- Born
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- Birth nameArthur Stanton Eric Johnson
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Arte Johnson was born on January 20, 1929 in Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967), Love at First Bite (1979) and Baggy Pants & the Nitwits (1977). He was married to Gisela Johnson and Texie Waterman. He died on July 3, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesGisela Johnson(August 15, 1968 - July 3, 2019) (his death)Texie Waterman(December 3, 1956 - ?)
- Short, puckish, manic manner and the line: "Very interesting."
- Gag of wearing a bright yellow raincoat, atop a small tricycle and falling off it.
- Donated his scripts and tapes from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967) to his alma mater (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)'s communications school.
- Treated successfully for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but later died of cancer of the bladder and of the prostate.
- His stage name "Arte" came about by accident: Originally billed as "Art E. Johnson", his name was mistakenly posted as "Arte" on a playbill. Johnson liked the look and sound of the name, so he kept it.
- Was a master of accents and dialects.
- Attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the same time as Allan Sherman ('Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!") and Sheldon Keller, both of whom were five or six years older than he. Johnson graduated in 1949.
- If you remember one sentence for every hour you take [in school], you're a well-rounded person.
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