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Charles Van Dell Johnson 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.

Birth Name

Charles Johnson Van Dell

Born

Friday, 25 August 1916

Died

Friday, 12 December 2008

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The 81st Annual Academy Awards	Self - Memorial Tribute	2009
Muchachada Nui	The Pied Piper (segment "Mundo Viejuno. Salvemos la huertica") (archive footage)	2007
The Naked Archaeologist	Arm Wrestler	2005
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days	Self	2001
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's	Self	1998
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie	Self	1993
Three Days to a Kill	Comm. Howard	1992
MGM: When the Lion Roars	Himself	1992
Clowning Around	Mr. Ranthow	1991
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One	Gen. McCailland	1990

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The 81st Annual Academy Awards	Self - Memorial Tribute	2009
Muchachada Nui	The Pied Piper (segment "Mundo Viejuno. Salvemos la huertica") (archive footage)	2007
The Naked Archaeologist	Arm Wrestler	2005
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days	Self	2001
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's	Self	1998
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie	Self	1993
Three Days to a Kill	Comm. Howard	1992
MGM: When the Lion Roars	Himself	1992
Clowning Around	Mr. Ranthow	1991
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One	Gen. McCailland	1990
Flight from Paradise	Erzähler / Old Narrator	1990
Killer Crocodile	Judge	1989
Coming of Age	Red Pepper	1988
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self	1987
Biography	Self	1987
American Masters	Self	1986
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Art Bellasco	1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo	Larry / Larry Wilde	1985
Night of 100 Stars II	Self	1985
Murder, She Wrote	Daniel Hannigan, Daniel O'Brien, Elliot Robinson	1984
Glitter	Mark Hughes	1984
Showbiz Goes to War	(archive footage)	1982
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts	Self	1982
The Scorpion with Two Tails	Mulligan - Joan's father	1982
Night of 100 Stars	Self	1982
Aloha Paradise	Mr. Chase	1981
The Kidnapping of the President	Vice President Ethan Richards	1980
From Corleone to Brooklyn	Lt. Sturges / Lieutenant Sturges	1979
Tales of the Unexpected	Gerry T. Armstrong	1979
Concorde Affaire '79	Captain Scott / Capt. Scott	1979
Black Beauty	Horace Tompkins	1978
Superdome	Chip Green	1978
The Love Boat	Victor Moncrief, Bert Wilder	1977
Fantasy Island	Charles Woodruff	1977
Quincy M.E.	Al Ringerman	1976
America at the Movies	Pfc. Holly	1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II	Marsh Goodwin	1976
Rich Man, Poor Man	Marsh Goodwin	1976
One Day at a Time	Gus Webster	1975
Ryan's Hope	Himself	1975
That's Entertainment!	(archive footage)	1974
The Girl on the Late, Late Show	Johnny Leverett	1974
Maude	Henry	1972
Call Her Mom	President Chester Hardgrove / President Hardgrove	1972
L'occhio del ragno	Prof. Orson Krüger	1971
McMillan & Wife	Harry Jerome	1971
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour	Self	1971
Great Performances	Self	1971
San Francisco International Airport	Lester Scott	1970
The Don Knotts Show	Self	1970
McCloud	Dan Kiley	1970
Nanny and the Professor	Uncle Bob Everett	1970
The Price of Power	President James Garfield / President James A. Garfield	1969
Love, American Style	Don (segment 'Love and the House Bachelor')	1969
Eagles Over London	Air Marshal George Taylor	1969
The Extraordinary Seaman	Self	1969
The Doris Day Show	Charlie Webb	1968
Here's Lucy	Self	1968
The Name of the Game	Jack Newell, Sullivan	1968
Mia and Roman	Self	1968
Yours, Mine and Ours	Warrant Officer Darrel Harrison / Darrel Harrison	1968
Where Angels Go Trouble Follows!	Father Chase: The 'In' Group	1968
The Danny Thomas Hour	Charlie Snow, Self	1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Guest Performer	1967
Personality	Self	1967
Divorce American Style	Al Yearling	1967
The Joey Bishop Show	Self	1967
The Doomsday Flight	Capt. Anderson	1966
The Milton Berle Show	Self	1966
The Face Is Familiar	Self	1966
Batman	The Minstrel	1966
The Dean Martin Show	Self, Himself	1965
The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)	Self - Panelist	1965
The Hollywood Palace	Self - Host, Self - Singer, Self - Host & Singer	1964
The Judy Garland Show	Self	1963
Wives and Lovers	Bill Austin	1963
Hollywood Without Make-Up	Self / Himself	1963
The Match Game	Self - Team Captain	1962
The Virginian	Alonzo Worth	1962
The Mike Douglas Show	Himself - Co-Host, Himself - Actor	1961
Ben Casey	Frank Dawson	1961
Here's Hollywood	Self	1960
The Enemy General	Allan Lemaire	1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Joe Robertson	1959
Web of Evidence	Paul Mathry	1959
Subway in the Sky	Baxter Grant / Major Baxter Grant	1959
The Last Blitzkrieg	Sgt. Leonard Richardson / Sgt. Hans Von Kroner / Hans Von Kroner / Leonard Richardson	1959
The Ann Sothern Show	Terry Tyler	1958
The Pied Piper of Hamelin	Pied Piper / Truson	1957
The Frank Sinatra Show	Self	1957
Club Oasis	Self - Host, Self	1957
Action of the Tiger	Carson	1957
The Jack Paar Tonight Show	Himself	1957
Slander	Scott Ethan Martin	1957
Kelly and Me	Len Carmody	1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	1956
Zane Grey Theatre	Frank Gilette	1956
23 Paces to Baker Street	Phillip Hannon	1956
Miracle in the Rain	Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon	1956
The Bottom of the Bottle	Donald Martin / Eric Bell	1956
MGM Parade	Ted Lawson, Ted Randall	1955
This Is Your Life	Self	1955
The End of the Affair	Maurice Bendrix	1955
Shower of Stars	Self	1954
Brigadoon	Jeff Douglas	1954
The Caine Mutiny	Lt. Steve Maryk / Lt. Stephen Maryk	1954
Men of the Fighting Lady	Lt. Thayer / Lt. (jg) Howard Thayer	1954
The Siege at Red River	Capt. James S. Simmons / Jim Farraday	1954
The Last Time I Saw Paris	Charles Wills	1954
Easy to Love	Ray Lloyd	1953
The Loretta Young Show	Self - Guest Host	1953
Remains to Be Seen	Waldo Williams	1953
Confidentially Connie	Joe Bedloe	1953
General Electric Theater	Jimmy Devlin	1953
Plymouth Adventure	John Alden	1952
Washington Story	Joseph T. Gresham	1952
When in Rome	Father John X. Halligan	1952
Invitation	Daniel I. 'Dan' Pierce / Dan Pierce	1952
The Name's the Same	Self	1951
Too Young to Kiss	Eric Wainwright	1951
It's a Big Country: An American Anthology	Rev. Adam Burch	1951
I Love Lucy	Van Johnson	1951
The Red Skelton Hour	Harry Haynes, Movie Director	1951
Go for Broke!	Lt. Michael Grayson	1951
Three Guys Named Mike	Michael Lawrence	1951
The Cinematographer	Self - film clip from 'Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo'	1951
Grounds for Marriage	Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett	1951
The Jack Benny Program	Self	1950
Duchess of Idaho	Dick Layn / Dick Layne	1950
The Big Hangover	David Muldon / David Maldon	1950
What's My Line?	Himself - Mystery Guest	1950
Battleground	Holley	1949
In the Good Old Summertime	Andrew Delby Larkin	1949
Scene of the Crime	Mike Conovan	1949
Mother Is a Freshman	Professor Richard Michaels	1949
Command Decision	Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans / T / Sgt. Immanuel T. Evans	1948
The Ed Sullivan Show	Self, Singer, Himself - Singer	1948
State of the Union	'Spike' McManus / Spike McManus	1948
The Bride Goes Wild	Greg Rawlings	1948
The Romance of Rosy Ridge	Henry Carson	1947
High Barbaree	Alec Brooke	1947
Till the Clouds Roll By	Bandleader in Elite Club	1946
No Leave, No Love	Sgt. Michael Hanlon / Michael Hanlon	1946
Easy to Wed	William Stevens 'Bill' Chandler / William "Bill" Stevens Chandler	1946
Week-End at the Waldorf	Captain James Hollis / James Hollis	1945
Thrill of a Romance	Maj. Thomas Milvaine / Thomas Milvaine	1945
Between Two Women	Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams / Dr. Randall Adams	1945
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo	Ted Lawson	1944
Two Girls and a Sailor	John Dyckman Brown III	1944
3 Men in White	Dr. Randall Adams	1944
The White Cliffs of Dover	Sam Bennett	1944
The Human Comedy	Marcus Macauley	1944
Twenty Years After	(archive footage)	1944
A Guy Named Joe	Ted Randall	1943
Madame Curie	Reporter	1943
Pilot #5	Everett Arnold	1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case	Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams / Dr. Randall Adams	1943
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant	Dr. Randall 'Red' Adams / Dr. Randall Adams	1942
Somewhere I'll Find You	Wade Hall / Lieutenant Wade Hall	1942
The War Against Mrs. Hadley	Michael Fitzpatrick	1942
For the Common Defense!	Agent Pritchard	1942
Murder in the Big House	Bert Bell	1942
Too Many Girls	Chorus Boy	1940