---
name: "Dots Johnson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dots-johnson"
fi1m_id: "dots-johnson"
imdb_id: "nm0424987"
tmdb_id: 54938
wikidata_id: "Q5299475"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 February 1913"
died: "22 August 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T03:56:37.527700+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dots Johnson

## Identity

Dots Johnson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dots-johnson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dots-johnson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0424987
- **TMDB ID:** 54938
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5299475
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_Johnson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5299475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54938

Actor. Born 3 February 1913 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Died 22 August 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 February 1913, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- **Died:** 22 August 1986
- **Also known as:** Hylan Johnson, .'s Johnson, Dotts Johnson, Доттс Джонсон
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_Johnson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5299475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54938

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Paisan*](https://film.one/film/paisan.md) (84)

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## Biography

Dots Johnson (born Hylan Johnson) was an American stage and film actor. He was born on 3 February 1913 in Baltimore, Maryland, and died on 22 August 1986 in New York City.

Johnson appeared in Roberto Rossellini's neorealist film *Paisan* (1946) as Joe, an American MP in the Naples episode. His other screen credits include *No Way Out* (1950) as Lefty Jones, *The Joe Louis Story* (1953) as Julian Black, and *The Grissom Gang* (1971) as Johnny Hutchins. He also performed in stage productions and used several variant professional names, including Dotts Johnson and Dots. M. Johnson.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, amsterdamnews.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Paisan* (1946), Fi1m 84, as American MP — [page](https://film.one/film/paisan.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rossellini and the City* (2009), as (archive footage)
- *If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band* (1972), as Jim
- *The Grissom Gang* (1971), as Johnny Hutchins
- *The Joe Louis Story* (1953), as Julian Black (as Dotts Johnson)
- *No Way Out* (1950), as Lefty Jones
- *Reet, Petite, and Gone* (1947), as Michaels
- *Paisan* (1946), as American MP — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/paisan.md)
- *Tall, Tan and Terrific* (1946), as The Duke

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