Russell Johnson: movies and TV shows
Russell Johnson has 142 credits in the archive: 51 films and 91 TV series, from 1949 to 2022. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1949 – 2022 · busiest year: 1959 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Unknown Story | Self - archive footage | TV | — | 97 |
| 2021 | Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.7 | 96 |
| 2018 | The Gilligan Manifesto | Himself | Film | 5.5 | 93 |
| 2001 | Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History | Himself | Film | 7.2 | 76 |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | TV | 8.2 | 71 | |
| 1996 | Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie | Steve Carlson (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 71 |
| 1994 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Self | TV | 7.8 | 69 |
| 1988 | Monsters | Jeffrey | TV | 7.1 | 63 |
| 1988 | Roseanne | TV | 6.8 | 63 | |
| 1988 | Blue Movies | Mr. Martin | Film | 4.8 | 63 |
| 1986 | ALF | Roy Hinkley | TV | 7.6 | 61 |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Oslow | TV | 7.7 | 60 |
| 1983 | Off the Wall | Mr. Whitby | Film | 3.5 | 58 |
| 1982 | Newhart | TV | 7.1 | 57 | |
| 1982 | Fame | TV | 6.8 | 57 | |
| 1982 | Gilligan's Planet | Roy "The Professor" Hinkley (voice) | TV | 5.7 | 57 |
| 1981 | Dynasty | TV | 6.5 | 56 | |
| 1981 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Professor | Film | 5.2 | 56 |
| 1980 | Bosom Buddies | TV | 6.3 | 55 | |
| 1980 | Beyond Westworld | Patrick | TV | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1980 | The Great Skycopter Rescue | Professor Benson | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Tim Murphy | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1979 | The Castaways on Gilligan's Island | Professor | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1978 | The Bastard | Col. James Barrett | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1978 | The Ghost of Flight 401 | Loft | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1978 | Rescue from Gilligan's Island | Professor Roy Hinkley, Jr. | Film | 4.6 | 53 |
| 1978 | Police Story: No Margin for Error | Captain | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | TV | 7.3 | 52 | |
| 1977 | Code R | Ike | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1977 | MacArthur | Admiral King | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1977 | Hitch Hike to Hell | Captain J.W. Shaw | Film | 5.3 | 52 |
| 1977 | Nowhere to Hide | Charles Montague | Film | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Detective | TV | 8.3 | 51 |
| 1976 | Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur | Gen. George Stratemeyer | Film | 4.0 | 51 |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons | TV | 7.3 | 50 | |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman | Colonel | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1975 | Three Days of the Condor | Intelligence Officer at Briefing (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1975 | Adventures of the Queen | Forbes | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1975 | You Lie So Deep, My Love | The Foreman | Film | 3.3 | 50 |
| 1974 | The New Adventures of Gilligan | Professor Roy Hinkley (voice) | TV | 5.6 | 49 |
| 1974 | Aloha Means Goodbye | Dr. Frank Franklin | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1974 | The Man from Independence | Linaver | Film | — | 49 |
| 1973 | Police Story | TV | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1973 | Hawkins | District Attorney | TV | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1973 | Beg, Borrow...or Steal | Alex Langley | Film | 7.6 | 48 |
| 1973 | The Horror at 37,000 Feet | Jim Hawley | Film | 4.9 | 48 |
| 1972 | ABC Afterschool Special | Mr. Calder | TV | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1971 | Cannon | TV | 6.7 | 46 | |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Carl Jensen | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Asst D.A. Grant | TV | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Asst. D.A. Grant | TV | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Brenton Grant | TV | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Asst. D.A. Brenton Grant | TV | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Prosecutor | TV | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | DA Grant | TV | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1971 | Vanished | Clyde Morehouse | TV | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1970 | The Movie Murderer | Cliff Thomas | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1969 | Cry for Poor Wally | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Martin Lucas | TV | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1967 | Mannix | TV | 6.8 | 42 | |
| 1967 | The Invaders | James Bernard | TV | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1966 | That Girl | TV | 6.2 | 41 | |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | Tye Laughlin | TV | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Phillip Graham | TV | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Jim Kellogg | TV | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Dr. McGregor | TV | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Scribe | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1964 | Gilligan's Island | Roy "The Professor" Hinkley | TV | 7.4 | 39 |
| 1964 | A Distant Trumpet | Captain Brinker | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Major Benedict | TV | 7.8 | 38 |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Narrator (voice) | TV | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Self - Narrator | TV | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Dr. Arnold Andrews | TV | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | TV | 6.5 | 38 | |
| 1963 | Temple Houston | TV | 6.0 | 38 | |
| 1962 | General Electric True | TV | — | 37 | |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | TV | 5.9 | 36 | |
| 1961 | Ripcord | TV | 6.7 | 36 | |
| 1960 | Thriller | Adam Talmadge | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Bob Keel | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Prof. Manion | TV | 8.5 | 34 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Pete Corrigan | TV | 8.5 | 34 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Burt Harvey | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Albee Beckett | TV | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Bowman | TV | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | TV | 5.6 | 34 | |
| 1959 | The Detectives | Lee | TV | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Hugh | TV | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Tom Richards | TV | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Darius | TV | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1959 | Black Saddle | Marshal Gib Scott | TV | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1958 | Lawman | TV | 5.8 | 33 | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | TV | 7.2 | 33 | |
| 1958 | Steve Canyon | Maj. Pitch Hammer | TV | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1958 | Jefferson Drum | The Sundown Kid | TV | 5.3 | 33 |
| 1958 | The Space Children | Joe Gamble | Film | 4.2 | 33 |
| 1958 | Badman's Country | Sundance | Film | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1958 | The Saga of Hemp Brown | Hook | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Craig Manson | TV | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Major Dan Marriott | TV | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Steve Marshall | TV | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo | William Dodd | TV | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1957 | Attack of the Crab Monsters | Hank Chapman | Film | 5.2 | 32 |
| 1957 | Rock All Night | Jigger | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1957 | Courage of Black Beauty | Ben Farraday | Film | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Stanger | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Harry Webb | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Diggs | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Link Parrin | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Turk | TV | 7.8 | 30 |
| 1955 | This Island Earth | Steve Carlson | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1955 | Many Rivers to Cross | Banks | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1955 | Strange Lady in Town | Shadduck | Film | 4.9 | 30 |
| 1955 | Kings Row | TV | — | 30 | |
| 1955 | Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki | Eddie Nelson | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1954 | Lassie | TV | 6.3 | 29 | |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Sgt. Stan Powers | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1954 | Ride Clear of Diablo | Jed Ringer | Film | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1954 | Johnny Dark | Emory | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1954 | Black Tuesday | Howard Sloane | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1953 | You Are There | TV | 6.0 | 28 | |
| 1953 | City Detective | TV | 7.5 | 28 | |
| 1953 | Law and Order | Jimmy Johnson | Film | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1953 | It Came from Outer Space | George | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1953 | The Stand at Apache River | Greiner | Film | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1953 | Seminole | Lt. Hamilton | Film | 5.6 | 28 |
| 1953 | Column South | Biddle | Film | 6.2 | 28 |
| 1953 | Tumbleweed | Lam Blandon | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | TV | 6.7 | 27 | |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Man on Phone in Montage (archive footage) | TV | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Karl Nader | TV | 4.6 | 27 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Dan Marshall | TV | 4.6 | 27 |
| 1952 | The Turning Point | Herman (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 27 |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Chuck-A-Luck Wheel Spinner (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1952 | Loan Shark | Charlie Thompson | Film | 5.7 | 27 |
| 1952 | For Men Only | Ky Walker | Film | 6.3 | 27 |
| 1952 | Back at the Front | Johnny Redondo - Smuggler | Film | 10.0 | 27 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Lefty | TV | 8.8 | 26 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Carter | TV | 6.7 | 25 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Lennigan | TV | 6.7 | 25 |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Tom Levering | TV | 6.8 | 24 |
| Stevie and Zoya | Narrator | TV | — | — |