Actor

Van Johnson

Acting: 1943 — 1989 · 16 films
Lived: 25 August 1916 — d. 2008
From: Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Van Johnson (1916–2008) 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.

Career Signature

How Van Johnson’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

bittersweet

crowd-pleaser

heavy emotional

pre-internet intimacy

wistful longing

Tonal kin

Walter Pidgeon28 films

Robert Walker8 films

Donna Reed14 films

Robert Young23 films

Thomas Mitchell33 films

James Stewart62 films

Gene Lockhart31 films

Henry Travers20 films

How Van Johnson’s filmography reads.

Filmography

Killer Crocodile

Scorpion with Two Tails

Yours, Mine and Ours

Divorce American Style

23 Paces to Baker Street

The End of the Affair

The Caine Mutiny

Brigadoon

The Last Time I Saw Paris

In the Good Old Summertime

Battleground

State of the Union

Till the Clouds Roll By

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

A Guy Named Joe

The Human Comedy