Movie Credits
Clowning Around	(1992)
[ Heath Ledger ]
Fuga dal paradiso	(1991)
3 Days to a Kill	(1991)
[ Fred Williamson ][ Chuck Connors ]
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One	(1990)
[ Fred Williamson ][ Richard Hatch ]
Killer Crocodile	(1989)
Taxi Killer	(1988)
[ Chuck Connors ]
Menace, Anyone?	(1986)
[ Dennis Cole ][ Bryan Cranston ]
Laggiù nella giungla	(1986)
The Purple Rose of Cairo	(1985)
[ Jeff Daniels ][ Viggo Mortensen ][ Woody Allen ][ Edward Herrmann ][ Danny Aiello ]
Hit, Run and Homicide	(1984)
[ Claude Akins ]
The President of Love	(1984)
Glitter	(1984)
[ Aaron Spelling ][ Adrian Zmed ]
The Forgotten Story	(1983)
Assassinio al cimitero etrusco	(1982)
[ John Saxon ]
Musical, The/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier: Part 2	(1982)
The Kidnapping of the President	(1980)
[ Hal Holbrook ][ William Shatner ]
Da Corleone a Brooklyn	(1979)
Concorde Affaire '79	(1979)
[ Joseph Cotten ]
Getting Married	(1978)
[ Mark Harmon ][ Christopher McDonald ]
Superdome	(1978)
[ Tom Selleck ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ Bubba Smith ]
Tony's Family/Minister and the Stripper, The/Her Own Two Feet	(1978)
[ Peter Graves ]
Snake Eyes: Part 2	(1977)
The Girl on the Late, Late Show	(1974)
[ Don Murray ]
Wheeler and Murdoch	(1973)
[ Jack Warden ]
Man in the Middle	(1972)
Call Her Mom	(1972)
[ Charles Nelson Reilly ]
Occhio del ragno, L'	(1971)
[ Klaus Kinski ]
San Francisco International	(1970)
[ Tab Hunter ][ Pernell Roberts ][ Clu Gulager ][ Dana Elcar ]
Company of Killers	(1970)
[ John Saxon ][ Clu Gulager ][ Ray Milland ]
Battaglia d'Inghilterra, La	(1969)
Prezzo del potere, Il	(1969)
Yours, Mine and Ours	(1968)
[ Tim Matheson ][ Henry Fonda ][ Tom Bosley ]
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows	(1968)
[ Robert Taylor ]
High on a Rainbow	(1968)
Divorce American Style	(1967)
[ Tim Matheson ][ Dick Van Dyke ][ Jason Robards ][ Tom Bosley ]
The Doomsday Flight	(1966)
[ John Saxon ]
The Minstrel's Shakedown	(1966)
American in Paris	(1964)
Wives and Lovers	(1963)
[ Ray Walston ]
The Enemy General	(1960)
Subway in the Sky	(1959)
Beyond This Place	(1959)
The Last Blitzkrieg	(1959)
[ Dick York ]
Jack Benny Celebrates His 49th Birthday	(1958)
Kelly and Me	(1957)
Skits & Sketches	(1957)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin	(1957)
[ Claude Rains ]
Action of the Tiger	(1957)
[ Sean Connery ][ Herbert Lom ]
Slander	(1956)
23 Paces to Baker Street	(1956)
Miracle in the Rain	(1956)
The Bottom of the Bottle	(1956)
[ Joseph Cotten ][ Harry Morgan ]
The Last Spring	(1955)
The End of the Affair	(1955)
[ Peter Cushing ][ John Mills ]
The Last Time I Saw Paris	(1954)
[ Roger Moore ]
Brigadoon	(1954)
[ George Chakiris ][ Gene Kelly ]
The Caine Mutiny	(1954)
[ Claude Akins ][ Lee Marvin ][ Humphrey Bogart ][ Fred MacMurray ][ James Best ]
Men of the Fighting Lady	(1954)
[ Keenan Wynn ][ Jerry Mathers ]
The Siege at Red River	(1954)
[ Jeff Morrow ]
Easy to Love	(1953)
Remains to Be Seen	(1953)
[ Dabbs Greer ]
Confidentially Connie	(1953)
Washington Story	(1952)
When in Rome	(1952)
Invitation	(1952)
Plymouth Adventure	(1952)
[ Spencer Tracy ]
Too Young to Kiss	(1951)
It's a Big Country	(1951)
[ Gary Cooper ][ Gene Kelly ][ William Powell ][ James Whitmore ][ Keenan Wynn ]
Go for Broke!	(1951)
Three Guys Named Mike	(1951)
[ Howard Keel ]
Grounds for Marriage	(1951)
Duchess of Idaho	(1950)
The Big Hangover	(1950)
Battleground	(1949)
[ Ricardo Montalban ][ James Arness ][ James Whitmore ]
In the Good Old Summertime	(1949)
[ Buster Keaton ]
Scene of the Crime	(1949)
Mother Is a Freshman	(1949)
The Bride Goes Wild	(1948)
[ Hume Cronyn ]
Command Decision	(1948)
[ Clark Gable ]
State of the Union	(1948)
[ Katharine Hepburn ][ Spencer Tracy ]
The Romance of Rosy Ridge	(1947)
[ Dean Stockwell ]
High Barbaree	(1947)
Till the Clouds Roll By	(1946)
[ Frank Sinatra ]
No Leave, No Love	(1946)
[ Keenan Wynn ]
Easy to Wed	(1946)
[ Keenan Wynn ]
Ziegfeld Follies	(1946)
[ Fred Astaire ][ Gene Kelly ][ Hume Cronyn ][ William Powell ][ William Frawley ]
American Creed	(1946)
[ Katharine Hepburn ][ James Stewart ]
Week-End at the Waldorf	(1945)
[ Keenan Wynn ]
Thrill of a Romance	(1945)
Between Two Women	(1945)
[ Keenan Wynn ][ Lionel Barrymore ]
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo	(1944)
[ Robert Mitchum ][ Spencer Tracy ][ Robert Urich ]
Three Men in White	(1944)
[ Lionel Barrymore ]
The White Cliffs of Dover	(1944)
[ Roddy McDowall ]
Two Girls and a Sailor	(1944)
[ Buster Keaton ]
Madame Curie	(1943)
Pilot #5	(1943)
[ Gene Kelly ]
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case	(1943)
[ Lionel Barrymore ]
The Human Comedy	(1943)
[ Robert Mitchum ][ Mickey Rooney ]
A Guy Named Joe	(1943)
[ Spencer Tracy ][ Robert Urich ][ Ward Bond ][ Lionel Barrymore ]
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant	(1942)
[ Lionel Barrymore ]
Somewhere I'll Find You	(1942)
[ Clark Gable ][ Keenan Wynn ]
The War Against Mrs. Hadley	(1942)
For the Common Defense!	(1942)
Murder in the Big House	(1942)
Personalities	(1942)
[ Mickey Rooney ]
Too Many Girls	(1940)
[ Desi Arnaz ]

The quintessential blue-eyed, blonde-haired, freckle-faced Boy Next Door, Van Johnson was the son of a Rhode Island plumbing contractor. Making his Broadway bow in The New Faces of 1936, Johnson spent several busy years as a musical-comedy chorus boy. After understudying Gene Kelly in Pal Joey, he came to Hollywood to recreate his minor role in the film version of the Broadway musical hit Too Many Girls. Proving himself an able actor in the Warner Bros. "B" picture Murder in the Big House (1942), Johnson was signed by MGM, where he was given the traditional big buildup. He served his MGM apprenticeship as Lew Ayres' replacement in the "Dr. Kildare" series, latterly known as the "Dr. Gillespie" series, in deference to top-billed Lionel Barrymore. While en route to a preview showing of an MGM film, Johnson was seriously injured in an auto accident. This proved to be a blessing in disguise to his career: the accident prevented his being drafted into the army, thus he had the young leading-man field virtually to himself at MGM during the war years. Delivering solid dramatic performances in such major productions as The Human Comedy (1943) A Guy Named Joe (1943) and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Johnson rapidly became a favorite with the public—particularly the teenaged female public. He remained a favorite into the 1950s, alternating serious characterizations with lightweight romantic fare. One of his best roles was Lt. Maryk in The Caine Mutiny (1954), for which he was loaned to Columbia. When his MGM contract came to an end, Johnson free-lanced both in Hollywood and abroad. He also made his London stage debut as Harold Hill in The Music Man, a role he'd continue to play on the summer-theater circuit well into the 1970s. His TV work included the lead in the elaborate 1957 musical version of The Pied Piper of Hamelin (released theatrically in 1961) and his "special guest villain" turn as The Minstrel on Batman (1967). He staged a film comeback as a character actor in the late 1960s, earning excellent reviews for his work in Divorce American Style (1967). And in the mid-1980s, Van Johnson again proved that he still had the old star quality, first as one of the leads in the short-lived TVer Glitter, then in a gently self-mocking role in Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), and finally as Gene Barry's replacement in the hit Broadway musical La Cage Aux Folles (1985).