John Dennis Johnston

John Dennis Johnston (born May 14, 1950) is an American film and television actor.

Career He appeared in a number of feature films including Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Streets of Fire, and Flesh+Blood, as well as various TV series such as In Plain Sight and The Golden Girls.

He appeared in both Twilight Zone: The Movie in 1983 and in one episode of the Twilight Zone TV series in 1987.

Personal life Johnston attended Hunter College in New York City where he studied drama under Lloyd Richards and Harold Clurman. In 1981, he married Karla Pitti, daughter of the cowboy-singer and actor Carl Pitti. They later separated.

A cyclist, he is a cycling safety activist who has pushed for safe-driving legislation.

Selected filmography

Captains and the Kings (1972, TV miniseries) .... Medical Orderly Police Woman (1976–1977, TV series) .... Arky / Bishoff Roots (1977, TV Mini-Series) .... Man At Cockfight Annie Hall (1977) .... Police Officer The Rockford Files (1976–1977, TV series) .... Henry Schlager / Grady Northcourt Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) .... Special Forces Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978, TV Movie) .... 'Chopper' The Rose (1979) .... Milledge Knots Landing (1980, TV Series) .... Alien Charlie's Angels (1976–1980, TV Series) .... Harley Mason / Jerry Adams Back Roads (1981) .... Gilly Best of the West (1982, TV Series) - Curtis The Beast Within (1982) .... Horace Platt The Executioner's Song (1982, TV Movie) .... Jimmy - Poker Game The Blue and the Gray (1982, TV Mini-Series) .... Lieutenant Hardy Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982) .... Macho Kid 48 Hrs. (1982) .... Torchy's Patron Reckless (1983) Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) .... Co-Pilot (segment "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet") The Rousters (1983, TV Movie) The Dukes of Hazzard (1983, TV Series) .... 'Sledge' Beaudry Lone Star Country (1983) Streets of Fire (1984) .... Pete The Mechanic A Breed Apart (1984) .... Miller The A-Team (1983-1985, TV series) .... Archer / 'Snake' Pale Rider (1985) .... Deputy Tucker Flesh+Blood (1985) .... Summer The New Twilight Zone (1987, TV series, episode: "The Junction") .... Charlie (segment "The Junction") St. Elsewhere (1986–1987, TV Series) .... Nick Moats Extreme Prejudice (1987) .... 'Merv' Married... with Children (1987, TV series, episode: "How Do You Spell Revenge?") .... Jimmy The Squeeze (1987) .... Nick Sunset (1988) .... Ed Pink Cadillac (1989) .... Waycross Communion (1989) .... Fireman Golden Girls (1989, TV series, episode: "Mary Has A Little Lamb") .... Merrill Murder in Mississippi (1990, TV movie) .... Hatchet-Faced Man Matlock (1991–1992, TV series) In the Best Interest of the Children (1992, TV Movie) .... Harlan Pepper Reasonable Doubts (1992, TV Series) .... Carl Lorkey / Carl Lurkee Highlander: The Series (1992, TV series, episode: "Mountain Men") .... Carl The Hermit Wyatt Earp (1994) .... Frank Stillwell Wagons East! (1994) .... Cattle Rustler (uncredited) Art Deco Detective (1994) .... Detective Arthur Decowitz In Pursuit of Honor (1995, TV Movie) .... Sergeant Thomas Mulcahey White Dwarf (1995, TV Movie) .... Morgus, Osh's Assistant A Walk in the Clouds (1995) .... Lout #1 Wild Bill (1995) .... Ed Plummer The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996, TV Movie) .... Tony Vickers Precious Find (1996) .... Bartender Forest Warrior (1996) .... Williams Millennium (1996, TV series, episode: "Broken World") - Sheriff Falkner Snide and Prejudice (1997) .... Sheffield Joseph's Gift (1998) .... Parker Heartwood (1998) .... Carl Burris Purgatory (1999, TV Movie) .... Lamb / 'Lefty' Slade Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (2000, TV movie) Walker, Texas Ranger (1996–2001, TV series) .... Mike Shilts / Cody Diggs Firestarter: Rekindled (2002, TV Mini-Series) .... Joel Lowen JAG (2003, TV Series) .... Barclay Cale Without a Trace (2005, TV Series) .... Patrick Orton Supernatural (2006, TV Series) .... Pa Bender In Plain Sight (2009–2010, TV series, episodes: "Father Goes West" and "Don't Cry for Me, Albuquerque") .... Dr. Bronstein The Gertrude Stein Mystery or Some Like It Art (2010; episode: "Deep Throat")