Handsome and likable, Johnson played well in a variety of genres, packing his résumé with comedies, dramas, war movies and musicals. In 1954 alone, he starred opposite Humphrey Bogart as a dutiful submarine officer in The Caine Mutiny, a journalist in love with Elizabeth Taylor in The Last Time I Saw Paris, and a whiskey-swilling tourist traveling abroad with Gene Kelly in the musical Brigadoon.
Later in his career, Johnson earned an Emmy nod for a supporting role in the television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man (1976). He died on Dec. 12, 2008, at the age of 92.
AddIn the Good Old SummertimeMGM musical mainstays Judy Garland and Van Johnson star in a tuneful remake of The Shop Around the Corner, about two pen pals who fall in love without realizing they work together in the same shop … and don't like each other much! Set in turn-of-the-century Chicago, the movie features the film... Read More
AddEasy to LoveWith an eye on winning the heart of her profit-conscious boss (Van Johnson), swimming starlet Julie Hallerton (Esther Williams) pulls every trick in the book to turn his head. But he's far more concerned with boosting ticket sales and luring crowds to Julie's show. Legendary choreographer Busby... Read More
AddThirty Seconds Over TokyoDisheartened by the attack on Pearl Harbor and a string of defeats, America badly needs a victory in the early days of World War II. To the rescue comes Air Force Col. Jimmy Doolittle (Spencer Tracy), who devises a daring plan for a bombing raid on the Japanese capital. Van Johnson co-stars as a... Read More
AddThe End of the AffairSarah Miles (Deborah Kerr), the dutiful wife of a British civil servant (Peter Cushing), begins an adulterous affair with neighbor Maurice Bendrix (Van Johnson) during World War II. As war activity increases in England, Maurice vanishes in the fray. Sarah blames herself for his disappearance, vowing... Read More
AddEagles Over LondonWhen Nazi saboteurs murder several of his soldiers and steal their identities, British Army Capt. Paul Stevens (Frederick Stafford) leaps into action on the home front to stop the stealthy spies before they can disable British defense installations. But as he and air marshal George Taylor (Van... Read More
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