Lamont Johnson
- Directing
- September 30, 1922 · Stockton, California, USA
- October 24, 2010
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Felicity · Director
- All the Winters that Have Been · Director
- The Man Next Door · Director, Producer
- The Broken Chain · Director
- Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 · Director
- Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase · Director
- The Kennedys of Massachusetts · Director
- Lincoln · Director
- Unnatural Causes · Director
- Wallenberg: A Hero's Story · Co-producer, Director
- Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter · Director
- Jack and the Beanstalk · Spot, the Cow (Voice), Director
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone · Director
- Faerie Tale Theatre · Voice of Spot (Voice), Director
- Dangerous Company · Director
- Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper · Director
- Cattle Annie and Little Britches · Director
- Crisis at Central High · Director
- Shogun Assassin · Voice (Voice)
- Off the Minnesota Strip · Director
- Paul's Case · Director
- Somebody Killed Her Husband · Director
- One on One · Barry Brunz, Director
- Lipstick · Director
- Fear on Trial · Director
- Visit to a Chief's Son · Director
- The Execution of Private Slovik · Director
- The Last American Hero · Director
- That Certain Summer · Director
- You'll Like My Mother · Director
- The Groundstar Conspiracy · Director
- Birdbath · Director
- A Gunfight · Director
- The McKenzie Break · Director
- My Sweet Charlie · Director
- Deadlock · Director
- The Name of the Game · Director
- Premiere · Director
- Kona Coast · Director
- Judd, for the Defense · Director
- Cimarron Strip · Director
- Coronet Blue · Director
- A Covenant with Death · Director
- Felony Squad
- Blue Light
- The Big Valley · Anson Cross
- Profiles in Courage · Fremont, Director
- Slattery's People · Director
- The Animals · Narrator (Voice)
- The Richard Boone Show · Director
- Sam Benedict · Director
- Bus Stop · Director
- Dr. Kildare · Director
- Cain's Hundred · Director
- The Defenders · Director
- Five Fingers : Thin Ice · Director
- The Americans · Director
- The Law and Mr. Jones · Director
- Angel · Director
- Mr. Lucky · Director
- Five Fingers · Director
- The Twilight Zone · Director
- Johnny Ringo · Director
- Naked City · Director
- The Rifleman · Director
- The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen · Director
- Peter Gunn · Director
- Steve Canyon · Director
- Jet Pilot
- Have Gun, Will Travel · Director
- The Brothers Rico · Peter Malaks
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective · Director
- Jane Eyre · Director
- Dracula · Director
- Please Murder Me · Carl Holt
- Matinee Theater · Director
- Gunsmoke · Stoner
- The Millionaire · Charles Lomar
- Climax! · Lionel Trent
- The Human Jungle · Detective Lannigan