Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
September 30, 1922
Died
October 24, 2010 (88 years old)
Stockton, California, USA
Also Known As
- Ernest Lamont Johnson Jr.
Lamont Johnson
Biography
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).
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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.
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Known For
Acting
Directing
Felicity
Director
1998
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Director
1992
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Director
1983
Faerie Tale Theatre
Director
1982
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Director
1981
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Director
1978
One on One
Director
1977
Lipstick
Director
1976
The Execution of Private Slovik
Director
1974
The Last American Hero
Director
1973
That Certain Summer
Director
1972
You'll Like My Mother
Director
1972