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Lamont Johnson
Lamont Johnson (September 30, 1922 – October 24, 2010) was an American actor and film director who has appeared in and directed many television shows and movies. He won two Emmy Awards.
Johnson was born Ernest Lamont Johnson, Jr. in Stockton, California, the son of Ruth Alice (née Fairchild) and Ernest Lamont Johnson, who was a realtor. Johnson began his career in radio, playing the role of Tarzan in a popular syndicated series in 1951. Johnson was also one of several actors to play Archie Goodwin in "The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe", opposite Sydney Greenstreet on NBC Radio.He then turned to films and television, first as an actor, then as a director.
Johnson also directed productions of the operas The Man in the Moon (1959), Iphigénie en Tauride (1962), and Orfeo (1990).
Johnson was nominated for eleven Emmy Awards, winning twice, for Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985) and Lincoln (1988), and for eight Directors Guild of America Awards, winning four times, for Profiles in Courage (1965), My Sweet Charlie (1971), That Certain Summer (1972), and Lincoln.
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As director
All the Winters that Have Been
The Man Next Door
The Broken Chain
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Unnatural Causes
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Jack and the Beanstalk
Dangerous Company
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Crisis at Central High
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Off the Minnesota Strip
Paul's Case
Somebody Killed Her Husband
One on One
Lipstick
Fear on Trial
The Execution of Private Slovik
Visit to a Chief's Son
The Last American Hero
The Groundstar Conspiracy
You'll Like My Mother
That Certain Summer
A Gunfight
Birdbath
The McKenzie Break
My Sweet Charlie
Deadlock
Kona Coast
