Troy Donahue

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-01-27 (65 years old)

Deathday

2001-09-02

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, U.S.

Troy Donahue

Biography

Troy Donahue (born Merle Johnson Jr., January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American film and television actor and singer. He was a popular sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s. His father was Merle Johnson, the manager of the motion-picture department of General Motors. His mother, Edith Johnson, was a retired stage actress. Donahue attended a New York military academy, where he met Francis Ford Coppola. When Donahue was 18, he moved to New York and got a job as a messenger in a film company founded by his father. He was fired, he says, because he was too young to join the union. He attended Columbia University and studied journalism. H...

Acting

1989

Assault of the Party Nerds

as Sid Witherspoon

1987

Deadly Prey

as Don Michaelson

1959

1989

Blood Nasty

as Barry Hefna

1974

Cockfighter

as Randall Mansfield

1958

Monster on the Campus

as Jimmy Flanders

1989

American Rampage

as Police Psychiatrist

1961

Parrish

as Parrish McLean

1971

1974

Seizure

as Mark Frost

1989

The Chilling

as Dr. Miller

1963

1957

The Tarnished Angels

as Frank Burnham

1967

1989

1959

A Summer Place

as Johnny Hunter

1964

A Distant Trumpet

as 2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard

1986

Low Blow

as John Templeton

1958

Voice in the Mirror

as Paul Cunningham

1987

Cyclone

as Bob Jenkins

1984

Grandview, U.S.A.

as Donny Vinton

1990

Omega Cop

as Slim

1961

Susan Slade

as Hoyt Brecker

1960

1962

Rome Adventure

as Don Porter

1988

Hard Rock Nightmare

as Uncle Gary

1988

Bad Blood

as Jack Barnes

1958

This Happy Feeling

as Tony Manza

1989

1965

My Blood Runs Cold

as Ben Gunther

1990

1958

Summer Love

as Sax Lewis

1987

Fight to Win

as Rosenberg

1958

The Perfect Furlough

as Sgt. Nickles

1958

Wild Heritage

as Jesse Bascomb

1957

Man Afraid

as Reporter (uncredited)

1987

Hollywood Cop

as Lt Maxwell

1958

Live Fast, Die Young

as Artie Sanders / Artie Smith

1967

Come Spy with Me

as Jill Parsons

1989

Dr. Alien

as Dr. Ackerman

1998

Legion

as Flemming

1991

Shock 'Em Dead

as Record Exec

1993

Showdown

as Police Captain

1983

Tin Man

as Lester

1957

The Monolith Monsters

as Hank Jackson

1988

Hawkeye

as Mayor

1974

The Godfather Part II

as Merle Johnson

1992

Double Trouble

as Leonard

1974

South Seas

as Steve

1989

The Platinum Triangle

as Harold Farber

1990

Sexpot

as Phillip

1991

Deadly Diamonds

as Matt Plimpton

1998

Merchants of Venus

as FBI Agent

1997

Bimbo Movie Bash

as Dr. Ackerman (archive footage)

1977

Outrage

as Daniel

1989

1977

The Legend of Frank Woods

as Sheriff John Baxom

1983

Malibu

as Clint Redman

1957

Man of a Thousand Faces

as Assistant Director (uncredited)

1990

Cry-Baby

as Hatchet's Father

1969

The Lonely Profession

as Julian Thatcher

1989

Sounds of Silence

as Larry Haughton

1968

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