Cast & creator
Holly Johnson
Best known for The One Show, Newsnight, Wogan
William Holly Johnson (born 9 February 1960) is an English artist, musician, and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s. Prior to that, in the late 1970s he was a bassist for the band Big in Japan. In 1989, Johnson's debut solo album, Blast, reached number one in the UK albums chart. Two singles from the album – "Love Train" and "Americanos" – reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart. In the 1990s, he also embarked on writing, painting, and printmaking careers.
Also known as: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, William Holly Johnson, William Johnson
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film credits
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television credits
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1980–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (22)
Showing 22 of 22 credits
The One Show
Self
2006
Newsnight
1980
Wogan
Performer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
1982
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Benidorm
Himself
2007
The Word
1990
Body Double
Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
1984
TV Story Superstar
Self (archive footage)
2020
Toys
Songs
1992The Bob Monkhouse Show
Self
1983
George Michael: Outed
Self
2023
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
Self
2022
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Self
2024
Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022
Self
2022
The Sound of Protest
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On
Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee
2000
Queer as Art
Self
2017
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Lead Vocals
2025![Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/zK3IyPRrNTy9sCy09O5mxqrXB2p.jpg?width=1200)
Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]
2023
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest
Holly Johnson
2009Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019
Self - Performer
2019