Lamont Johnson

Directing · Acting · Production

Born September 30, 1922, Stockton, California, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lamont Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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