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Biography
Van Johnson had just started a 7-year contract with MGM in 1942 when he was in a major road accident which left him with a metal plate in his head. Ineligible to serve during WWII, he became America's war film hero, playing the amiable guy next door sent overseas to do his part for America. Johnson also appeared in a slew of MGM musicals, usually opposite June Allyson or Esther Williams. In the 1950s, as middle age and a heavier build set in, he moved into more serious roles. His film career has been irregular since 1960. His career in the 70s and 80s has consisted mostly of stage work.
Actor - filmography
Clowning Around (1992) .... Mr. Ranthow Fuga dal paradiso (1991) (TV) .... Old Narrator ... aka Escape from Paradise ... aka Flight from Paradise 3 Days to a Kill (1991) (TV) .... Comm. Howard Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One (1990) .... Gen. McCailland
"Murder, She Wrote" - Hannigan's Wake (1990) TV Episode .... Daniel Hannigan - Menace, Anyone? (1986) TV Episode .... Elliot Robinson - Hit, Run and Homicide (1984) TV Episode .... Daniel O'Brien
Killer Crocodile (1989) .... Judge ... aka Murder Alligator "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" - Killer Takes All (1988) TV Episode .... Art Bellasco Taxi Killer (1988) ... Capt. Laggiù nella giungla (1986) ... aka Down There in the Jungle (USA) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) .... Larry
The President of Love (1984) (TV) .... P. Lazlo Plum Glitter (1984) (TV) ... Mark Hughes "Tales of the Unexpected" ... aka Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected - Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1983) TV Episode .... Gerry "Fantasy Island" - Revenge of the Forgotten/Charo (1983) TV Episode The Forgotten Story (1983) (TV) .... Perry
"The Love Boat" - Musical, The/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier: Part 1 (1982) TV Episode .... Victor Moncrief - Musical, The/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier: Part 2 (1982) TV Episode .... Victor Moncrief - Tony's Family/Minister and the Stripper, The/Her Own Two Feet (1978) TV Episode .... Bert Wilder "One Day at a Time" - Grandma's Nest Egg (1982) TV Episode .... Gus Webster
Assassinio al cimitero etrusco (1982) .... Mulligan ... aka Crime au cimetière étrusque (France) ... aka Mistero degli Etruschi, Il (Italy: reissue title) ... aka Murder in an Etruscan Cemetery (USA) ... aka Scorpion with Two Tails "Aloha Paradise" - Episode #1.1 (1981) TV Episode The Kidnapping of the President (1980) .... Vice President Ethan Richards
Da Corleone a Brooklyn (1979) .... Lieutenant Sturges ... aka From Corleone to Brooklyn (USA: video title) ... aka The Sicilian Boss Concorde Affaire '79 (1979) .... Captain Scott ... aka Affare Concorde (Italy) ... aka Concorde Inferno '79 (Philippines: English title) ... aka The Concorde Affair (USA: video title) Getting Married (1978) (TV) .... Phil Lawrence
"Black Beauty" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Horace Tompkins Superdome (1978) (TV) .... Chip Green "Quincy M.E." ... aka Quincy (International: English title: informal title) - Snake Eyes: Part 1 (1977) TV Episode .... Al Ringerman - Snake Eyes: Part 2 (1977) TV Episode .... Al Ringerman
"Rich Man, Poor Man" (1976) (mini) TV Series .... Marsh Goodwin ... aka Rich Man, Poor Man - Book I "Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II" - Episode #1.1 (1976) TV Episode .... Marsh Goodwin "McMillan & Wife" ... aka McMillan (USA: sixth season title) - Downshift to Danger (1974) TV Episode .... Harry Jerome The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974) (TV) .... Johnny Leverett "McCloud"
- This Must Be the Alamo (1974) TV Episode .... Dan Kiley Wheeler and Murdoch (1973) (TV) .... Buddy Shore "Maude" - Flashback (1972) TV Episode .... Henry Man in the Middle (1972) (TV) Call Her Mom (1972) (TV) .... President Hardgrove "Love, American Style"
- Love and the Fountain of Youth/Love and the House Bachelor/Love and the Particular Girl/Love and the Waitress (1971) TV Episode .... Don (segment "Love and the House Bachelor") "The Doris Day Show" - The Albatross (1971) TV Episode .... Charlie Webb "The Virginian" ... aka The Men from Shiloh (USA: new title) - The Angus Killer (1971) TV Episode .... Alonzo "Nanny and the Professor" - Separate Rooms (1971) TV Episode .... Uncle Bob Everett
Occhio del ragno, L' (1971) .... Prof. Orson Krüger ... aka Eye of the Spider San Francisco International (1970) (TV) .... Lester Scott ... aka San Francisco International Airport "The Name of the Game" - The Brass Ring (1970) TV Episode .... Jack Newell - High on a Rainbow (1968) TV Episode .... Sullivan Company of Killers (1970) (TV) .... Sam Cahill ... aka The Hit Team ... aka The Protectors
Prezzo del potere, Il (1969) .... President James Garfield ... aka Muerte de un presidente, La (Spain) ... aka Texas (UK) ... aka The Price of Power Battaglia d'Inghilterra, La (1969) .... Air Marshal George
Taylor ... aka Battle Squadron ... aka Eagles Over London (USA) ... aka Largo día del águila, El ... aka Sur ordres du Führer (France)
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) .... Warrant Officer Darrel Harrison Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968) .... Father Chase "The Danny Thomas Hour" - Is Charlie Coming? (1967) TV Episode .... Charlie Snow Divorce American Style (1967) .... Al Yearling
The Doomsday Flight (1966) (TV) .... Capt. Anderson "Batman" - Barbequed Batman (1966) TV Episode .... The Minstrel - The Minstrel's Shakedown (1966) TV Episode .... The Minstrel
"Ben Casey" - A Man, a Maid, and a Marionette (1965) TV Episode ... Frank Dawson American in Paris (1964) (TV) .... James Devlin Wives and Lovers (1963) .... Bill Austin "The DuPont Show with June Allyson" ... aka The June Allyson Show
- The Women Who (1960) TV Episode .... Joe Robertson "The Ann Sothern Show" - Loving Arms (1960) TV Episode .... Terry Tyler The Enemy General (1960) .... Lemaire "General Electric Theater" ... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title) - At Your Service (1960) TV Episode .... Jimmy Devlin
Subway in the Sky (1959) .... Maj. Baxter Grant Beyond This Place (1959) .... Paul Mathry ... aka Web of Evidence (USA) "Zane Grey Theater" ... aka Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (USA: complete title) ... aka The Westerners (USA: rerun title) - Deadfall (1959) TV Episode .... Frank Gilette The Last Blitzkrieg (1959) .... Sergeant Richardson/Kroner "Shower of Stars" ... aka Chrysler Shower of Stars - Episode #4.6 (1958) TV Episode - Jack Benny Celebrates His 49th Birthday (1958) TV Episode - Skits & Sketches (1957) TV Episode The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957) (TV) .... Pied
Piper/Truson Action of the Tiger (1957) .... Carson Kelly and Me (1957) ... Len Carmody Slander (1956) .... Scott Ethan Martin 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956) .... Phillip Hannon Miracle in the Rain (1956) .... Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon The Bottom of the Bottle (1956) .... Donald Martin ... aka Beyond the River (UK) "Letter to Loretta" ... aka The Loretta Young Show (USA: new title) ... aka The Loretta Young Theatre (USA: rerun title) - Katy (1955) TV Episode .... Guest Host - The Last Spring (1955) TV Episode .... Guest Host
The End of the Affair (1955) .... Maurice Bendrix The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) .... Charles Wills Brigadoon (1954) ... Jeff Douglas The Caine Mutiny (1954) .... Lt. Steve Maryk Men of the Fighting Lady (1954) .... Lt. (jg) Howard Thayer ... aka Panther Squadron Siege at Red River (1954) .... Capt. James Farraday ... aka Gatling Gun (USA) Easy to Love (1953) ... Ray Lloyd
Remains to Be Seen (1953) .... Waldo Williams Confidentially Connie (1953) .... Joe Bedloe Plymouth Adventure (1952) .... John Alden Washington Story (1952) .... Joseph T. Gresham ... aka Target for Scandal (UK) When in Rome (1952) ... Father John X. Halligan Invitation (1952) ... Daniel I. 'Dan' Pierce
Too Young to Kiss (1951) .... Eric Wainwright It's a Big Country (1951) .... Rev. Adam Burch Go for Broke! (1951) ... Lt. Michael Grayson Three Guys Named Mike (1951) .... Mike Lawrence Grounds for Marriage (1951) .... Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett Duchess of Idaho (1950) .... Dick Layne The Big Hangover (1950) .... David Muldon
Battleground (1949) .... Pfc. Holley In the Good Old Summertime (1949) .... Andrew Delby Larkin Scene of the Crime (1949) .... Mike Conovan Mother Is a Freshman (1949) .... Professor Richard Michaels ... aka Mother Knows Best (UK)
Command Decision (1948) .... TSgt. Immanuel T. Evans State of the Union (1948) .... 'Spike' McManus ... aka The World and His Wife (UK) The Bride Goes Wild (1948) .... Greg Rawlings
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) .... Henry Carson High Barbaree (1947) ... Alec Brooke Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) .... Bandleader in Elite Club No Leave, No Love (1946) .... Sgt. Michael Hanlon Easy to Wed (1946) ... William Stevens 'Bill' Chandler Ziegfeld Follies (1946) (scenes deleted) .... Specialty ... aka Ziegfeld Follies of 1946 (USA: poster title) American Creed (1946)
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945) .... Captain James Hollis Thrill of a Romance (1945) .... Maj. Thomas Milvaine Between Two Women (1945) .... Dr. Randall Adams Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) .... Lt. Ted Lawson Three Men in White (1944) .... Dr. Randall 'Red' Ames
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) .... Sam Bennett Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) .... John Dyckman Brown III A Guy Named Joe (1943) .... Ted Randall Madame Curie (1943) ... Reporter
Pilot #5 (1943) .... Everett Arnold ... aka Pilot No. 5 Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943) .... Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams ... aka Crazy to Kill (UK)
The Human Comedy (1943) .... Marcus Macauley Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942) .... Dr. Randall Adams Somewhere I'll Find You (1942) (uncredited) .... Lieutenant Wade Hall The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942) .... Michael Fitzpatrick
For the Common Defense! (1942) .... Agent Pritchard Murder in the Big House (1942) .... Bert Bell ... aka Born for Trouble (USA: reissue title) ... aka Human Sabotage (UK) Personalities (1942) (uncredited) Too Many Girls (1940) (uncredited) .... Chorus boy #41
Soundtrack - filmography
Kelly and Me (1957) (performer: "SINGING A VAGABOND SONG", "BILL BAILEY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME?", "SIDE BY SIDE") Brigadoon (1954) (performer: "I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean")In the Good Old Summertime (1949) (performer: "In The Good Old Summertime") Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) (performer: "I Won't Dance") Easy to Wed (1946) (performer: "Bonecu de Pixe")
Wife
Eve Lynn Abbott (25 January 1947 - 1968)
1 daughter
Facts & Triva
Always wears red socks
He had skin cancer surgery in 1963.
He made his Broadway debut in 1936 in "New Faces of 1936," (a hit show that also introduced Imogene Coca).
Van would appear in a total of 7 Broadway shows to date, including the original cast production of "Pal Joey" in 1940-41 and last appearing in "La Cage aux Folles" in 1987.
He was Gene Kelly's understudy in the Broadway production of "Pal Joey".
He was driving to a special screening of Keeper of the Flame (1942) when he was involved in the road accident that left him with a metal plate in his forehead.
He first received top billing in 1944 with Two Girls and a Sailor (1944).
After Van Heflin turned down the role of Elliot Ness on "The Untouchables" (1959) it was offered to Johnson. He turned it down as well.
His wife, Eve, was first married to Keenan Wynn. She married Johnson on the very day of her divorce from Wynn.
The scars from the injury received in a car crash described in his biography are very evident in The Caine Mutiny (1954).
Daughter Schuyler born January, 1948.

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Trivia:
Initially planned as a vehicle for Mickey Rooney.
Liza Minelli appears in the final scene.
She's the little girl with Van Johnson and mom Judy Garland.

The film's original title was supposed to be "The Girl From Chicago".
June Allyson and Frank Sinatra were originally supposed to play the leads,
but Sinatra was unavailable and Allyson dropped out when she became pregnant.

Buster Keaton was working as a gag writer at MGM when this movie was made.
The filmmakers approached him to devise a way for a violin to get broken that would be both comic and plausible.
Keaton came up with an appropriate fall, and the filmmakers then realized he was the only one who would be able to execute it properly,
so they cast him in the film. Keaton also devised the sequence in which Van Johnson inadvertently wrecks Judy Garland's hat,
and coached Johnson intensively in how to perform the scene. This was the first MGM film Keaton appeared in since being fired from the studio in 1933.

Originally scheduled to be produced by Arthur Freed in 1944.
At one time set to co-star Frank Sinatra and Gloria DeHaven.
In 1946, 'Gene Kelly' was scheduled to play Andy.
As late as 1948, Peter Lawford and June Allyson were announced as the stars.
A song "Last Night When We Were Young" was performed by Judy Garland, but cut from the film prior to release.

Goofs: Continuity: When singing "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland",
Veronica lifts the harp several times.
Sometimes the bottom of the harp is plain wood,
but sometimes it is covered with green felt.

In the Good Old Summertime lyrics
ORCHESTRA:
In the good old summertime, in the good old summertime. Strolling through the shady lanes with your baby mine. You hold her hand, and she holds yours, and that's a very good sign. That she's your tootsie-wootsie, in the good old summertime.

CROWD:
In the good old summertime, in the good old summertime. Strolling through the shady lanes with your baby mine. You hold her hand, and she holds yours, and that's a very good sign. That she's your tootsie-wootsie, in the good old summertime.

In the Good Old Summertime: Video Clip

Roles turned down by Van Johnson:
Meet Me in St. Louis
Van Johnson originally set to play 'the boy next door,
"John Truett." Actor who got the part: Tom Drak

Music:

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Tobymac Lyrics

Hush little baby, don't you cry, Daddy's gonna sing you a lullaby, Everythings gonna be alright, The Lords gonna answer your prayers tonight

Hush little baby, don't you cry, Daddy's gonna sing you a lullaby, Everything's gonna be alright, The Lords gonna answer your prayers tonight
Irene I carried you when you was too weak to walk I took to you when you gave your heart to God Faithful and True, that's what I'll always be to you Believe in you, Believe in Me, and these mountains have to move
You have dreams and aspirations I knew you before creation Your foundations solid,I will build you a palace, restore your soul You'll be up for any challenge, Many storms are on the way better sharpen you faith, Count the cost, take up your cross and wear it everyday Rest in Me and I will give you strength Blessed is she, Irene who seeks my face
Hey little girl with the pressures of the world on your shoulders
Don't say that its over I heard your prayers Just cast your cares And I'll be there, so don't you fear
I said Hey little girl with pressures of the world on your shoulders
Don't say that its over I heard your prayers Just cast your cares And I'll be there, so don't you fear
Hush little baby, don't you cry, Daddy's gonna sing you a lullaby, Everythings gonna be alright, The Lords gonna answer your prayers tonight
Hush little baby, don't you cry, Daddy's gonna sing you a lullaby, Everything's gonna be alright, The Lords gonna answer your prayers tonight
Everythings gonna be alright Everythings gonna be alright Everythings gonna be alright be alright be alright
Father I'm stronger I said Father I'm stronger I said Father I'm stronger then when I first believed yea...
Father I'm stronger I said Father I'm stronger I said Father I'm stronger then when I first believed yea...
Hey little girl with the pressures of the world on your shoulders Don't say that its over
I said Hey little girl with pressures of the world on your shoulders
Don't say that its over I heard your prayers Just cast your cares And I'll be there, so don't you fear
Hush little baby, don't you cry, Daddy's gonna sing you a lullaby, Everythings gonna be alright, The Lords gonna answer your prayers tonight
Hush little baby, don't you cry, Daddy's gonna sing you a lullaby, Everythings gonna be alright,
The Lords gonna answer your prayers tonight The Lords gonna answer your prayers tonight The Lords gonna answer your prayer

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Movies:


Easy to Wed:
Easy to Wed:
Easy To Wed:
Easy to Wed:
Ester Williams
Thrill of a Romance
Easy To Love
THE LOVE BOAT Musical
THE LOVE BOAT Musical
The Caine Mutiny video clip
(Bogart makes tactical error at sea)
The Caine Mutiny video clip
(Humphrey Bogart introduces himself to his officers)
Go For Broke
Battleground
Scene of the Crime
Madame Curie
Scandal
Brigadoon
Elisabeth Taylor
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Janet Leith
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Pat
Irene Dunne & Spencer Tracy
A Guy Named Joe
Between Two Women
June Allyson
Two Girls and a Sailor
Kathryn Grayson
Too Young To Kiss
Piper
T'll the Cloud Roll By:

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Yours, Mine and Ours ..
Brigadoon ..
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State of the Union ..
The Caine Mutiny ..
Easy to Wed ..
Videos ..