Van Johnson: movies and TV shows
Van Johnson has 148 credits in the archive: 102 films and 46 TV series, from 1940 to 2000. Highest rated: Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1940 – 2000 · busiest year: 1942 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy | Self | Film | 7.0 | 83 |
| 1996 | The Boy from Mercury | Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage) | Film | 8.0 | 79 |
| 1995 | Roger Moore: A Matter of Class | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 78 |
| 1992 | MGM: When the Lion Roars | TV | 7.9 | 75 | |
| 1992 | Three Days to a Kill | Comm. Howard | Film | 4.0 | 75 |
| 1991 | Clowning Around | Mr. Ranthow | TV | — | 74 |
| 1991 | Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... | Self | TV | 7.0 | 74 |
| 1991 | Clowning Around | Mr. Ranthow | Film | 7.4 | 74 |
| 1990 | Flight from Paradise | Erzähler | Film | 8.5 | 73 |
| 1990 | Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One | Gen. McCailland | Film | 8.5 | 73 |
| 1989 | Killer Crocodile | Judge | Film | 5.5 | 72 |
| 1988 | Taxi Killer | Captain | Film | 4.3 | 71 |
| 1988 | Bacall on Bogart | Self | Film | 6.2 | 71 |
| 1988 | Down There in the Jungle | The professor | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1988 | Going Hollywood: The War Years | Film | 8.0 | 71 | |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Art Bellasco | TV | 7.2 | 68 |
| 1985 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Larry | Film | 7.4 | 68 |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | Film | 6.8 | 68 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Elliot Robinson | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Daniel Hannigan | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Daniel O'Brien | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 1982 | Scorpion with Two Tails | Mulligan - Joan's father | Film | 4.8 | 65 |
| 1981 | Aloha Paradise | TV | 7.0 | 64 | |
| 1980 | The Kidnapping of the President | Vice President Ethan Richards | Film | 4.6 | 63 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Gerry T. Armstrong | TV | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1979 | From Corleone to Brooklyn | Lieutenant Sturges | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1979 | Concorde Affair | Captain Scott | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1978 | Black Beauty | Horace Tompkins | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1978 | Getting Married | Phil Lawrence | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1978 | Superdome | Chip Green | Film | 4.7 | 61 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Bert Wilder | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Victor Moncrief | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Al Ringerman | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Marsh Goodwin | TV | 8.3 | 59 |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Marsh Goodwin | TV | 7.9 | 59 |
| 1975 | One Day at a Time | Gus Webster | TV | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 57 |
| 1974 | The Girl on the Late, Late Show | Johnny Leverett | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1972 | Maude | Henry | TV | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1972 | Call Her Mom | President Hardgrove | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Harry Jerome | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1971 | Eye of the Spider | Prof. Orson Krüger | Film | 4.5 | 54 |
| 1970 | McCloud | TV | 7.2 | 53 | |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor | TV | 6.7 | 53 | |
| 1970 | The Don Knotts Show | Self | TV | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1970 | Company of Killers | Sam Cahill | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1970 | San Francisco International | Lester Scott | Film | 4.3 | 53 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | TV | 6.2 | 52 | |
| 1969 | Eagles Over London | Air Marshal George Taylor | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1969 | The Extraordinary Seaman | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 3.6 | 52 |
| 1969 | The Price of Power | President James A. Garfield | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Sullivan | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Jack Newell | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Van Johnson | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1968 | Yours, Mine and Ours | Darrel Harrison | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1968 | Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows | Father Chase: The 'In' Group | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1967 | Divorce American Style | Al Yearling | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1966 | Batman | The Minstrel | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1966 | The Doomsday Flight | Capt. Anderson | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace | Self | TV | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1964 | American in Paris | James Devlin | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse | TV | 8.0 | 46 | |
| 1963 | Wives and Lovers | Bill Austin | Film | 4.4 | 46 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | TV | 5.9 | 44 | |
| 1960 | The Enemy General | Allan Lemaire | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Joe Robertson | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1959 | Web of Evidence | Paul Mathry | Film | 4.7 | 42 |
| 1959 | Subway in the Sky | Major Baxter Grant | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1959 | The Last Blitzkrieg | Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1958 | The Ann Sothern Show | Terry Tyler | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1957 | Slander | Scott Ethan Martin | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1957 | Action of the Tiger | Carson | Film | 4.8 | 40 |
| 1957 | Kelly and Me | Len Carmody | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1957 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Pied Piper / Truson | Film | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Frank Gilette | TV | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1956 | 23 Paces to Baker Street | Phillip Hannon | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1956 | Miracle in the Rain | Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1956 | The Bottom of the Bottle | Donald Martin / Eric Bell | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | TV | 7.5 | 38 | |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | Self | TV | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1955 | The End of the Affair | Maurice Bendrix | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1954 | The Caine Mutiny | Lt. Stephen Maryk | Film | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1954 | The Last Time I Saw Paris | Charles Wills | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1954 | Brigadoon | Jeff Douglas | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1954 | Men of the Fighting Lady | Lt. Thayer | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1954 | The Siege at Red River | Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Self - Guest Host | TV | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Jimmy Devlin | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1953 | Confidentially Connie | Joe Bedloe | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1953 | Easy to Love | Ray Lloyd | Film | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1953 | Remains to Be Seen | Waldo Williams | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1952 | Plymouth Adventure | John Alden | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1952 | Invitation | Dan Pierce | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1952 | When in Rome | Father John X. Halligan | Film | 7.7 | 35 |
| 1952 | Washington Story | Joseph T. Gresham | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Van Johnson | TV | 7.9 | 34 |
| 1951 | Go for Broke! | Michael Grayson | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country | Rev. Adam Burch | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1951 | Three Guys Named Mike | Michael Lawrence | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1951 | Too Young to Kiss | Eric Wainwright | Film | 5.1 | 34 |
| 1951 | Grounds for Marriage | Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett | Film | 5.0 | 34 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1950 | Duchess of Idaho | Dick Layne | Film | 4.9 | 33 |
| 1950 | The Big Hangover | David Maldon | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1949 | In the Good Old Summertime | Andrew Delby Larkin | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1949 | Battleground | Holley | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1949 | Scene of the Crime | Mike Conovan | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1949 | Mother Is a Freshman | Professor Richard Michaels | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1948 | State of the Union | Spike McManus | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1948 | Command Decision | Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans | Film | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1948 | The Bride Goes Wild | Greg Rawlings | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Henry Carson | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1947 | High Barbaree | Alec Brooke | Film | 5.6 | 30 |
| 1946 | Till the Clouds Roll By | Bandleader in Elite Club | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1946 | Easy to Wed | Bill Chandler | Film | 6.4 | 29 |
| 1946 | No Leave, No Love | Michael Hanlon | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | James Hollis | Film | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1945 | Thrill of a Romance | Thomas Milvaine | Film | 6.6 | 28 |
| 1945 | Between Two Women | Dr. Randall Adams | Film | 6.1 | 28 |
| 1944 | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | Ted Lawson | Film | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1944 | Two Girls and a Sailor | John Dyckman Brown III | Film | 5.8 | 27 |
| 1944 | A Guy Named Joe | Ted Randall | Film | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1944 | The White Cliffs of Dover | Sam Bennett | Film | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1944 | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1944 | 3 Men in White | Dr. Randall Adams | Film | 6.4 | 27 |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy | Marcus Macauley | Film | 6.2 | 26 |
| 1943 | Madame Curie | Reporter | Film | 7.2 | 26 |
| 1943 | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Dr. Randall Adams | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1943 | Pilot #5 | Everett Arnold | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1942 | Somewhere I'll Find You | Wade Hall | Film | 5.7 | 25 |
| 1942 | Murder in the Big House | Bert Bell | Film | 6.8 | 25 |
| 1942 | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Michael Fitzpatrick | Film | 5.3 | 25 |
| 1942 | Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant | Dr. Randall Adams | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1942 | For the Common Defense! | Agent Pritchard | Film | 5.0 | 25 |
| 1942 | Personalities | (uncredited) | Film | — | 25 |
| 1940 | Too Many Girls | Chorus Boy (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 23 |