Lamont Johnson

Ernest Lamont Johnson Jr. Johnson was the only child of Altadena-based businessman Ernest Lamont Johnson and aspiring operatic contralto Ruth Alice (née Fairchild) Johnson. He attended Pasadena Junior College and UCLA and was active in theatrical productions at both schools. Acting When he was 16, He also worked as a newscaster and a disc jockey. His television directing debut was on an episode of NBC Matinee Theater.

Johnson won five Directors Guild of America Awards, winning in the category Movies for Television and Mini-Series for Lincoln (1988) and for That Certain Summer (1972). He also won DGA Awards for Most Outstanding TV Director (1972) and for Television — My Sweet Charlie (1970) and "Oscar Underwood Story": Profiles in Courage (1964). Additionally, he was nominated for DGA Awards for Movies for Television and Mini-Series for Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985), Fear on Trial (1975) and The Execution of Private Slovik (1974). Another DGA Award nomination was for Dramatic Series for Birdbath (1971).

Personal life Johnson married actress Toni Merrill in Paris in 1945.

Filmography

Actor Up Front (1951) - Miller (uncredited) Retreat, Hell! (1952) - Captain 'Tink' O'Grady Sally and Saint Anne (1952) - Willie O'Moyne The Glory Brigade (1953) - Captain Adams (uncredited) Hallmark Hall of Fame (1954, TV Series) The Human Jungle (1954) - Detective Lannigan Goodyear Television Playhouse (1955, TV Series) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) (Season 1 Episode 16: "You Got to Have Luck") - David Schaffner Please Murder Me (1956) - Carl Holt Crusader (1956, TV Series) - Lieutenant Joseph Balta The Brothers Rico (1957) - Peter Malaks Jet Pilot (1957) - Sergeant (uncredited) Alcoa Theatre (1959, TV Series) - Colonel von Schlabrendorff Angel (1961, TV Series) - Lazlo Blue Light (1966, Episode: "Jet Trail") - Colonel Von Kreuzer The Big Valley (1966, TV Series) - Anson Cross Felony Squad (1967, TV Series) - Colonel Bix Gabriel Gunsmoke (1967, TV Series) - Stoner The McKenzie Break (1970) - PT Boat Captain (uncredited) The Last American Hero (1973) - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) One on One (1977) - Barry Brunz Shogun Assassin (1980) - (voice) (final film role)

Director Have Gun – Will Travel (1958-1959) Peter Gunn (1958-1959) Mr. Lucky (1959-1960) Naked City (1960) Dr. Kildare (1961-1963) The Twilight Zone (1961-1963) A Covenant with Death (1967) Kona Coast (1968) The Name of the Game (1968-1969) Judd for the Defense (1968) The McKenzie Break (1970) My Sweet Charlie (1970) A Gunfight (1971) The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972) That Certain Summer (1972) You'll Like My Mother (1972) The Last American Hero (1973) The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) Visit to a Chief's Son (1974) Fear on Trial (1975) Lipstick (1976) One on One (1977) Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978) Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981) Crisis At Central High (1981) Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981) Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) Faerie Tale Theatre: Jack And The Beanstalk (1983) Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984) Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985) Unnatural Causes (1986) Lincoln (1988) The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990) Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (1990) A Thousand Heroes (1992) The Broken Chain (1993)