Lamont Johnson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 30, 1922
- Died
- October 24, 2010 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Stockton, California, USA
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
TV · Director · 1 ep
All the Winters that Have Been
Movie · Director
The Man Next Door
Movie · Director
The Broken Chain
Movie · Director
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Movie · Director
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
TV · Director · 3 eps
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
TV · Director · 2 eps
Lincoln
TV · Director · 2 eps
Unnatural Causes
Movie · Director
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
TV · Director · 2 eps
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Movie · Director
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Movie · Director
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie · Director
Dangerous Company
Movie · Director
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · Director · 1 ep
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Movie · Director
Crisis at Central High
Movie · Director
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Movie · Director
Off the Minnesota Strip
Movie · Director
Paul's Case
Movie · Director
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Movie · Director
One on One
Movie · Director
Lipstick
Movie · Director
Fear on Trial
Movie · Director
The Execution of Private Slovik
Movie · Director
Visit to a Chief's Son
Movie · Director
The Last American Hero
Movie · Director
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Movie · Director
You'll Like My Mother
Movie · Director
That Certain Summer
Movie · Director
A Gunfight
Movie · Director
Birdbath
Movie · Director
The McKenzie Break
Movie · Director
My Sweet Charlie
Movie · Director
Deadlock
Movie · Director
Kona Coast
Movie · Director
The Name of the Game
TV · Director · 3 eps
Premiere
TV · Director · 1 ep
A Covenant with Death
Movie · Director
Coronet Blue
TV · Director · 1 ep
Judd, for the Defense
TV · Director · 3 eps
Cimarron Strip
TV · Director · 1 ep
Slattery's People
TV · Director · 2 eps
Profiles in Courage
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Richard Boone Show
TV · Director · 4 eps
Sam Benedict
TV · Director · 1 ep
Five Fingers : Thin Ice
Movie · Director
Cain's Hundred
TV · Director · 1 ep
Bus Stop
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Defenders
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Americans
TV · Director · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · Director · 6 eps
Angel
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Law and Mr. Jones
TV · Director · 1 ep
Mr. Lucky
TV · Director · 4 eps
The Twilight Zone
TV · Director · 8 eps
Johnny Ringo
TV · Director · 1 ep
Five Fingers
TV · Director · 4 eps
The Detectives
TV · Director · 1 ep
Naked City
TV · Director · 2 eps
Peter Gunn
TV · Director · 14 eps
The Rifleman
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
TV · Director · 1 ep
Steve Canyon
TV · Director · 1 ep
Jane Eyre
Movie · Director
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · Director · 10 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · Director · 1 ep
Dracula
Movie · Director
Matinee Theater
TV · Director · 21 eps