Lamont Johnson

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-09-30 (88 years old)

Deathday

2010-10-24

Place of Birth

Stockton, California, USA

Lamont Johnson

Biography

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...

Acting

1957

The Brothers Rico

as Peter Malaks

1954

The Human Jungle

as Detective Lannigan

1956

Please Murder Me

as Carl Holt

1963

The Animals

as Narrator (voice)

1952

Retreat, Hell!

as Capt. "Tink" O'Grady

1952

Sally and Saint Anne

as Willie O'Moyne

1977

One on One

as Barry Brunz

1983

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Spot, the Cow (voice)

1954

Moby Dick

as Ishmael

Production

1973

1970

1977

One on One

as Director

1971

A Gunfight

as Director

1976

Lipstick

as Director

1968

Kona Coast

as Director

1972

1972

1981

1970

My Sweet Charlie

as Director

1967

1986

Unnatural Causes

as Director

1974

1993

The Broken Chain

as Director

1969

Deadlock

as Director

1971

Birdbath

as Director

1975

Fear on Trial

as Director

1957

Jane Eyre

as Director

1983

1982

1980

Paul's Case

as Director

1996

1956

Dracula

as Director

1996

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