| Full Name | Van Johnson |
| Net Worth | $250,000 |
| Date Of Birth | August 25, 1916 |
| Died | December 12, 2008, Nyack, New York, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Newport, Rhode Island, USA |
| Height | 1.85 m |
| Occupation | Actor, dancer, singer |
| Profession | Actor, Singer, Dancer |
| Education | Rogers High School |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Evie Wynn Johnson |
| Children | Schuyler Johnson |
| Parents | Loretta Snyder, Charles E. Johnson |
| Nicknames | Van Johnson, Johnson, Van |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0004496 |
| Movies | The Last Time I Saw Paris, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, The Caine Mutiny, Brigadoon, In the Good Old Summertime, A Guy Named Joe, Battleground, Two Girls and a Sailor, Go for Broke!, State of the Union, Yours, Mine and Ours, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The Human Comedy, Easy to Wed, Till the Clouds Roll... |
| TV Shows | MGM: When the Lion Roars |
| Star Sign | Virgo |
| # | Quote |
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| 1 | [on Joan Crawford and the book "Mommie Dearest"]: Some people said that Joan was better off being dead when Mommie Dearest came out, because it would have broken her heart, and this way she was spared all that pain. I'm not one of those people. I totally disagree. They didn't know Joan. I wish the book had never happened. But if it had happened when Joan was still alive, and not too sick, I know her well enough to know she would have fought back, in her way. She had a quiet strength, but she was strong, and she was determined. Nothing wishy-washy about her. I think if she could have, Joan would have protected her life and her body of work against that viper she had taken to her bosom. |
| 2 | I never turned down anybody for an autograph. I think it's up to the fans; it's up to the public. No amount of photoplay magazines or layouts puts you over the public unless the public buys you. |
| 3 | [on the vast number of soldiers he played on film during World War II] By war's end, I'd been in every branch of the service, all at MGM. |
| 4 | I am the luckiest guy in the world. All my dreams came true. I was in a wonderful business, and I met great people all over the world. |
| 5 | [MGM] was one big happy family and a little kingdom. Everything was provided for us, from singing lessons to barbells. All we had to do was inhale, exhale and be charming. I used to dread leaving the studio to go out into the real world, because to me the studio was the real world. |
| 6 | [on Audrey Hepburn] She's a lady. When she participates in the Academy Awards, she makes all those starlets look like tramps. Thank you for your class, Audrey, you're quite a lady. If anyone said anything derogatory about her, I'd push them in the river. |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Referenced in the second episode of American Horror Story (2011). Jessica Lange's character says that her husband looked like Van Johnson. |
| 2 | Van is referenced in the song "Prehistoric Man" from the musical On the Town (1949). |
| 3 | His mother, Loretta (Snyder) Johnson, was born February 5, 1893, in Tremont, Pennsylvania. She died January 1978 in Palo Alto, California. |
| 4 | His bobbysoxer popularity was such that he was nicknamed "The Voiceless Sinatra". |
| 5 | Was stagestruck himself and was often found with an autograph book in his hand. |
| 6 | Lucille Ball was good friends with him for decades. Van guest-starred on her classic television show on one of her "trip to Hollywood" episodes where they dueted on the song "How About You?". Ball later insisted he take a prime role in her film Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) with Henry Fonda. |
| 7 | Was once considered for the lead role on the television series The Untouchables (1959) but turned it down. Robert Stack became a television star as a result. |
| 8 | While on the nightclub act tour in 1963, he was forced to stop after having to undergo operations for skin cancer on his left thigh. A second operation to remove a lymph gland was successful in curbing the disease. |
| 9 | It was Rosalind Russell who helped him overcome his fear of live audiences after goading him into performing in nightclubs. He made his Las Vegas debut in the 1950s. |
| 10 | His father was a plumber and later real estate salesman. His mother was a homemaker and had been a dietitian at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. |
| 11 | Parents were Loretta (Snyder) and Charles E. Johnson. |
| 12 | His mother, Loretta Neumann was an alcoholic who abandoned him as a child. In November 1954, she resurfaced and sued him for nine hundred dollars monthly support. He fought back, saying she did not help raise him so, although he was willing to give her money, she was not entitled to court-ordered support. It was eventually settled out of court and he agreed to pay her four hundred dollars a month. |
| 13 | Stepfather of Ned Wynn and Tracy Keenan Wynn. |
| 14 | Has one daughter: Schuyler V. Johnson (born January 6, 1948). |
| 15 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6600 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. |
| 16 | The scars from the injury received in a car crash described in his biography are very evident in The Caine Mutiny (1954). |
| 17 | His wife, Eve, was first married to Keenan Wynn. She married Johnson on the very day of her divorce from Wynn, only four hours after that divorce was finalized. Johnson had spent more a month recuperating from his near-fatal car accident at the Wynn's home (Keenan was his best friend) during his recovery and word got back to Louis B. Mayer that sparks had flown. The film mogul saw this relationship as a way to dispel rumors circulating about Johnson's sexuality. Despite Mayer's earlier attempts at matchmaking (he would arranged dates with Gloria DeHaven, June Allyson and even Sonja Henie without making a love connection) only Evie Wynn appealed to him. Although they were genuinely in love, Mayer cemented the deal by providing unusual career concessions for Keenan: a better contract, no standard 12-week layoffs, and better roles... all areas that would benefit her and her children. He later left her for her male tennis instructor according to her son, Ned Wynn. |
| 18 | After Van Heflin turned down the role of Elliot Ness on The Untouchables (1959) it was offered to Johnson. He turned it down as well. |
| 19 | He first received top billing with the musical Two Girls and a Sailor (1944). |
| 20 | He was driving to a special screening of Keeper of the Flame (1942) when he was involved in the road accident that left him with a metal plate in his forehead. |
| 21 | He was Gene Kelly's understudy in the Broadway production of "Pal Joey". |
| 22 | He made his Broadway debut in 1936 in "New Faces of 1936", (an annual revue that had also introduced Imogene Coca and Henry Fonda in 1934). Van would appear in a total of seven Broadway shows to date, including the original cast production of "Pal Joey" in 1940-41 and last appearing in "La Cage aux Folles" in 1987. |
| 23 | He had skin cancer surgery in 1963. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Thrill of a Romance | 1945 | | Maj. Thomas Milvaine |
| Between Two Women | 1945 | | Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams |
| Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | 1944 | | Ted Lawson |
| 3 Men in White | 1944 | | Dr. Randall 'Red' Ames |
| The White Cliffs of Dover | 1944 | | Sam Bennett |
| Two Girls and a Sailor | 1944 | | John Dyckman Brown III |
| A Guy Named Joe | 1943 | | Ted Randall |
| Madame Curie | 1943 | | Reporter |
| Pilot #5 | 1943 | | Everett Arnold |
| Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | 1943 | | Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams |
| The Human Comedy | 1943 | | Marcus Macauley |
| Personalities | 1942 | Short uncredited | |
| Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant | 1942 | | Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams |
| The War Against Mrs. Hadley | 1942 | | Michael Fitzpatrick |
| Somewhere I'll Find You | 1942 | | Lieutenant Wade Hall (uncredited) |
| For the Common Defense! | 1942 | Short | Agent Pritchard |
| Murder in the Big House | 1942 | | Bert Bell |
| Too Many Girls | 1940 | | Chorus Boy (uncredited) |
| Three Days to a Kill | 1992 | | Comm. Howard |
| Clowning Around | 1992 | | Mr. Ranthow |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1984-1990 | TV Series | Daniel Hannigan / Elliot Robinson / Daniel O'Brien |
| Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One | 1990 | | Gen. McCailland |
| Flight from Paradise | 1990 | | Old Narrator |
| Killer Crocodile | 1989 | | Judge |
| Coming of Age | 1989 | TV Series | Red Pepper |
| Taxi Killer | 1988 | | Capt. |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1988 | TV Series | Art Bellasco |
| Down There in the Jungle | 1988 | | |
| The Purple Rose of Cairo | 1985 | | Larry Wilde |
| The President of Love | 1984 | TV Movie | P. Lazlo Plum |
| Glitter | 1984 | TV Series | Mark Hughes |
| Tales of the Unexpected | 1983 | TV Series | Gerry T. Armstrong |
| Fantasy Island | 1983 | TV Series | Charles Woodruff |
| The Forgotten Story | 1983 | TV Series | Perry |
| The Scorpion with Two Tails | 1982 | | Mulligan - Joan's father |
| The Love Boat | 1978-1982 | TV Series | Victor Moncrief / Bert Wilder |
| One Day at a Time | 1982 | TV Series | Gus Webster |
| Aloha Paradise | 1981 | TV Series | |
| The Kidnapping of the President | 1980 | | Vice President Ethan Richards |
| Da Corleone a Brooklyn | 1979 | | Sturges |
| Concorde Affaire '79 | 1979 | | Captain Scott |
| Getting Married | 1978 | TV Movie | Phil Lawrence |
| Black Beauty | 1978 | TV Mini-Series | Horace Tompkins |
| Superdome | 1978 | TV Movie | Chip Green |
| Quincy M.E. | 1977 | TV Series | Al Ringerman |
| Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | 1976 | TV Series | Marsh Goodwin |
| Rich Man, Poor Man | 1976 | TV Mini-Series | Marsh Goodwin |
| McMillan & Wife | 1974 | TV Series | Harry Jerome |
| The Girl on the Late, Late Show | 1974 | TV Movie | Johnny Leverett |
| McCloud | 1974 | TV Series | Dan Kiley |
| Maude | 1972 | TV Series | Henry |
| Man in the Middle | 1972 | TV Movie | |
| Wheeler and Murdoch | 1972 | TV Movie | Buddy Shore |
| Call Her Mom | 1972 | TV Movie | President Chester Hardgrove |
| Love, American Style | 1971 | TV Series | Don (segment 'Love and the House Bachelor') |
| L'occhio del ragno | 1971 | | Prof. Orson Krüger |
| The Doris Day Show | 1970-1971 | TV Series | Charlie Webb |
| Company of Killers | 1971 | TV Movie | Sam Cahill |
| The Virginian | 1971 | TV Series | Alonzo Worth |
| Nanny and the Professor | 1971 | TV Series | Uncle Bob Everett |
| The Red Skelton Hour | 1968-1970 | TV Series | Harry Haynes / Movie Director |
| San Francisco International Airport | 1970 | TV Series | Lester Scott |
| The Name of the Game | 1968-1970 | TV Series | Jack Newell / Sullivan |
| The Price of Power | 1969 | | President James Garfield |
| Eagles Over London | 1969 | | Air Marshal George Taylor |
| Yours, Mine and Ours | 1968 | | Warrant Officer Darrel Harrison |
| Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! | 1968 | | Father Chase: The 'In' Group |
| The Danny Thomas Hour | 1967 | TV Series | Charlie Snow |
| Divorce American Style | 1967 | | Al Yearling |
| The Doomsday Flight | 1966 | TV Movie | Capt. Anderson |
| Batman | 1966 | TV Series | The Minstrel |
| Ben Casey | 1965 | TV Series | Frank Dawson |
| American in Paris | 1964 | TV Movie | James Devlin |
| Wives and Lovers | 1963 | | Bill Austin |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | 1960 | TV Series | Joe Robertson |
| The Ann Sothern Show | 1960 | TV Series | Terry Tyler |
| The Enemy General | 1960 | | Allan Lemaire |
| General Electric Theater | 1960 | TV Series | Jimmy Devlin |
| Web of Evidence | 1959 | | Paul Mathry |
| Subway in the Sky | 1959 | | Maj. Baxter Grant |
| Zane Grey Theater | 1959 | TV Series | Frank Gilette |
| The Last Blitzkrieg | 1959 | | Sgt. Hans Von Kroner / Sgt. Leonard Richardson |
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin | 1957 | TV Movie | Pied Piper / Truson |
| Action of the Tiger | 1957 | | Carson |
| Slander | 1957 | | Scott Ethan Martin |
| Kelly and Me | 1957 | | Len Carmody |
| 23 Paces to Baker Street | 1956 | | Phillip Hannon |
| Miracle in the Rain | 1956 | | Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon |
| The Bottom of the Bottle | 1956 | | Donald Martin / Eric Bell |
| The End of the Affair | 1955 | | Maurice Bendrix |
| The Last Time I Saw Paris | 1954 | | Charles Wills |
| Brigadoon | 1954 | | Jeff Douglas |
| The Caine Mutiny | 1954 | | Lt. Steve Maryk |
| Men of the Fighting Lady | 1954 | | Lt. (jg) Howard Thayer |
| Siege at Red River | 1954 | | Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday |
| Easy to Love | 1953 | | Ray Lloyd |
| Remains to Be Seen | 1953 | | Waldo Williams |
| Confidentially Connie | 1953 | | Joe Bedloe |
| Plymouth Adventure | 1952 | | John Alden |
| Washington Story | 1952 | | Joseph T. Gresham |
| When in Rome | 1952 | | Father John X. Halligan |
| Invitation | 1952 | | Daniel I. 'Dan' Pierce |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | 1952 | | Spectator (unconfirmed, uncredited) |
| Too Young to Kiss | 1951 | | Eric Wainwright |
| It's a Big Country: An American Anthology | 1951 | | Rev. Adam Burch |
| Go for Broke! | 1951 | | Lt. Michael Grayson |
| Three Guys Named Mike | 1951 | | Michael Lawrence |
| Grounds for Marriage | 1951 | | Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett |
| Duchess of Idaho | 1950 | | Dick Layn |
| The Big Hangover | 1950 | | David Muldon |
| Battleground | 1949 | | Holley |
| In the Good Old Summertime | 1949 | | Andrew Delby Larkin |
| Scene of the Crime | 1949 | | Mike Conovan |
| Mother Is a Freshman | 1949 | | Professor Richard Michaels |
| Command Decision | 1948 | | Tech. Sgt. Immanuel T. Evans |
| State of the Union | 1948 | | 'Spike' McManus |
| The Bride Goes Wild | 1948 | | Greg Rawlings |
| The Romance of Rosy Ridge | 1947 | | Henry Carson |
| High Barbaree | 1947 | | Alec Brooke |
| Till the Clouds Roll By | 1946 | | Bandleader in Elite Club |
| No Leave, No Love | 1946 | | Sgt. Michael Hanlon |
| Easy to Wed | 1946 | | William Stevens 'Bill' Chandler |
| Week-End at the Waldorf | 1945 | | Captain James Hollis |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| MGM: When the Lion Roars | 1992 | TV Mini-Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| The Dean Martin Show | 1968 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1967 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Batman | 1966 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
| The Frank Sinatra Show | 1958 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin | 1957 | TV Movie performer: "In The Hall of the Mountain King", "How Can I Tell You?", "Feats of the Piper", "Flim Flam Floo", "Fool's Gold", "How Can I Tell You?" reprise | |
| Kelly and Me | 1957 | performer: "SINGING A VAGABOND SONG", "BILL BAILEY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME?", "SIDE BY SIDE" | |
| Miracle in the Rain | 1956 | performer: "I'll Always Believe in You", "Cindy" uncredited, "La Marseillaise" uncredited | |
| Brigadoon | 1954 | performer: "I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean" - uncredited | |
| Remains to Be Seen | 1953 | performer: "Too Marvelous for Words", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goo' Bye!" - uncredited | |
| Invitation | 1952 | "All I Do Is Dream of You" | |
| Duchess of Idaho | 1950 | performer: "Let's Choo Choo Choo to Idaho", "You Can't Do Wrong Doin' Right" | |
| In the Good Old Summertime | 1949 | performer: "In the Good Old Summertime" | |
| Till the Clouds Roll By | 1946 | performer: "I Won't Dance" - uncredited | |
| No Leave, No Love | 1946 | performer: "All the Time" - uncredited | |
| Easy to Wed | 1946 | performer: "Bonecu de Pixe" | |
| Two Girls and a Sailor | 1944 | "My Mother Told Me" 1944, uncredited | |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| American Masters | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Biography | 1998-1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| MGM: When the Lion Roars | 1992 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Burt Reynolds' Conversation With | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 35th Annual Thalians Gala | 1990 | TV Movie | Himself - Honoree |
| 7th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Himself |
| Live with Kelly and Michael | 1989 | TV Series | Himself |
| Going Hollywood: The War Years | 1988 | Documentary | Himself - Host |
| Great Performances | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | 1987 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The 39th Annual Tony Awards | 1985 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Book of a Musical |
| Night of 100 Stars II | 1985 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1982 | TV Special | Himself |
| Night of 100 Stars | 1982 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1981 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Ryan's Hope | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Bob Braun Show | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1968-1972 | TV Series | Himself - Actor / Himself |
| This Is Your Life | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Dean Martin Show | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Laugh-In | 1968-1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Here's Lucy | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| Personality | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1964-1968 | TV Series | Himself - Singer / Himself - Host |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1968 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| The Danny Thomas Hour | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Milton Berle Show | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Eamonn Andrews Show | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 19th Annual Tony Awards | 1965 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Host |
| On Broadway Tonight | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1954-1964 | TV Series | Singer / Himself / Himself - Singer |
| The Match Game | 1963 | TV Series | Himself - Team Captain |
| Hello World! | 1963 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| Talent Scouts | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Himself |
| What's My Line? | 1953-1963 | TV Series | Himself - Mystery Guest / Himself |
| Here's Hollywood | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| Password All-Stars | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| I've Got a Secret | 1960-1962 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| What's My Line | 1961 | TV Series | Himself - Celebrity Challenger |
| What About Linda? | 1961 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 30th Annual Academy Awards | 1958 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Sound |
| Shower of Stars | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Frank Sinatra Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jack Benny Program | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
| Club Oasis | 1957 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Himself |
| Film Fanfare | 1956 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Loretta Young Show | 1955 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Host |
| The Name's the Same | 1954-1955 | TV Series | Himself - Contestant / Himself |
| I Love Lucy | 1955 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Easter Seal Teleparade of Stars | 1955 | TV Special | Himself - Comedian |
| Cancer Fund Film Notables Attend Glittering Benefits | 1951 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Hopalong in Hoppy Land | 1951 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The Actor's Society Benefit Gala | 1949 | TV Movie | Himself - Performer |
| American Creed | 1946 | Short | Himself |
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