Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 30, 1922
Died
Oct 24, 2010
Place of Birth
Stockton, California, USA
Credits
86 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Felicity
Director
All the Winters that Have Been
Director
The Man Next Door
Director
The Broken Chain
Director
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Director
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
Director
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Director
Lincoln
Director
Unnatural Causes
Director
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Director
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Director
Jack and the Beanstalk
Spot, the Cow (voice)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Director
Faerie Tale Theatre
Voice of Spot (voice)
Dangerous Company
Director
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Director
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Director
Crisis at Central High
Director
Shogun Assassin
Voice (voice)
Off the Minnesota Strip
Director
Paul's Case
Director
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Director
One on One
Barry Brunz
Lipstick
Director
Fear on Trial
Director
Visit to a Chief's Son
Director
The Execution of Private Slovik
Director
The Last American Hero
Director
That Certain Summer
Director
You'll Like My Mother
Director
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Director
Birdbath
Director
A Gunfight
Director
The McKenzie Break
My Sweet Charlie
Director
Deadlock
Director
The Name of the Game
Director
Premiere
Director
Kona Coast
Director
Judd, for the Defense
Director
Cimarron Strip
Director
Coronet Blue
Director
A Covenant with Death
Director
Felony Squad
Blue Light
The Big Valley
Anson Cross
Profiles in Courage
Fremont
Slattery's People
Director
The Animals
Narrator (voice)
The Richard Boone Show
Director