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Richard Johnson Biography (1927-)

Born July 30, 1927, in Upminster, Essex, England; son of Keith Holcombe and Frances Louisa Olive (maiden name, Tweed) Johnson; married Sheila Ann Sweet, 1957 (divorced); married Marilyn Kim Novak (an actress), April, 1965 (divorced, 1966); married Marie-Louise Nordlund, 1982 (marriage ended, 1989); children: two sons, one daughter. Addresses: Agent: Jeremy Conway, Conway VanGelder, 18-21 Jermyn St., London, SW1 6HP England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, producer, writer

Birth Details

July 30, 1927

Upminster, Essex, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Hamlet, Opera House, Manchester, England, 1944
• Hamlet, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1944
• Love for Love, Haymarket Theatre, 1944
• The Circle, Haymarket Theatre, 1944
• The Duchess of Malfi, Haymarket Theatre, 1944
• Marius Tertius, The First Victorian, Embassy Theatre, London, 1950
• Pierre, The Madwoman of Chaillot, St. James Theatre, London, 1951
• Demetrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Open Air Theatre, London, 1951
• George Phillips, After My Fashion, Ambassadors Theatre, London, 1952
• Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, The Lark, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1955
• Laertes, Hamlet, produced in Moscow, U.S.S.R. (now Russia), then Phoenix Theatre, London, 1955
• Jack Absolute, The Rivals, Saville Theatre, London, 1956
• Lord Plynlimmon, Plaintiff in a Pretty Hat, Duchess Theatre, thenSt. Martin's Theatre, both London, 1956
• Orlando, As You Like It, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1957
• Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1957
• Leonatus, Cymbeline, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1957
• Ferdinand, The Tempest, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, then Drury Lane Theatre, London, both 1957
• Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1958
• Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre,1958
• Title role, Pericles, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1958
• Don John, Much Ado about Nothing, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1958
• Henry Lee, The Wrong Side of the Park, Cambridge Theatre, then St.Martin's Theatre, both London, 1960
• Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1960
• (Broadway debut) Clive Root, The Complaisant Lover, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1961
• Hans, Ondine, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1961
• Urbain Grandier, The Devils, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1961
• The Hollow Crown, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1961
• Urbain Grandier, The Devils, Aldwych Theatre, 1962
• Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, 1972 then Aldwych Theatre, 1973
• Mark Antony, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, 1972 then Aldwych Theatre, 1973
• Thomas, Thomas and the King, Her Majesty's Theatre, 1975
• Charles, Blithe Spirit, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1976
• Pontius Pilate, The Passion, National Theatre, London, 1976
• Pinchwife, The Country Wife, National Theatre, 1976
• Nandor, The Guardsman, National Theatre, 1978
• Mark Antony, Antony and Cleopatra, Barbican Theatre, London, 1993
• Dorn, The Seagull, Barbican Theatre, 2000
• Also appeared in a season of old melodrama, Bedford Theatre, London, 1950; and in repertory at the Perth Theatre, 1945 and 1948-49, and with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, Bristol, England, 1953.
• Major Tours
• The Paragon, U.K. cities, 1949
• The Happiest Days of Your Life, U.K. cities, 1949
• Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Soviet cities, 1958
• Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night, Soviet cities, 1958
• The Hollow Crown, European cities, 1963
• Death Trap, U.K. cities, 1982
• Stage Work
• Producer, Brief Lives, Criterion Theatre, London, 1969
• Also worked as coproducer, The Beloved; produced The Biko Incident.
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut; uncredited) Macrae, surgeon's mate, Captain Horatio Hornblower (also known as Captain Horatio Hornblower, R.N.), Warner Bros., 1950
• Danny McMara, hit-and-run victim, Scotland Yard Inspector (also known as Lady in the Fog), 1952
• Lieutenant Girard, Saadia, 1953
• Captain Danny De Mortimer, Never So Few (also known as CampaignBurma), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959
• Ali Hassan, Cairo, 1963
• Dr. John Markaway, The Haunting, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
• Daniel, L'autre femme (also known as La otra mujer and Quella terrible notte), 1963
• Steven Monks, 80,000 Suspects, 1963
• Giles, The Pumpkin Eater, Royal International, 1964
• Duncan Sandys, Operation Crossbow (also known as Code Name: Operation Crossbow and The Great Spy Mission), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
• Jemmy, The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (also known as Moll Flanders), Paramount, 1965
• Colonel J.D.H. Stewart, Khartoum, United Artists, 1966
• Sergio, La strega in amore (also known as Aura, Creaturadel diavolo, Strange Obsession, The Witch in Love, and The Witch), 1966
• Bulldog Drummond, Deadlier Than the Male, Universal, 1967
• Real, L'avventuriero (also known as The Rover), 1967
• Jonas Wilde, Danger Route, United Artists, 1968
• Geoffrey Peace, A Twist of Sand, United Artists, 1968
• Creon, Oedipus the King, Universal, 1968
• Tiberius, Columna (also known as The Column, Columna luiTrajan, Die Saule des Trajan, Trajan's Column, and DerTyrann), 1968
• Hugh Drummond, Some Girls Do, 1969
• Horatio Nelson, Lady Hamilton--Zwischen Schmach und Liebe (also known as Les Amours de Lady Hamilton, Le calde notti di Lady Hamilton, Emma Hamilton, and The Making of a Lady), 1969
• Trudeau, Gott mit uns (also known as Crime of Defeat, Die im Dreck krepieren, Dio e con noi, The Fifth Day of Peace, God with Us, and The Last Five Days of Peace), 1969
• Cassius, Julius Caesar, American International, 1970
• Orestes, The Beloved (also known as Restless and Sin), 1970
• The Deserter, Paramount, 1971
• (Uncredited) Voices of Lepidus, Alexas, and Ventidias, Antony and Cleopatra (also known as Antoine et Cleopatre and Marco Antonio y Cleopatra), 1973
• Inspector Hollis, Hennessy, American International, 1975
• Dimitri, the Satanist, Beyond the Door (also known as Chi sei?, Behind the Door, The Devil within Her, and Who?), 1975
• Michael Williams, Il medaglione insanguinato (also known as TheCursed Medallion, Il medaglione insanguinato--Perche?, The Night Child, and Perche?!), 1975
• Richard Lasky, Dedicato a una stella (also known as Take All ofMe), 1976
• Colonel Lyle, Aces High, Cine Artists/EMI, 1976
• Narrator, The Message (also known as Mohammed, Messenger of God), 1976
• Narration, Brutes and Savages, 1978
• Dr. Macauley, The Comeback (also known as The Day the ScreamingStopped and Encore), Lone Star, 1978
• Edmund Rackham, L'isola degli uomini pesce (also known as Screamers, The Fish Men, Island of Mutations, Island of the Fisherman, and Something Waits in the Dark), 1979
• Inspector Watford, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (also known as The Big Scam, The Biggest Bank Robbery, and The Mayfair Bank Caper), 1979
• Father Jonathan, Il fiume del grande caimano (also known as Alligators, Big Alligator River, The Big Caimano River, Great Alligator River, and The Great Alligator), 1979
• Dr. David Menard, Zombie (also known as Zombie 2, ZombieFlesh Eaters, Zombi 2, Island of the Flesh-Eaters, Island of the Living Dead, Gli ultimi zombi, Zombie 2: The Dead Areamong Us, and Zombies 2), Variety/Jerry Gross Organization, 1980
• Crew member, The Final Countdown, United Artists, 1980
• Busotsky's father, "Vampire Story," The Monster Club, ITC, 1981
• Ben Gannon, Secrets of the Phantom Caverns (also known as WhatWaits Below), 1983
• R J, Killpoint, 1984
• Mr. Johnson, Neaera's neighbor, Turtle Diary, Samuel Goldwyn, 1986
• Earl of Arundel, Lady Jane, Paramount, 1986
• Newscaster/reporter, The January Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1989
• (Uncredited) Satanist X, Beyond the Door III, 1989
• Richard Anthony, Diving In, Paramount Home Video, 1991
• John, Milk, Arrow Releasing, 1999
• Distinguished gentleman, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (also known as Tomb Raider), Paramount, 2001
• Film Work
• Producer, Turtle Diary, Samuel Goldwyn, 1986
• Executive producer, Castaway, 1987
• Producer (with Peter Nelson), The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne,Handmade/Island, 1988
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Robert Faulkner, Epilogue to Capricorn (also known as SaturdaySerial: Epilogue to Capricorn), 1959
• Lord Tilbury, Heavy Weather, 1995
• Miniseries
• Narrator, Moses--The Lawgiver, 1975
• David Cunningham, Voice of the Heart, syndicated, 1990
• Oliver, The Camomile Lawn, 1992
• Movies
• The Lost Island, 1975
• Abou Fatma, The Four Feathers, NBC, 1978
• Narrator, The Flame Is Love, NBC, 1979
• Second henchman, The Paradise Connection, CBS, 1979
• Kenneth Wagg, Haywire, CBS, 1980
• Raoul De Vriac (the Count), The Marquise, 1980
• Havelock Ellis, Portrait of a Rebel: Margaret Sanger (also known as Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger), CBS, 1980
• Air commander, The Aerodrome, 1983
• Dr. Hersch, The Biko Inquest, 1984
• Duke of Norfolk, A Man for All Seasons, TNT, 1988
• Squire Trelawney, Treasure Island, TNT, 1990
• General Halmsden, The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (also known as Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming), TNT, 1990
• Dr. Watson, Crucifer of Blood, TNT, 1991
• Gerald Middleton, Anglo Saxon Attitudes, 1991
• Lord Belgrave, Duel of Hearts (also known as Duel of Love),TNT, 1992
• Arnold Cottle, Front Seat, 1997
• Lawrence, The Echo, 1998
• Willie, Happy Days, 2000
• The Whistle-Blower, 2001
• Episodic
• "Power of Attorney," Alfred Hitchcock Hour, NBC, 1965
• Claudius, "Hamlet," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1970
• Mark Antony, "Antony and Cleopatra," ABC Theater, ABC, 1975
• Lee Russell, "Matter of Life and Death," Space: 1999, 1975
• Alex Constatine, "With This Gun, I Thee Wed," Hart to Hart, 1979
• Brigadier General Allistair Faulkes, Royal Army, "No Need to Know," Magnum, P.I., 1981
• Brigadier Faulkes, Royal Army, "Faith and Begorrah," Magnum, P.I.,1983
• "Guardian Angel," Dempsey & Makepeace, 1986
• Geoffrey Constable, "It Runs in the Family," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1987
• "Total Exposure--Privacy and the Press," First Person with Maria Shriver, NBC, 1992
• Rev. Charles Quentin, "The Body Politic," Murder Most Horrid, BBC2, 1996
• "Ear Today ... Gone Tomorrow," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1996
• James Fitzroy, "Death of a Stranger," Midsomer Murders, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
• Norman Burton, "Svart guld," Rederiet, 2000
• Norman Burton, "Som ett brev pa posten," Rederiet, 2000
• Also appeared in episodes of Wagon Train; Lou Grant; Ironside; Knots Landing; That Girl; MacGyver; PoliceStory; Route 66; Lux Video Theatre; and Front Row Center.
• Specials
• George Drew, Murder in Mind (also known as Thriller: Murder inMind), 1973
• Marc Anthony, Antony and Cleopatra, 1974
• Title role, Rembrandt, 1980
• Sir Charles Duke, The Member for Chelsea, 1981
• Title role, Cymbeline (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: Cymbeline), 1983
• Lord Tilbury, "Heavy Weather," Mobil Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1996
• Dilwyn Knox, Breaking the Code, PBS, 1996
• Also appeared in A Marriage.
• WRITINGS
• Stage Plays
• The Golden Age, produced at Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1963
• Screenplays
• Hennessy, American International, 1975
• (Story "Getting Even") A Kind of Hush, 1998