Van Johnson
Van Johnson is known for The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), The Caine Mutiny (1954), Brigadoon (1954).
Biography
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.
Questions about Van Johnson
How many Van Johnson films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 91 films with Van Johnson, from 1940 to 2000.
What is the best rated Van Johnson film?
The best rated Van Johnson film in the catalogue is The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), rated 7.4.
What was the first Van Johnson film?
The first Van Johnson film in the catalogue is Madame Curie, from 1943.
Who has Van Johnson worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Van Johnson shares the most credits with Joseph Ruttenberg (3 films), Spencer Tracy (3 films) and Dalton Trumbo (2 films).
People data: TMDb.
- Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Known for
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7.4 The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
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7.2 The Caine Mutiny
1954
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6.9 Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
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6.5 Brigadoon
1954
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6.7 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
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6.7 Battleground
1949
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6.1 The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
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7.4 That's Entertainment!
1974
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6.8 State of the Union
1948
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5.8 Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
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7.2 Madame Curie
1943
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5.5 Killer Crocodile
1989
Trivia
- Studied at
- Rogers High School
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
103 films — 91 in the catalogue
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7.0 Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000 · Self
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8.0 The Boy from Mercury
1996 · Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)
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7.7 Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995 · Self (archive footage)
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8.2 Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993 · Self
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4.0 Three Days to a Kill
1992 · Comm. Howard
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7.4 Clowning Around
1991 · Mr. Ranthow
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8.5 Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One
1990 · Gen. McCailland
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8.5 Flight from Paradise
1990 · Erzähler
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5.5
Killer Crocodile
1989 · Judge
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8.0
Going Hollywood: The War Years
1988
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6.2 Bacall on Bogart
1988 · Self
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7.0 Laggiù nella giungla
1988 · The professor
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4.3 Taxi Killer
1988 · Captain
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6.0 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Self
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6.8 Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
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7.4
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 · Larry
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10.0 Showbiz Goes to War
1982 · (archive footage)
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4.7 Scorpion with Two Tails
1982 · Mulligan - Joan's father
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5.8 Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
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6.0 Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 · Self (archive footage)
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4.6 The Kidnapping of the President
1980 · Vice President Ethan Richards
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6.3 From Corleone to Brooklyn
1979 · Lieutenant Sturges
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6.5 Concorde Affair
1979 · Captain Scott
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6.0 Getting Married
1978 · Phil Lawrence
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4.5 Superdome
1978 · Chip Green
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7.4
That's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
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5.5 The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974 · Johnny Leverett
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6.0 Call Her Mom
1972 · President Hardgrove
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4.5 Eye of the Spider
1971 · Prof. Orson Krüger
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4.3 San Francisco International
1970 · Lester Scott
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6.5 Company of Killers
1970 · Sam Cahill
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6.0 The Price of Power
1969 · President James A. Garfield
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6.3 Eagles Over London
1969 · Air Marshal George Taylor
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3.4 The Extraordinary Seaman
1969 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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6.9
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968 · Darrel Harrison
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6.1 Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968 · Father Chase: The 'In' Group
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5.9 Divorce American Style
1967 · Al Yearling
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6.5 The Doomsday Flight
1966 · Capt. Anderson
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8.0 American in Paris
1964 · James Devlin
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4.4 Wives and Lovers
1963 · Bill Austin
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7.0 The Enemy General
1960 · Allan Lemaire
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5.9 Subway in the Sky
1959 · Major Baxter Grant
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4.7 Beyond This Place
1959 · Paul Mathry
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6.0 The Last Blitzkrieg
1959 · Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson
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5.6 The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957 · Pied Piper / Truson
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4.8 Action of the Tiger
1957 · Carson
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9.0 Kelly and Me
1957 · Len Carmody
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6.5 Slander
1957 · Scott Ethan Martin
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6.7 23 Paces to Baker Street
1956 · Phillip Hannon
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6.9 Miracle in the Rain
1956 · Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon
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5.8 The Bottom of the Bottle
1956 · Donald Martin / Eric Bell
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5.8 The End of the Affair
1955 · Maurice Bendrix
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6.1
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954 · Charles Wills
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6.5
Brigadoon
1954 · Jeff Douglas
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7.2
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · Lt. Stephen Maryk
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6.3 Men of the Fighting Lady
1954 · Lt. Thayer
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6.2 The Siege at Red River
1954 · Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday
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6.2 Fácil de Amar
1953 · Ray Lloyd
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6.0 Remains to Be Seen
1953 · Waldo Williams
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5.8 Confidentially Connie
1953 · Joe Bedloe
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5.9 Plymouth Adventure
1952 · John Alden
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7.0 Washington Story
1952 · Joseph T. Gresham
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7.7 When in Rome
1952 · Father John X. Halligan
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6.7 Invitation
1952 · Dan Pierce
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5.1 Too Young to Kiss
1951 · Eric Wainwright
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5.9 It's a Big Country
1951 · Rev. Adam Burch
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5.9 Go for Broke!
1951 · Michael Grayson
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5.8 Three Guys Named Mike
1951 · Michael Lawrence
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5.0 Grounds for Marriage
1951 · Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett
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4.9 Duchess of Idaho
1950 · Dick Layne
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6.4 The Big Hangover
1950 · David Maldon
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6.7
Battleground
1949 · Holley
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6.8 In the Good Old Summertime
1949 · Andrew Delby Larkin
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6.1 Scene of the Crime
1949 · Mike Conovan
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9.0 Mother Is a Freshman
1949 · Professor Richard Michaels
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6.6 Command Decision
1948 · Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
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6.8
State of the Union
1948 · Spike McManus
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6.7 The Bride Goes Wild
1948 · Greg Rawlings
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6.7 The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 · Henry Carson
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5.6 High Barbaree
1947 · Alec Brooke
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5.8
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946 · Bandleader in Elite Club
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6.4 Easy to Wed
1946 · Bill Chandler
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6.5 No Leave, No Love
1946 · Michael Hanlon
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6.4 Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 · James Hollis
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6.6 Thrill of a Romance
1945 · Thomas Milvaine
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6.1 Between Two Women
1945 · Dr. Randall Adams
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6.7
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · Ted Lawson
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5.8 Two Girls and a Sailor
1944 · John Dyckman Brown III
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6.4 3 Men in White
1944 · Dr. Randall Adams
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6.7 The White Cliffs of Dover
1944 · Sam Bennett
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6.7 A Guy Named Joe
1944 · Ted Randall
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8.0 Twenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
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7.2
Madame Curie
1943 · Reporter
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6.0 Pilot #5
1943 · Everett Arnold
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6.0 Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943 · Dr. Randall Adams
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6.2 The Human Comedy
1943 · Marcus Macauley
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6.5 O Assistente do Dr. Gillespie
1942 · Dr. Randall Adams
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5.7 Somewhere I'll Find You
1942 · Wade Hall
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5.3 The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942 · Michael Fitzpatrick
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5.0 For the Common Defense!
1942 · Agent Pritchard
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6.8 Murder in the Big House
1942 · Bert Bell
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Personalities
1942 · (uncredited)
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5.9 Too Many Girls
1940 · Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Series and TV shows
20 titles
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7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · Art Bellasco
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7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Daniel Hannigan
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6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Gerry T. Armstrong
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6.3
The Love Boat
1977 · Bert Wilder
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7.9
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976 · Marsh Goodwin · 12 ep.
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7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Al Ringerman · 2 ep.
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6.8
One Day at a Time
1975 · Gus Webster
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6.9
Maude
1972 · Henry
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7.1
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Harry Jerome
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7.2
McCloud
1970 · Cast
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6.2
Love, American Style
1969 · Cast
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6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited) · 2 ep.
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6.7
Here's Lucy
1968 · Van Johnson
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7.3
Batman
1966 · The Minstrel · 2 ep.
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6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Appearance
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5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Co-host · 5 ep.
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7.0
The Oscars
1953 · Appearance
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7.9
I Love Lucy
1951 · Van Johnson
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7.0
What's My Line?
1950 · Appearance · 4 ep.
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6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Appearance · 3 ep.
People data: TMDb.
Cast
