Lamont Johnson
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.
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Movies (34)
All the Winters that Have Been
Director (Directing)
1997
The Man Next Door
Director (Directing)
1996
The Broken Chain
Director (Directing)
1993
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Director (Directing)
1992
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
Director (Directing)
1990
Unnatural Causes
Director (Directing)
1986
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Director (Directing)
1984
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Spot, the Cow (voice)
1983
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Director (Directing)
1983
Dangerous Company
Director (Directing)
1982
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Director (Directing)
1981
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Director (Directing)
1981
Crisis at Central High
Director (Directing)
1981
Shogun Assassin
as Voice (voice)
1980
Off the Minnesota Strip
Director (Directing)
1980
Paul's Case
Director (Directing)
1980
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Director (Directing)
1978
One on One
as Barry Brunz
1977
Lipstick
Director (Directing)
1976
Fear on Trial
Director (Directing)
1975
Visit to a Chief's Son
Director (Directing)
1974
The Execution of Private Slovik
Director (Directing)
1974
The Last American Hero
Director (Directing)
1973
That Certain Summer
Director (Directing)
1972
You'll Like My Mother
Director (Directing)
1972
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Director (Directing)
1972
Birdbath
Director (Directing)
1971
A Gunfight
Director (Directing)
1971
The McKenzie Break
1970
My Sweet Charlie
Director (Directing)
1970
Deadlock
Director (Directing)
1969
Kona Coast
Director (Directing)
1968
A Covenant with Death
Director (Directing)
1967
The Animals
as Narrator (voice)
1963
TV Shows (16)
Felicity
Director (Directing)
1998
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Director (Directing)
1990
Lincoln
Director (Directing)
1988
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Director (Directing)
1985
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Voice of Spot (voice)
1982
The Name of the Game
Director (Directing)
1968
Premiere
Director (Directing)
1968
Judd for the Defense
Director (Directing)
1967
Cimarron Strip
Director (Directing)
1967
Coronet Blue
Director (Directing)
1967
Felony Squad
1966
Blue Light
1966
The Big Valley
as Anson Cross
1965
Profiles in Courage
as Fremont
1964
Slattery's People
Director (Directing)
1964
The Richard Boone Show
Director (Directing)
1963