Lamont Johnson
Directing
Awards
Won 3 Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards 3 won
- 1988 Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Won Lincoln
- 1985 Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Won Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
- — Primetime Emmy Award Won
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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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Filmography
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Directing
47 credits
The Rifleman
Matinee Theater
The Twilight Zone
Have Gun, Will Travel
Dr. Kildare
Felicity
Peter Gunn
Naked City
The Defenders
The Name of the Game
Faerie Tale Theatre
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Judd, for the Defense
Cimarron Strip
Cain's Hundred
Sam Benedict
Johnny Ringo
Mr. Lucky
Bus Stop
Profiles in Courage
The Americans
Steve Canyon
Angel
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
The Law and Mr. Jones
Coronet Blue
The Richard Boone Show
Slattery's People
Lincoln
Five Fingers
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
The Last American Hero
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
Lipstick
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Dangerous Company
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
The McKenzie Break
A Covenant with Death
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Premiere
Five Fingers : Thin Ice
All the Winters that Have Been
The Execution of Private Slovik
The Broken Chain
Acting
13 credits
Climax!
The Big Valley
Gunsmoke
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Millionaire
Cavalcade of America
Profiles in Courage
Letter to Loretta
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Shogun Assassin
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Brothers Rico
Moby Dick
Other credits
2 credits
Producing
1 credit
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