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Arch Johnson (1922–1997)


Arch Johnson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1922. A stage actor as well as a prolific television character actor, he was in the original production of "West Side Story" on Broadway and the revival of that show in the 1980s on Broadway as well. He was the only actor from the original stage version who returned for the revival and he toured Europe with the show... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1990 Murder in Black and White (TV movie)
Captain Barron
 
1988 Tattingers (TV series)
Alan Jurasky
The Sonny Also Rises (1988) … Alan Jurasky
Pilot (1988) … Alan Jurasky
 
1984 As the World Turns (TV series)
Red Carter
Steve and Betsy Get Married (1984) … Red Carter
 
1984 Death Mask
Dr. Robert Riordan
 
1983 The Edge of Night (TV series)
Jim Earle #1
 
1983 Easy Money
Vendor at Armory
 
1980 The Stockard Channing Show (TV series)
Texas Bob Booth
Texas Bob and The Consumer Ranch Gang (1980) … Texas Bob Booth
 
1979 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Cardinal Finnerty
Just a Coupla Guys (1979) … Cardinal Finnerty
 
1979 Young Maverick (TV series)
A Fistful of Oats (1979)
 
1979 Better Late Than Never (TV movie)
 
1978 Happily Ever After (TV movie)
Del Gregory
 
1978 Switch (TV series)
Combes
Coronado Circle (1978) … Combes (as Archie Johnson)
 
1977 Operation Petticoat (TV series)
General
We've No Business in Show Business (1977) … General (as Archie Johnson)
 
1977 Wonder Woman (TV series)
General Zachary Kane / John Kelly
Knockout (1977) … John Kelly
Judgment from Outer Space: Part 1 (1977) … General Zachary Kane (as Archie Johnson)
 
1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)
Dinko Warner
The Secret of the Whispering Walls (1977) … Dinko Warner (as Archie Johnson)
 
1977 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
George Halvorsen
Terror on Ward One (1977) … George Halvorsen
 
1976 The Bionic Woman (TV series)
Commissioner Sam Hart
Jaime's Shield: Part 2 (1976) … Commissioner Sam Hart (as Archie Johnson)
Jaime's Shield (1976) … Commissioner Sam Hart (as Archie Johnson)
 
1975-1976 Ellery Queen (TV series)
Deputy Commissioner Hayes / The Commissioner
The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep (1976) … Deputy Commissioner Hayes
The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader (1975) … Deputy Commissioner Hayes (as Archie Johnson)
The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne (1975) … The Commissioner
 
1976 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Shell
The Runaway Caboose (1976) … Shell
 
1970-1975 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Contractor / Mr. Parker
The Strange Behavior of Paul Kelland (1975) … Contractor
Nobody Wants a Fat Jockey (1970) … Mr. Parker
 
1975 Babe (TV movie)
Mr. Johnson
 
1975 Medical Center (TV series)
Sgt. Baylor
Street Girl (1975) … Sgt. Baylor
 
1973-1975 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Sheriff Eustace / Sheriff Les Sprague
Honeymoon with Death (1975) … Sheriff Eustace
The Day of the Viper (1973) … Sheriff Les Sprague
 
1975 Bronk (TV series)
Wheel of Death (1975)
 
1975 The Invisible Man (TV series)
General Turner
The Invisible Man (1975) … General Turner
 
1973-1975 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Caretaker
Letters from the Grave (1975) … Caretaker
Going Home (1973)
 
1974 The Underground Man (TV movie)
Joe Kelsey
 
1974 The Girl with Something Extra (TV series)
Brannigan
The New Broom (1974) … Brannigan
 
1968-1974 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Arnie Cane / Leo Conway / Sam Gary / …
Diamond Run (1974) … Arnie Cane
Turnabout (1971) … Leo Conway
The Widow (1968) … Sgt. Elliot Carr
Crisis Ground (1968) … Sam Gary
 
1974 Kung Fu (TV series)
Lt. Larkin
The Passion of Chen Yi (1974) … Lt. Larkin
 
1974 Chopper One (TV series)
Pilot (1974)
 
1974 Nightmare (TV movie)
Super
 
1974 Shaft (TV series)
Brock
Cop Killer (1974) … Brock
 
1973 The Sting
Combs
 
1973 Double Indemnity (TV movie)
Mr. Dietrichson
 
1973 Gentle Savage
Beaumont
 
1970-1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
Jane's Father (segment "Love and the Elopement") / Sid (segment "Love and the Mr. and Mrs.")
Love and the Mind Reader/Love and the Mr. and Mrs./Love and the Soap Opera (1973) … Sid (segment "Love and the Mr. and Mrs.")
Love and the Elopement/Love and the Visitor (1970) … Jane's Father (segment "Love and the Elopement")
 
1973 Walking Tall
Buel Jaggers
 
1973 Banacek (TV series)
Larry Casey
The Greatest Collection of Them All (1973) … Larry Casey
 
1972 Banyon (TV series)
Boyle
The Lady Killer (1972) … Boyle
 
1972 Napoleon and Samantha
Chief of Police
 
1972 The Rookies (TV series)
Ranch Instructor
Pilot (1972) … Ranch Instructor
 
1972 Cannon (TV series)
Sheriff Tyson
A Flight of Hawks (1972) … Sheriff Tyson
 
1972 The Odd Couple (TV series)
Billy Jack
A Night to Dismember (1972) … Billy Jack
 
1972 Longstreet (TV series)
Eugene Riles
Anatomy of a Mayday (1972) … Eugene Riles
 
1968-1971 Bewitched (TV series)
Bo Callahan / Bob Braddock / Harlan Mossler / …
Money Happy Returns (1971) … Rudolph Kosko
The Generation Zap (1970) … Mr Harrison
What Makes Darrin Run? (1970) … Bob Braddock
Samantha Fights City Hall (1968) … Harlan Mossler
Once in a Vial (1968) … Bo Callahan
 
1963-1971 The Virginian (TV series)
Charles Daniels / Dr. Ashley / Sheriff Tracey
Nan Allen (1971) … Sheriff Tracey
Timberland (1965) … Charles Daniels
A Killer in Town (1963) … Dr. Ashley
 
1970 Matt Lincoln (TV series)
Jimmy (1970)
 
1970 The Young Lawyers (TV series)
Dimascio
Remember Chris Gately? (1970) … Dimascio
 
1970 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
Frank Sorenson
In Dreams They Run (1970) … Frank Sorenson
 
1970 Dan August (TV series)
Sergeant Forbes
The Soldier (1970) … Sergeant Forbes
 
1962-1970 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Barn Bascomb / Feester / Ponder / …
Sam McTavish, M.D. (1970) … Barn Bascomb
The Mission (1966) … Sgt. Macklin
Hammerhead (1964) … Ponder
Wagon Girls (1962) … Feester
 
1970 The Cheyenne Social Club
Marshal Anderson
 
1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Stanley Bumpas
 
1968-1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Harry Murdock / Sergeant Cook
The Garden (1970) … Harry Murdock
High on a Rainbow (1968) … Sergeant Cook
 
1969 Land of the Giants (TV series)
Chief Rivers
The Inside Rail (1969) … Chief Rivers
 
1969 The Debbie Reynolds Show (TV series)
Tex
 
1969 The Outsider (TV series)
Bob
Through a Stained Glass Window (1969) … Bob
 
1964-1969 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Tavern proprietor / Hanks / Judson
For Want of a Hero (1969) … Hanks
The Williamsburg Cannon: Part 2 (1967) … Tavern proprietor
The Williamsburg Cannon: Part 1 (1967) … Tavern proprietor
Ken-Tuck-E (1964) … Judson
 
1969 Mannix (TV series)
Captain Griswold
End Game (1969) … Captain Griswold
 
1967-1969 The Big Valley (TV series)
Frank Sawyer / Web Dutton
The 25 Graves of Midas (1969) … Web Dutton
Showdown in Limbo (1967) … Frank Sawyer
 
1968 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Wirt Jessup
The Death Farm (1968) … Wirt Jessup
 
1968 Julia (TV series)
Mr. Potts
 
1968 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Landusky
Out of the Valley of Death (1968) … Landusky
 
1968 The Invaders (TV series)
Father Paul
The Miracle (1968) … Father Paul
 
1968 The Danny Thomas Hour (TV series)
Warden
The Cage (1968) … Warden
 
1967 Ironside (TV series)
Sgt. Breen
A Very Cool Hot Car (1967) … Sgt. Breen
 
1962-1967 Bonanza (TV series)
A.Z. Wheelock / E.J. Butler / Gavin
Judgment at Olympus (1967) … A.Z. Wheelock
Return to Honor (1964) … E.J. Butler
The Artist (1962) … Gavin
 
1967 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
Parson Endicott
Broken Wing (1967) … Parson Endicott
 
1967 Sullivan's Empire (TV movie)
John Sullivan Sr.
 
1967 F Troop (TV series)
Colonel Adams
Guns, Guns, Who's Got the Guns? (1967) … Colonel Adams
 
1966 The Monkees (TV series)
Gen. Harley Vandenberg
The Chaperone (1966) … Gen. Harley Vandenberg
 
1966 Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series)
John Cromwell
Black Is the Color of My Love's Eye (1966) … John Cromwell
 
1963-1966 The Fugitive (TV series)
Jackson / Sheriff Prycer / Ty Tyson
The Last Oasis (1966) … Sheriff Prycer
Echo of a Nightmare (1966) … Jackson
The Witch (1963) … Ty Tyson
 
1965-1966 Camp Runamuck (TV series)
Cmdr. Wivenhoe
Commander for a Day (1966) … Cmdr. Wivenhoe
Senior Citizens (1966) … Cmdr. Wivenhoe
Malden Falls in Love (1966) … Cmdr. Wivenhoe
Peace (1966) … Cmdr. Wivenhoe
Termites (1966) … Cmdr. Wivenhoe
 
1960-1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
Frank Carruthers / Gerald Thornton / John Ruskin / …
The Case of the Fanciful Frail (1966) … Frank Carruthers
The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands (1964) … Marvin Fremont
The Case of the Golden Oranges (1963) … Gerald Thornton
The Case of the Travelling Treasure (1961) … Karl Magovern
The Case of the Singular Double (1960) … John Ruskin
 
1966 Laredo (TV series)
The Sheriff
That's Noway, Thataway (1966) … The Sheriff
 
1965 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
Nelson
Charge (1965) … Nelson
 
1963-1965 The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)
Calvin Lennox / Charlie Hackett
Katy the Diplomat (1965) … Charlie Hackett
One Rainy Night (1963) … Calvin Lennox
 
1963-1964 Mr. Novak (TV series)
Coach Brewer / Robert Elerton
Boy Under Glass (1964) … Coach Brewer
Hello, Miss Phipps (1963) … Robert Elerton
 
1964 Slattery's People (TV series)
Representative Ed Mahoney
Question: What Is a Genius Worth This Week? (1964) … Representative Ed Mahoney
 
1964 The Munsters (TV series)
Mr. Taggert
Tin Can Man (1964) … Mr. Taggert
 
1963-1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Charlie Tully / Sergeant Myron Bender
A Lion Amongst Men (1964) … Charlie Tully
The Long, Lost Life of Edward Smalley (1963) … Sergeant Myron Bender
 
1964 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
Eddie Hays
A Postcard from Yucatan (1964) … Eddie Hays
 
1964 Grindl (TV series)
Tattoo Thompson
Everything's Coming Up Roses (1964) … Tattoo Thompson
 
1961-1964 Rawhide (TV series)
Big Sam Talbot / Harry Johanson / James Cronin / …
Incident of the Pied Piper (1964) … Sheriff Andrews
Incident at Paradise (1963) … Harry Johanson
Incident at Crooked Hat (1963) … Big Sam Talbot
Incident of the Reluctant Bridegroom (1962) … John Landy
Incident on the Road Back (1961) … James Cronin
 
1964 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)
Lize Daggett
The Day of the Tin Trumpet (1964) … Lize Daggett
 
1964 The Lieutenant (TV series)
Commander Harry Engstrom
Interlude (1964) … Commander Harry Engstrom
 
1963 Redigo (TV series)
Stuart Graham
Privilege of a Man (1963) … Stuart Graham
 
1963 Twilight of Honor
Mac McWade
 
1963 The Defenders (TV series)
Frank Thorpe
Judgment Eve (1963) … Frank Thorpe
 
1963 Empire (TV series)
Brad Hollister
Season of Growth (1963) … Brad Hollister
 
1963 Going My Way (TV series)
Mr. Brady
One Small Unhappy Family (1963) … Mr. Brady
 
1962-1963 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Colonel Whitney / Harry Eden
The Hat of Sergeant Martin (1963) … Colonel Whitney
Whatever Happened to Miss Illinois? (1962) … Harry Eden
 
1963 Laramie (TV series)
Sam Wellman
No Place to Run (1963) … Sam Wellman
 
1963 G.E. True (TV series)
Pete Brill
Firebug (1963) … Pete Brill
 
1963 The Dakotas (TV series)
Ben Stark
A Man Called Ragan (1963) … Ben Stark
 
1962 Sam Benedict (TV series)
Frank Drucker
The Target Over the Hill (1962) … Frank Drucker
 
1960-1962 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Simon Galbraith / Warren Bodger
Wolf, Cried the Blonde (1962) … Warren Bodger
Safari (1960) … Simon Galbraith
 
1961-1962 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Ben Stanhope / Jonathan West / Martin Kingsley
Scene of the Crime (1962) … Jonathan West
The Kapua of Coconut Bay (1961) … Martin Kingsley
The Stanhope Brand (1961) … Ben Stanhope
 
1962 Cheyenne (TV series)
Ben Stark
A Man Called Ragan (1962) … Ben Stark
 
1962 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Swede Lowell
The Angry Sky (1962) … Swede Lowell
 
1962 Surfside 6 (TV series)
Emery Stark
Elegy for a Bookkeeper (1962) … Emery Stark
 
1962 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Lucky Elcott
The Bronc-Buster (1962) … Lucky Elcott
 
1960-1962 Lawman (TV series)
Andrew Lord / Jason McQuade / Logan
The Holdout (1962) … Logan
The Lords of Darkness (1961) … Andrew Lord
The Old War Horse (1960) … Jason McQuade
 
1961-1962 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Fireman / Jesse James / Roscoe Bragg
Long Distance Call (1961) … Fireman (uncredited)
Static (1961) … Roscoe Bragg (as Arch W. Johnson)
 
1962 Wagon Train (TV series)
Glen Andrews
The Hobie Redman Story (1962) … Glen Andrews
 
1962 87th Precinct (TV series)
Bobo
Main Event (1962) … Bobo
 
1961 The Lawbreakers
Chief Inspector Gus Honichek
 
1961 Cain's Hundred (TV series)
Al Heldon
Comeback (1961) … Al Heldon
 
1961 The Explosive Generation
Mr. George Sommers
 
1961 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Tom Wilson
The Closing Circle (1961) … Tom Wilson
 
1961 Hennesey (TV series)
Chief Russo
The Holdout (1961) … Chief Russo
 
1961 The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)
Capt. Gus Nonochek
 
1961 The Roaring 20's (TV series)
Big Dan Mahoney
Lucky Charm (1961) … Big Dan Mahoney
 
1961 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Dutch
Ambush (1961) … Dutch
 
1961 The Jim Backus Show (TV series)
Patrolman Larson
The Desk (1961) … Patrolman Larson
 
1961 Shotgun Slade (TV series)
Sgt. Jud Garth
Yankee Spy (1961) … Sgt. Jud Garth
 
1959-1960 Maverick (TV series)
Colonel Gaylord Summers / Ephrim Burch / Placer Jack Mason
The Bold Fenian Men (1960) … Colonel Gaylord Summers
A Bullet for the Teacher (1960) … Ephrim Burch
Royal Four Flush (1959) … Placer Jack Mason
 
1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Bart McCormick / Heywood Miller / Jamie McMahon
Outlaw in Town (1960) … Bart McCormick
Party Line (1960) … Heywood Miller
The Little Man Who Was There (1960) … Jamie McMahon
 
1960 Hong Kong (TV series)
Barney Vance
Freebooter (1960) … Barney Vance
 
1960 Bronco (TV series)
Gunlock / Mark Tanner
The Mustangers (1960) … Gunlock
Tangled Trail (1960) … Mark Tanner
 
1960 G.I. Blues
Sgt. McGraw
 
1960 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Mr. Smith
The Big Gamble (1960) … Mr. Smith
 
1960 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Turner Evans
The Long Dry (1960) … Turner Evans
 
1960 Law of the Plainsman (TV series)
Cass Mabry
Dangerous Barriers (1960) … Cass Mabry
 
1959 Johnny Ringo (TV series)
Red Walsh
A Killing for Cully (1959) … Red Walsh
 
1957-1959 Decoy (TV series)
Detective Sam Donovan / Sgt. Hal Crown
The Challenger (1959) … Sgt. Hal Crown
Stranglehold (1957) … Detective Sam Donovan
 
1957 Gun Glory
Gunn
 
1957 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
His Name Was Death (1957)
 
1956-1957 The Big Story (TV series)
Dave Cooley / Rip Manning
Exposure (1957) … Rip Manning
Follow the Leader (1956) … Dave Cooley
 
1956 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Private Kleff
Operation Three R's (1956) … Private Kleff
 
1956 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Yermo Red
The Ballad of Yermo Red (1956) … Yermo Red
 
1954 Garden of Eden (as Arch W. Johnson)
 
1953 Niagara
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1997 Hey, Hey We're the Monkees (TV documentary)
Gen. Harley Vandenburg (episode "The Chaperone") (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

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Stage: Appeared (as "Lt. Schrank") in the original production of "West Side Story" on Broadway. See more »

Alternate Names:

Arch W. Johnson | Archie Johnson

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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