Lamont Johnson

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Lamont Johnson
Born	September 30, 1922 Stockton, California
Awards won Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special for: Lincoln (1988) (TV) Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special for: Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985) (TV) Other Awards DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television for: My Sweet Charlie (1970) (TV) Shared with: Ralph Ferrin (assistant director) (plaque)

Lamont Johnson (born September 30, 1922) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor and film director who has appeared in and directed many television shows and movies.

Born in Stockton, California, Johnson began his career in radio, playing the role of Tarzan in a popular syndicated series during the late 1940s. He turned to films and television in the early 1950s, first as an actor, then as a director.

Johnson also directed productions of the operas The Man in the Moon (1959), Iphigenie En Tauride (1962), and Orfeo (1990).

Johnson has been nominated for eleven Emmy Awards, winning twice, for Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985) and Lincoln (1988). He has been nominated for eight Directors Guild of America Awards, winning four times, for Profiles in Courage (1965), My Sweet Charlie (1971), That Certain Summer (1973), and Lincoln.

[edit] Selected acting credits

• Hallmark Hall of Fame
• Goodyear Television Playhouse
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents
• Alcoa Theatre
• The Big Valley
• Felony Squad
• Gunsmoke

[edit] Additional directing credits

• Naked City
• Have Gun - Will Travel
• Peter Gunn
• Mr. Lucky
• Dr. Kildare
• The Twilight Zone
• The Name of the Game
• Judd for the Defense
• The McKenzie Break
• The Last American Hero
• The Execution of Private Slovik
• Lipstick

[edit] External links

• Lamont Johnson at the Internet Movie Database
• Lamont Johnson at the TV Museum
• New York Times bio

v • d • e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special George Cukor (1975) · Daniel Petrie (1976) · Daniel Petrie (1977) · David Lowell Rich (1978) · David Greene (1979) · Marvin J. Chomsky (1980) · James Goldstone (1981) · Marvin J. Chomsky (1982) · John Erman (1983) · Jeff Bleckner (1984) · Lamont Johnson (1985) · Joseph Sargent (1986) · Glenn A. Jordan (1987) · Lamont Johnson (1988) · Simon Wincer (1989) · Joseph Sargent (1990) · Brian Gibson (1991) · Joseph Sargent (1992) · James Steven Sadwith (1993) · John Frankenheimer (1994) · John Frankenheimer (1995) · John Frankenheimer (1996) · Andrei Konchalovsky (1997) · John Frankenheimer (1998) · Allan Arkush (1999) · Charles S. Dutton (2000) Complete list: (1975-2000) · (2001-present)