Lamont Johnson
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By profession, Lamont Johnson is an American director who belongs to the crew side of the business rather than the cast. The early work was done without much attention on it. By genre, adventure leads the record. Work has kept arriving across 70 years. 'Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone' is the project most people will have heard of.
Lamont Johnson
15 Directed
31 Series
By profession, Lamont Johnson is an American director who belongs to the crew side of the business rather than the cast. The early work was done without much attention on it. By genre, adventure leads the record. Work has kept arriving across 70 years. 'Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone' is the project most people will have heard of.
Movies
Director
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
1981
Director
The Last American Hero
1973
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Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
Director
Lipstick
1976
Director
Somebody Killed Her Husband
1978
Director
The Execution of Private Slovik
1974
Director
A Gunfight
1971
Director
The McKenzie Break
1970
Director
You'll Like My Mother
1972
Director
One on One
1977
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The Groundstar Conspiracy
1972
Director
A Covenant with Death
1967
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Kona Coast
1968
TV Shows
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Matinee Theater
1955
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Peter Gunn
1958
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Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
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The Twilight Zone
1959
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Dr. Kildare
1961
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Mr. Lucky
1959
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The Richard Boone Show
1963
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Five Fingers
1959
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Judd, for the Defense
1967
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The Name of the Game
1968
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The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990
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Naked City
1958
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Slattery's People
1964
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The Rifleman
1958
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Lincoln
1988
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Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
1985
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Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
1990
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Cain's Hundred
1961
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Angel
1960
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Sam Benedict
1962
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Bus Stop
1961
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The Law and Mr. Jones
1960
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Coronet Blue
1967
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The Defenders
1961
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
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Cimarron Strip
1967
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The Americans
1961
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Johnny Ringo
1959
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Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Director
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
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Shogun Assassin
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Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
Director · 2 episodes
1990–
TV
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Director · 3 episodes
1990–
TV
Lincoln
Director · 2 episodes
1988–
TV
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Director · 2 episodes
1985–
TV
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Director
1983
Film
Faerie Tale Theatre
Director · 1 episode
1982–
TV
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Director
1981
Film
Somebody Killed Her Husband
Director
1978
Film
One on One
Director
1977
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Lamont Johnson still alive?
Lamont Johnson passed away on October 24, 2010 at age 88.
What are the most famous roles of Lamont Johnson?
Lamont Johnson is best known for directing Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, Lipstick, The Last American Hero.
How many movies has Lamont Johnson directed?
Over a 54-year career (since 1956), Lamont Johnson has directed or written 15 films and worked on 31 TV shows.
What was Lamont Johnson's first movie?
The career of Lamont Johnson began with Dracula (1956).
What is Lamont Johnson's most recent movie or series?
Lamont Johnson's most recent release is Felicity, which premiered on September 29, 1998.
What TV shows has Lamont Johnson created or directed?
On television, Lamont Johnson has appeared in The Twilight Zone, Felicity, The Rifleman, Have Gun, Will Travel.
Lamont Johnson
1922-09-30 · Stockton, California, USA
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.Lamont Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.