I Love Lucy as Van Johnson 7.9 TV
57. 1949 Battleground as Holley 6.7 Movie
58. 1949 In the Good Old Summertime as Andrew Delby Larkin 6.8 Movie
59. 1949 Scene of the Crime as Mike Conovan 6.1 Movie
60. 1948 Command Decision as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans 6.6 Movie
61. 1948 State of the Union as Spike McManus 6.7 Movie
62. 1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Henry Carson Movie
63. 1946 Till the Clouds Roll By as Bandleader in Elite Club 5.8 Movie
64. 1945 Week-End at the Waldorf as James Hollis Movie
65. 1945 Thrill of a Romance as Thomas Milvaine Movie
66. 1945 Between Two Women as Dr. Randall Adams Movie
67. 1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Ted Lawson 6.7 Movie
68. 1944 Two Girls and a Sailor as John Dyckman Brown III Movie
69. 1944 The White Cliffs of Dover as Sam Bennett 6.7 Movie
70. 1944 A Guy Named Joe as Ted Randall 6.7 Movie
71. 1943 Madame Curie as Reporter 7.2 Movie
72. 1943 Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Dr. Randall Adams Movie
73. 1943 The Human Comedy as Marcus Macauley 6.2 Movie
74. 1942 Somewhere I'll Find You as Wade Hall Movie
75. 1942 The War Against Mrs. Hadley as Michael Fitzpatrick Movie
76. 1942 Murder in the Big House as Bert Bell Movie

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