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Lamont Johnson
Stockton, California, USA
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 A…
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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.
Filmography
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1998
Felicity
TV show Director
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1997
All the Winters that Have Been
Movie Director
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1996
The Man Next Door
Movie Director
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1993
The Broken Chain
Movie Director
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1992
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Movie Director
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1990
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
TV show Director
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1990
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
TV show Director
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1988
Lincoln
TV show Director
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1986
Unnatural Causes
Movie Director
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1985
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
TV show Director
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1984
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Movie Director
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1983
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie Spot, the Cow (voice)
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1983
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Movie Director
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1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV show Voice of Spot (voice)
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1982
Dangerous Company
Movie Director
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1981
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Movie Director
More credits
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1981
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Movie Director
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1981
Crisis at Central High
Movie Director
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1980
Shogun Assassin
Movie Voice (voice)
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1980
Off the Minnesota Strip
Movie Director
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1980
Paul's Case
Movie Director
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1978
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Movie Director
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1977
One on One
Movie Barry Brunz
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1976
Lipstick
Movie Director
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1975
Fear on Trial
Movie Director
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1974
Visit to a Chief's Son
Movie Director
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1974
The Execution of Private Slovik
Movie Director
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1973
The Last American Hero
Movie Director
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1972
That Certain Summer
Movie Director
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1972
You'll Like My Mother
Movie Director
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1972
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Movie Director
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1971
Birdbath
Movie Director
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1971
A Gunfight
Movie Director
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1970
The McKenzie Break
Movie
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1970
My Sweet Charlie
Movie Director
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1969
Deadlock
Movie Director
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1968
The Name of the Game
TV show Director
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1968
Premiere
TV show Director
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1968
Kona Coast
Movie Director
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1967
Judd, for the Defense
TV show Director
