Background
Johnson,, Lamont was born on September 20, 1922 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Lamont and Ruth (Fairchild) Johnson.
Johnson,, Lamont was born on September 20, 1922 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Lamont and Ruth (Fairchild) Johnson.
Educated, University of California at Los Angeles.
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 s Guild of America Awards, winning four times, for Profiles in Courage (1965), My Sweet Charlie (1971), That Certain Summer (1972), and Lincoln. He also directed an installment of the series Felicity plus the TV movie The Man Next Door.
He died of heart failure in California in 2010.
Member Dirs. Guild American M C.
Married Toni Merrill, 1945 (deceased 2009).