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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Tackle the Impossible and Win, Even When It Seems You're Losing
- The Houndsman
- Legal Lynching of a Black Psychiatrist
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Film & TV
Acting · Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Van Johnson (1916–2008) was an American film, television theatre and radio actor, singer, and dancer. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II.
Known for
- Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy — Self2000
- The Boy from Mercury — Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)1996
- Roger Moore: A Matter of Class — Self (archive footage)1995
- Three Days to a Kill — Comm. Howard1992
- MGM: When the Lion Roars1992
- Clowning Around — Mr. Ranthow1991
- Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... — Self1991
- Clowning Around — Mr. Ranthow1991
- Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One — Gen. McCailland1990
- Flight from Paradise — Erzähler1990
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1916
- Active to
- 2008
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,187
- Total plays
- 66,092
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There are at least three artists with this name 1. A Classic Hollywood actor, singer and dancer from the United States 2. A screamo band from Canada 2. A rock musician from the United States 1. Van Johnson (1917-2008) was an American actor, singer and dancer. He was one of the biggest stars of MGM and the top box office leading man for several years in the late 1940's. He starred in drama films, comedies and musicals and was early in his career as <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Van+Johnson"
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space
· 2012 · cited 24,110x
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Key facts
- Born
- Charles Van Dell Johnson , ( 1916-08-25 ) August 25, 1916, Newport, Rhode Island , U.S.
- Died
- December 12, 2008 (2008-12-12) (aged 92), Nyack, New York , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actor dancer
- Years active
- 1935–1992
- Spouse
- Eve Lynn Abbott Wynn ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1947 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1968 )
- Children
- Schuyler (daughter)
- Relatives
- Tracy Keenan Wynn (stepson) , Ned Wynn (stepson)
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- Image
- Van Johnson with a bust of himself, 1946.jpg
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- Van Johnson
- date of birth
- 1916-08-25
- date of death
- 2008-12-12
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- Van Johnson
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- end of work period
- 1992-00-00
- birth name
- Charles Van Dell Johnson
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Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, 1916 – December 12, 2008) was an American actor and dancer. He had a prolific career in film, television, theatre and radio, which spanned over 50 years, from 1940 to 1992. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II, known for his upbeat and "all-American" screen persona, often playing young military servicemen, or in musicals.
Originally a Broadway dancer, Johnson achieved his breakthrough playing a rookie bomber pilot in A Guy Named Joe (1943). Throughout the war years, he became a popular Hollywood star, as the embodiment of the "boy-next-door wholesomeness" playing "the red-haired, freckle-faced soldier, sailor, or bomber pilot who used to live down the street" in such films as The Human Comedy (also 1943) and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944). After World War II, he continued to play similar heartthrob and military characters, equal parts in serious dramas like The Caine Mutiny (1954), and in light musicals like Brigadoon (1954).