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.
Also known As
Merle Johnson Jr.
Трой Донахʼю
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
as Sid Witherspoon
1987
as Don Michaelson
1981
as Merle Johnson
1959
as Frankie
1989
as Barry Hefna
1974
as Randall Mansfield
1958
as Jimmy Flanders
1989
as Police Psychiatrist
1961
as Parrish McLean
1971
as Moon
1974
as Mark Frost
1989
as Dr. Miller
1963
as Jim Munroe
1957
as Frank Burnham
1967
as Gaylord Sullivan
1989
as Slim
1959
as Johnny Hunter
1964
as 2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard
1986
as John Templeton
1958
as Paul Cunningham
1987
as Bob Jenkins
1984
as Donny Vinton
1990
as Slim
1961
as Hoyt Brecker
1960
as McVey
1962
as Don Porter
1988
as Uncle Gary
1988
as Jack Barnes
1958
as Tony Manza
1989
as Mr. Nichols
1965
as Ben Gunther
1990
as Jack
1958
as Sax Lewis
1987
as Rosenberg
1958
as Sgt. Nickles
1958
as Jesse Bascomb
1957
as Reporter (uncredited)
1987
as Lt Maxwell
1990
1958
as Artie Sanders / Artie Smith
1967
as Jill Parsons
1989
as Dr. Ackerman
1998
as Flemming
1991
as Record Exec
1993
as Police Captain
1983
as Lester
1957
as Hank Jackson
1988
as Mayor
1974
as Merle Johnson
1970
as Bill
1992
as Leonard
1974
as Steve
1987
as Taggart
1989
as Harold Farber
1990
as Phillip
1992
as Troy
1991
as Matt Plimpton
1998
as FBI Agent
1997
as Dr. Ackerman (archive footage)
1977
as Daniel
1989
as Python
1977
as Sheriff John Baxom
1983
as Clint Redman
1957
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
1990
as Hatchet's Father
1969
as Julian Thatcher
1989
as Larry Haughton
1968
as Father Dugan
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