Holly Johnson
- Acting
- February 9, 1960 · Liverpool, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome · Lead Vocals
- The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? · Self
- Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]
- Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC · Self
- George Michael: Outed · Self
- Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022 · Self
- Freedom: 50 Years of Pride · Self
- TV Story Superstar · Self
- Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019 · Self
- Queer as Art · Self
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest · Holly Johnson
- Benidorm · Self
- The One Show · Self
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On · Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee
- Toys · Songs
- Later... with Jools Holland
- The Word
- Body Double · Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
- The Bob Monkhouse Show · Self
- Wogan · Performer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
- Newsnight
- The Sound of Protest