Lamont Johnson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 30, 1922
- Died
- October 24, 2010
- Birthplace
- 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
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
as 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
as Voice (voice)
Off the Minnesota Strip 1980
Director
Paul's Case 1980
Director
Somebody Killed Her Husband 1978
Director
One on One 1977
as 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
Actor, Director
My Sweet Charlie 1970
Director
Deadlock 1969
Director
Kona Coast 1968
Director
A Covenant with Death 1967
Director
The Animals 1963
as Narrator (voice)
- Five Fingers : Thin Ice
Five Fingers : Thin Ice 1961
Director
Jet Pilot 1957
Actor
The Brothers Rico 1957
as Peter Malaks
Jane Eyre 1957
Director
Dracula 1956
Director
Please Murder Me 1956
as Carl Holt
The Human Jungle 1954
as Detective Lannigan
Moby Dick 1954
as Ishmael
Sally and Saint Anne 1952
as Willie O'Moyne
Retreat, Hell! 1952
as Capt. "Tink" O'Grady
Credits from TMDB.