Lamont Johnson

Known for DirectingBorn 1922-09-30Died 2010-10-24Stockton, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Animals

Bus Stop

Five Fingers

Dracula

Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase

Fear on Trial

Deadlock

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

Moby Dick

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Sally and Saint Anne

The Twilight Zone

Faerie Tale Theatre

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

The Kennedys of Massachusetts

Judd, for the Defense

Lincoln

Unnatural Causes

Visit to a Chief's Son

The Execution of Private Slovik

Profiles in Courage

The Richard Boone Show

Steve Canyon

Have Gun, Will Travel

Crisis at Central High

All the Winters that Have Been

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Birdbath

Shogun Assassin

The Name of the Game

The Rifleman

Blue Light

Slattery's People

Felicity

My Sweet Charlie

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Coronet Blue

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

Sam Benedict

That Certain Summer

Mr. Lucky

Gunsmoke

Felony Squad

Peter Gunn

The Americans

Letter to Loretta

You'll Like My Mother