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Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, 1916 [citation needed] – December 12, 2008) was an American film, television, theatre and radio actor. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II . Johnson was described as the embodiment of the "boy-next-door wholesomeness" which made him a popular Hollywood star in the 1940s ...
Born Charles Van Dell Johnson in Newport, Rhode Island, on August 25, 1916, Van was the only child of Loretta (Snyder) and Charles E. Johnson. His paternal grandparents were Swedish, and his mother was of German, and a small amount of Irish, ancestry. Johnson endured a lonely and unhappy childhood as the sole offspring of an extremely aloof ...
- August 25, 1916
- December 12, 2008
Actor Born Charles Van Dell Johnson on Aug. 25, 1916 in Newport, RI. Died Dec. 12, 2008 in Nyack, NY. V an Johnson soared to stardom during World War II as MGM's boy-next-door in films such as "A Guy Named Joe" and "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo." With his broad smile, red hair and freckled face, the tall onetime Broadway chorus boy who personified ...
Charles Van Dell Johnson was born on August 25, 1916 in Newport, Rhode Island. His father Charles E. Johnson was a plumber and real-estate salesman, who had come to the USA from Sweden when he was a child. His mother Loretta née Snyder was a housewife, who suffered from alcoholism.
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Dec 16, 2008 · Of Swedish ancestry, he was born Charles Van Dell Johnson in Rhode Island in 1916, the son of a plumber who raised him after his wife abandoned them when Van was three. He played the violin at ...
Dec 13, 2008 · Van Johnson with Janet Leigh during the filming of “Wives and Lovers” in 1963. (Donn Brinn / Associated Press) ... He was born Charles Van Dell Johnson on Aug. 25, 1916, in Newport, R.I. ...
Dec 12, 2008 · He was born Charles Van Dell Johnson on Aug. 25, 1916, in Newport, R.I., where his father was a real estate salesman. From his earliest years he was fascinated by the touring companies that played ...
