Personal info

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

6 / Aug / 1916 (108 years old)

Place of Birth

Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Also Known As

Charles Van Dell Johnson
Ван Джонсон
ون جانسون

Van Johnson

Van Johnson (1916–2008) was an American film, television theatre and radio actor, singer, and dancer. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II.

Known For

10.0

Showbiz Goes to War

6 / Dec / 1982

10.0

Kelly and Me

4 / Apr / 1957

8.6

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

3 / Sep / 1976

8.0

Night of 100 Stars II

1 / Mar / 1985

7.9

I Love Lucy

2 / Oct / 1951

7.8

MGM: When the Lion Roars

1 / Mar / 1992

7.8

Rich Man, Poor Man

1 / Feb / 1976

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1 / Sep / 1984

7.5

Quincy, M.E.

1 / Oct / 1976

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1 / Sep / 1984

Credits

Acting

1995

•

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

as Self (archive footage)

1992

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Three Days To A Kill

as Comm. Howard

1992

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MGM: When the Lion Roars

(3 episodes)

1991

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Clowning Around

as Mr. Ranthow

1991

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Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...

(1 episode) as Self

1990

•

Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One

as Gen. McCailland

1990

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Flight from Paradise

as Erzähler

1989

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Killer Crocodile

as Judge

1988

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Bacall on Bogart

as Self

1988

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Down There in the Jungle

as The professor

1988

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Taxi Killer

1985

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The Purple Rose of Cairo

as Larry

1985

•

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

1985

•

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(1 episode) as Art Bellasco

1984

•

Murder, She Wrote

(1 episode) as Elliot Robinson

1984

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Murder, She Wrote

(1 episode) as Daniel Hannigan

1984

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Murder, She Wrote

(1 episode) as Daniel O'Brien

1982

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Scorpion with Two Tails

as Mulligan - Joan's father

1982

•

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1982

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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1982

•

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

1981

•

Aloha Paradise

(1 episode)

1980

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The Kidnapping of the President

as Vice President Ethan Richards

1979

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From Corleone to Brooklyn

as Lieutenant Sturges

1979

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Concorde Affair

as Captain Scott

1979

•

Tales of the Unexpected

(1 episode) as Gerry T. Armstrong

1978

•

Getting Married

as Phil Lawrence

1978

•

Superdome

as Chip Green

1978

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Black Beauty

(5 episodes) as Horace Tompkins

1977

•

The Love Boat

(1 episode) as Bert Wilder

1977

•

The Love Boat

(2 episodes) as Victor Moncrief

1976

•

Quincy, M.E.

(2 episodes) as Al Ringerman

1976

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Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

(2 episodes) as Marsh Goodwin

1976

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Rich Man, Poor Man

(12 episodes) as Marsh Goodwin

1975

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One Day at a Time

(1 episode) as Gus Webster

1974

•

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

as Johnny Leverett

1974

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That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

1972

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Call Her Mom

as President Hardgrove

1972

•

Maude

(1 episode) as Henry

1971

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Eye of the Spider

as Prof. Orson Krüger

1971

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McMillan & Wife

(1 episode) as Harry Jerome

1970

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Company of Killers

as Sam Cahill

1970

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San Francisco International

as Lester Scott

1970

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Nanny and the Professor

(1 episode)

1970

•

The Don Knotts Show

(1 episode) as Self

1970

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McCloud

(1 episode)

1969

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Eagles Over London

as Air Marshal George Taylor

1969

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The Price of Power

as President James A. Garfield

1969

•

The Extraordinary Seaman

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1969

•

Love, American Style

(1 episode)

1968

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Yours, Mine and Ours

as Darrel Harrison

1968

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Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

as Father Chase: The 'In' Group

1968

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Here's Lucy

(1 episode) as Van Johnson

1968

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The Name of the Game

(1 episode) as Sullivan

1968

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The Name of the Game

(1 episode) as Jack Newell

1967

•

Divorce American Style

as Al Yearling

1967

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

(2 episodes) as Self

1966

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The Doomsday Flight

as Capt. Anderson

1966

•

Batman

(2 episodes) as The Minstrel

1964

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American in Paris

as James Devlin

1964

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The Hollywood Palace

(2 episodes) as Self - Host

1964

•

The Hollywood Palace

(1 episode) as Self - Singer

1963

•

Wives and Lovers

as Bill Austin

1963

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Vacation Playhouse

(1 episode)

1961

•

Ben Casey

(1 episode)

1961

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The Mike Douglas Show

(3 episodes) as Self

1961

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The Mike Douglas Show

(3 episodes) as Self - Co-Host

1960

•

The Enemy General

as Allan Lemaire

1959

•

Subway in the Sky

as Major Baxter Grant

1959

•

Web of Evidence

as Paul Mathry

1959

•

The Last Blitzkrieg

as Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson

1959

•

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

(1 episode) as Joe Robertson

1958

•

The Ann Sothern Show

(1 episode) as Terry Tyler

1957

•

Action of the Tiger

as Carson

1957

•

Slander

as Scott Ethan Martin

1957

•

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as Pied Piper / Truson

1957

•

Kelly and Me

as Len Carmody

1957

•

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

(1 episode) as Self

1956

•

23 Paces to Baker Street

as Phillip Hannon

1956

•

Miracle in the Rain

as Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon

1956

•

The Bottom of the Bottle

as Donald Martin / Eric Bell

1956

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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

(3 episodes) as Self

1956

•

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

(1 episode) as Frank Gilette

1955

•

The End of the Affair

as Maurice Bendrix

1954

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The Caine Mutiny

as Lt. Stephen Maryk

1954

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Brigadoon

as Jeff Douglas

1954

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Men of the Fighting Lady

as Lt. Thayer

1954

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The Last Time I Saw Paris

as Charles Wills

1954

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The Siege at Red River

as Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday

1953

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Easy to Love

as Ray Lloyd

1953

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Remains to Be Seen

as Waldo Williams

1953

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Confidentially Connie

as Joe Bedloe

1953

•

General Electric Theater

(1 episode) as Jimmy Devlin

1953

•

The Oscars

(1 episode) as Self

1953

•

Letter to Loretta

(2 episodes) as Self - Guest Host

1952

•

Plymouth Adventure

as John Alden

1952

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Invitation

as Dan Pierce

1952

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When in Rome

as Father John X. Halligan

1952

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Washington Story

as Joseph T. Gresham

1951

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Go for Broke!

as Lt. Michael Grayson

1951

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It's a Big Country

as Rev. Adam Burch

1951

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Too Young to Kiss

as Eric Wainwright

1951

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Three Guys Named Mike

as Michael Lawrence

1951

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Grounds for Marriage

as Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett

1951

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I Love Lucy

(1 episode) as Van Johnson

1950

•

Duchess of Idaho

as Dick Layne

1950

•

The Big Hangover

as David Maldon

1950

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What's My Line?

(4 episodes) as Self - Mystery Guest

1949

•

Battleground

as Holley

1949

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In the Good Old Summertime

as Andrew Delby Larkin

1949

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Scene of the Crime

as Mike Conovan

1949

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Mother Is a Freshman

as Professor Richard Michaels

1948

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Command Decision

as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans

1948

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State of the Union

as Spike McManus

1948

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The Bride Goes Wild

as Greg Rawlings

1948

•

The Ed Sullivan Show

(3 episodes) as Self

1947

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High Barbaree

as Alec Brooke

1947

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The Romance of Rosy Ridge

as Henry Carson

1946

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Easy to Wed

as William "Bill" Stevens Chandler

1946

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Till the Clouds Roll By

as Bandleader in Elite Club

1946

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No Leave, No Love

as Michael Hanlon

1945

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Thrill of a Romance

as Thomas Milvaine

1945

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Week-End at the Waldorf

as James Hollis

1945

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Between Two Women

as Dr. Randall Adams

1944

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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

as Ted Lawson

1944

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The White Cliffs of Dover

as Sam Bennett

1944

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Two Girls and a Sailor

as John Dyckman Brown III

1944

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3 Men in White

as Dr. Randall Adams

1944

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Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1943

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A Guy Named Joe

as Ted Randall

1943

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Madame Curie

as Reporter

1943

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The Human Comedy

as Marcus Macauley

1943

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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

as Dr. Randall Adams

1943

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Pilot #5

as Everett Arnold

1942

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The War Against Mrs. Hadley

as Michael Fitzpatrick

1942

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Murder in the Big House

as Bert Bell

1942

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Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

as Dr. Randall Adams

1942

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Somewhere I'll Find You

as Wade Hall

1942

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For the Common Defense!

as Agent Pritchard

1942

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Personalities

as (uncredited)

1940

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Too Many Girls

as Chorus Boy

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