Lamont Johnson
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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Movies (43)
All the Winters that Have Been
1997 · Director
The Man Next Door
1996 · Director, Producer
The Broken Chain
1993 · Director
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992 · Director
Unnatural Causes
1986 · Director
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984 · Director
Jack and the Beanstalk
1983 · Spot, the Cow (voice), Director
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983 · Director
Dangerous Company
1982 · Director
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
1981 · Director
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
1981 · Director
Crisis at Central High
1981 · Director
Shogun Assassin
1980 · Voice (voice)
Off the Minnesota Strip
1980 · Director
Paul's Case
1980 · Director
Somebody Killed Her Husband
1978 · Director
One on One
1977 · Barry Brunz, Director
Lipstick
1976 · Director
Fear on Trial
1975 · Director
Visit to a Chief's Son
1974 · Director
The Execution of Private Slovik
1974 · Director
The Last American Hero
1973 · Director
That Certain Summer
1972 · Director
You'll Like My Mother
1972 · Director
The Groundstar Conspiracy
1972 · Director
Birdbath
1971 · Director
A Gunfight
1971 · Director
The McKenzie Break
1970 · Director
My Sweet Charlie
1970 · Director
Deadlock
1969 · Director
Kona Coast
1968 · Director
A Covenant with Death
1967 · Director
The Animals
1963 · Narrator (voice)
Five Fingers : Thin Ice
1961 · Director
Jet Pilot
1957
The Brothers Rico
1957 · Peter Malaks
Jane Eyre
1957 · Director
Dracula
1956 · Director
Please Murder Me
1956 · Carl Holt
The Human Jungle
1954 · Detective Lannigan
Moby Dick
1954 · Ishmael
Sally and Saint Anne
1952 · Willie O'Moyne
Retreat, Hell!
1952 · Capt. "Tink" O'Grady
TV shows (45)
Felicity
1998 · Director
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
1990 · Director
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990 · Director
Lincoln
1988 · Director
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
1985 · Director, Co-Producer
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Voice of Spot (voice), Director
The Name of the Game
1968 · Director
Premiere
1968 · Director
Judd, for the Defense
1967 · Director
Cimarron Strip
1967 · Director
Coronet Blue
1967 · Director
Felony Squad
1966
Blue Light
1966
The Big Valley
1965 · Anson Cross
Profiles in Courage
1964 · Fremont, Director
Slattery's People
1964 · Director
The Richard Boone Show
1963 · Director
Sam Benedict
1962 · Director
Bus Stop
1961 · Director
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Director
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Director
The Defenders
1961 · Director
The Americans
1961 · Director
The Law and Mr. Jones
1960 · Director
Angel
1960 · Director
Mr. Lucky
1959 · Director
The Detectives
1959 · Director
Five Fingers
1959 · Director
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Director
Johnny Ringo
1959 · Director
Naked City
1958 · Director
The Rifleman
1958 · Director
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958 · Director
Peter Gunn
1958 · Director
Steve Canyon
1958 · Director
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Director
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Director
Matinee Theater
1955 · Director
Gunsmoke
1955 · Stoner
The Millionaire
1955 · Charles Lomar
Climax!
1954 · Lionel Trent
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Mark Hastings
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Lt. Matt Maury, Lt. Col. Coleman, Paul Shearer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Son, Ishmael, John Hull, Damon, Paul
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Dave