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Van Johnson. Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, 1916 [2] – December 12, 2008) was an American actor and dancer. He had a prolific career in film, television, theatre and radio, which spanned over 50 years, between 1940 and 1992. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II, known for his upbeat and "all-American ...
Van Johnson. Actor: The Caine Mutiny. Van Johnson was the fresh-faced, well-mannered nice guy on screen you always wanted your daughter to marry! This fair, freckled and invariably friendly-looking MGM song-and-dance star of the 40s emerged a box office favorite (1944-1946) and second only to heartthrob Frank Sinatra during what gossip monger Hedda Hopper dubbed the "Bobby-soxer Blitz" era.
Oct 25, 2022 · Van Johnson came from humble, but tumultuous, beginnings. His father Charles was a Swedish plumber who fancied the simpler things in life, while his mother Loretta was a housewife…with a serious penchant for drinking.
Dec 12, 2008 · Charles Van Johnson was born on Aug. 25, 1916, in Newport, R.I. His mother, an alcoholic, deserted the family when he was a boy, and he was dutifully but coldly reared by his dour Swedish-American ...
May 10, 2024 · Van Johnson (born August 25, 1916, Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.—died December 12, 2008, Nyack, New York, U.S.) was an American actor who was one of Hollywood ’s biggest stars during the early part of his six-decade career, particularly during his 12-year tenure (1942–54) at MGM studios, where he made nearly 50 films.
Dec 19, 2008 · Behind the facade of Van Johnson. Near the end of “The Caine Mutiny” (1954) there’s a startling close-up of Van Johnson in which his pronounced facial scars from a 1943 car accident, so ...
Van Johnson was an American actor, singer and dancer, who became a box-office favorite for his freckled-faced boy next door image in the 1940s. Read this biography to know his birthday, childhood, achievements, family life and timeline.
Dec 12, 2008 · Van Johnson, whose boy-next-door wholesomeness made him a popular Hollywood star in the ’40s and ’50s with such films as “30 Seconds over Tokyo,” “A Guy Named Joe” and “The Caine ...
Dec 13, 2008 · Van Johnson, whose boyish looks and earnest manner made him a Hollywood heartthrob in the 1940s and '50s, died Friday in an assisted-care facility, a friend told CNN.
Dec 12, 2008 · Van Johnson (1916–2008) was an American film, television theatre and radio actor, singer, and dancer. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II.
Dec 15, 2008 · Andy Towle December 15, 2008. Hollywood heartthrob Van Johnson died on Friday in Nyack, NY. He was 92. The mainstream media makes no mention of the fact that he was a closeted gay man. It's Merv ...
Near the end of The Caine Mutiny (1954) there's a startling close-up of Van Johnson in which his pronounced facial scars from a 1943 car accident, so carefully hidden by studio makeup artists for so many years, are revealed more fully than they'd ever been on screen. Johnson’s role isn’t major in The Caine Mutiny but the project was among ...
Dec 16, 2008 · By far the most successful, though, was another MGM star, Van Johnson, who by 1945 had become second only to Bing Crosby in film popularity. With his curly red hair, freckled complexion and an ...
Dec 13, 2008 · He was born Charles Van Dell Johnson on Aug. 25, 1916, in Newport, R.I. His Swedish-born father was a plumber whose marriage to Johnson’s alcoholic mother ended when she walked out of their home ...
Van Johnson. Actor: The Caine Mutiny. Van Johnson was the fresh-faced, well-mannered nice guy on screen you always wanted your daughter to marry! This fair, freckled and invariably friendly-looking MGM song-and-dance star of the 40s emerged a box office favorite (1944-1946) and second only to heartthrob Frank Sinatra during what gossip monger Hedda Hopper dubbed the "Bobby-soxer Blitz" era.
Dec 12, 2008 · Van Johnson, who died today at age 92 in Nyack, N.Y., was a better actor than Hollywood usually allowed him to be. Like most 1950s heartthrobs — Tab Hunter, Rock Hudson, Troy Donahue — his ...
Brigadoon. Action of the Tiger. The White Cliffs of Dover. The Human Comedy. The Caine Mutiny. Somewhere I'll Find You. Till the Clouds Roll By. Pilot No. 5. The Purple Rose of Cairo.
Van Johnson is a Navy pilot in WWII who has been shot down in the Pacific on a bombing mission. He and a wounded comrade are the only survivors and are lost at sea. As they await rescue, Van Johnson recounts his life story and romance with girlfriend June Allyson.
Van Johnson, the handsome and affable screen star who reached such heights of popularity during the 1940s that he was called "The Voiceless Sinatra," died at an assisted living center in Nyack, AP ...
Van Johnson: Well, by then, a TV was the big important thing and had come into all of our lives, that little box. But I thought it was sort of so it was a star from the very beginning. With kind ...
