Cast & creator
Lamont Johnson
Best known for Have Gun, Will Travel, Matinee Theater, Matinee Theater
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.
Also known as: Ernest Lamont Johnson Jr.
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film credits
56
television credits
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1951–1998 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (103)
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Have Gun, Will Travel
Director
1957
Matinee Theater
1955Matinee Theater
Director
1955
Climax!
Lionel Trent
1954
Dr. Kildare
Director
1961
The Rifleman
Director
1958
The Twilight Zone
Director
1959
Naked City
Director
1958
The Defenders
Director
1961
Felicity
Director
1998
The Name of the Game
Director
1968
The Big Valley
Anson Cross
1965
Gunsmoke
Stoner
1955
Peter Gunn
Director
1958
Judd, for the Defense
Director
1967
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Director
1957
The Millionaire
Charles Lomar
1955
Felony Squad
1966
Faerie Tale Theatre
Voice of Spot (voice)
1982Faerie Tale Theatre
Director
1982
Cimarron Strip
Director
1967
Cavalcade of America
Lt. Matt Maury
1952Cavalcade of America
1952Cavalcade of America
Lt. Col. Coleman
1952Cavalcade of America
Paul Shearer
1952
Sam Benedict
Director
1962
Mr. Lucky
Director
1959
Cain's Hundred
Director
1961
Bus Stop
Director
1961
Johnny Ringo
Director
1959Profiles in Courage
Fremont
1964Profiles in Courage
Director
1964
Letter to Loretta
Mark Hastings
1953
Steve Canyon
Director
1958
The Americans
Director
1961
Slattery's People
Director
1964
Angel
1960Angel
Director
1960
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
Director
1958
Coronet Blue
Director
1967
The Richard Boone Show
Director
1963
Blue Light
1966
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Son
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Ishmael
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Damon
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
John Hull
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Paul
1951
The Law and Mr. Jones
Director
1960
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Dave
1951
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Director
1990
Five Fingers
Director
1959
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
Director
1990
Shogun Assassin
Voice (voice)
1980
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Co-Producer
1985Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Director
1985
Lincoln
Director
1988
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Director
1983
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Director
1981
Jet Pilot
1957
A Gunfight
Director
1971
Dangerous Company
Director
1982
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Director
1992
The Execution of Private Slovik
Director
1974
Lipstick
Director
1976
The Last American Hero
Director
1973
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Director
1978Premiere
Director
1968
You'll Like My Mother
Director
1972
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Director
1984
Please Murder Me
Carl Holt
1956
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Director
1981
Dracula
Director
1956
Retreat, Hell!
Capt. "Tink" O'Grady
1952
Jack and the Beanstalk
Spot, the Cow (voice)
1983Jack and the Beanstalk
Director
1983
The McKenzie Break
1970The McKenzie Break
Director
1970
The Broken Chain
Director
1993
One on One
Barry Brunz
1977One on One
Director
1977
The Brothers Rico
Peter Malaks
1957
Moby Dick
Ishmael
1954
Crisis at Central High
Director
1981
The Man Next Door
Director
1996The Man Next Door
Producer
1996
All the Winters that Have Been
Director
1997
Sally and Saint Anne
Willie O'Moyne
1952
A Covenant with Death
Director
1967Five Fingers : Thin Ice
Director
1961
Off the Minnesota Strip
Director
1980
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Director
1972
My Sweet Charlie
Director
1970
The Human Jungle
Detective Lannigan
1954
That Certain Summer
Director
1972
Deadlock
Director
1969
Jane Eyre
Director
1957
Paul's Case
Director
1980
Visit to a Chief's Son
Director
1974
Fear on Trial
Director
1975
Kona Coast
Director
1968
Unnatural Causes
Director
1986
Birdbath
Director
1971
The Animals
Narrator (voice)
1963