--- name: "Johnny Cash" canonical: "https://film.one/person/johnny-cash" fi1m_id: "johnny-cash" imdb_id: "nm0143599" tmdb_id: 84678 wikidata_id: "Q42775" roles: ["Songs"] born: "26 February 1932" died: "12 September 2003" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_over: 0 updated: "2026-09-24T07:03:11.495299+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." --- # Johnny Cash ## Identity Johnny Cash - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/johnny-cash - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** johnny-cash - **IMDb ID:** nm0143599 - **TMDB ID:** 84678 - **Wikidata ID:** Q42775 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cash, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42775, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0143599/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84678 Songs. Born 26 February 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas, USA. Died 12 September 2003. ## Details - **Work:** Songs - **Born:** 26 February 1932, Kingsland, Arkansas, USA - **Died:** 12 September 2003 - **Active:** 1971–2005 - **Also known as:** The Man In Black, The Highwaymen, J. R. Cash, John R. Cash - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 writing - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 78 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cash, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42775, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0143599/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84678 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88) - **Peacock:** [*Columbo*](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md) (86) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Johnny Cash > Johnny Cash is most persuasive when a part draws on the authority of his voice or puts him among singers and outlaws. The acting can be uneven, but *Columbo* and *The Simpsons* make good use of what he brings. As the Space Coyote in his 1997 appearance on *The Simpsons*, Johnny Cash gives Homer's spirit guide a voice we are inclined to trust. It is a good joke to entrust that job to him, and a better one to let him sound qualified. We found him oddly reassuring, because the authority in his delivery makes this unlikely guide seem worth hearing out. The casting allows the programme's humour and tenderness to work together. Cash does not need a large part to make an impression, though he does need a part that knows what to do with him. His early television and film work often drew on his public image as an outlaw or redeemed sinner. *Wagon Train* (1959) placed him in a Western, and *A Gunfight* (1971) gave him a lead as Abe Cross opposite Kirk Douglas. A script could count on those associations before he had done much acting. That was a sensible way to use him, though the stronger results tended to come when the part also drew on his experience in music. *Columbo: Swan Song* (1974) makes a more substantial demand, casting him as Tommy Brown, a gospel singer plotting murder. Cash is persuasive as a man from the music business, and that credibility matters more here than polish in every line. Peter Falk's patient questioning gives such a guest performance time to establish itself, even if the programme's familiar routine can feel stretched. Cash's magnetism makes Brown worth spending that time with, without requiring us to approve of him. There are awkward line readings, but they do not undo our belief that Brown knows this business. The later television work could still call on that Western familiarity: he played Kid Cole in *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* between 1993 and 1997. The move to voice parts, from the coyote to narration for *The Hunted* (2003), offered a way to use his authority without testing his ease on camera. Those credits are not a reason to work through every guest appearance. We would start with *Swan Song*, then let the coyote lighten the evening. ## Biography Johnny Cash (1932–2003) was an American singer-songwriter and actor. Born J. R. Cash in Kingsland, Arkansas, he made numerous appearances in film and television, frequently in guest or supporting roles. His credits include voicing the Space Coyote in the 1997 episode of *The Simpsons*, Caleb Hodgekiss in *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), Tommy Brown in *Columbo* (1971), Kid Cole in *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), John Brown in *North and South* (1985), and a narrator role in *The Hunted* (2003). He also appeared in *The Muppet Show* (1976) and *Renegade* (1992). *Sources: johnnycash.com, simpsonswiki.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Performed in (2) - *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, as Space Coyote (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) - *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, as Tommy Brown — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md) ### Wrote (1) - *Walk the Line* (2005), Fi1m 78, Songs, Book — [page](https://film.one/film/walk-the-line.md) ## Complete filmography (51) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Man Comes Around: Johnny Cash in Ireland* (2021), Actor - *Big Sur Choo Choo* (2020), as Narrator (voice) (archive footage) - *Country Nonstop – Von Johnny Cash bis Truck Stop* (2019), Actor - *Country Kings at the BBC* (2014), Actor - *Johnny Cash: The Line: Walking with a Legend* (2008), Actor - *Johnny Cash at 'Town Hall Party'* (2006), Actor - *Walk the Line* (2005), Book, Songs — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/walk-the-line.md) - *CMT: Inside Fame* (2005), series, Music - *Country Anthology Classics Volume 2* (2004), as (archive footage) - *Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line* (2004), Actor - *Johnny Cash - Final Live Performance* (2003), Music, Writer - *The Hunted* (2003), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) - *This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years* (2002), Actor - *Johnny Cash at Town Hall Party 1958-1959* (2002), Actor - *Johnny Cash: The Anthology* (2000), Actor - *All My Friends Are Cowboys* (1998), as Johnny - *Johnny Cash - Manhattan Center* (1994), Writer - *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), series, as Kid Cole - *Someone Cry for the Children: The Girl Scout Murders* (1993), as Narrator (voice) - *Renegade* (1992), series, Actor - *The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum* (1990), as Songs - *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Space Coyote (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) - *Tennessee Nights* (1989), Actor - *Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder* (1988), as Elder Davy Crockett - *Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am* (1987), Actor - *Stagecoach* (1986), as Marshal Curly Wilcox - *The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James* (1986), as Frank James - *North and South* (1985), series, as John Brown - *The Baron and the Kid* (1984), as The Baron - *Adrift at Sea* (1983), as McLoughlin - *Murder in Coweta County* (1983), as Lamar Potts - *The Pride of Jesse Hallam* (1981), as Jesse Hallam · Music - *Johnny Cash: London 1981* (1981), Actor - *Johnny Cash - Live in Las Vegas 1979* (1979), Director, Music, Writer - *Thaddeus Rose and Eddie* (1978), as Thaddeus Rose - *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), series, as Caleb Hodgekiss - *Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus* (1973), Producer, Writer, Original Music Composer - *Columbo* (1971), series, as Tommy Brown — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md) - *A Gunfight* (1971), as Abe Cross - *I Walk the Line* (1970), Original Music Composer - *The Partridge Family* (1970), series, as Variety Show Host (uncredited) - *Swing Out, Sweet Land* (1970), as Johnny Cash - *The Jim Nabors Hour* (1969), series, Actor - *Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music* (1969), Music - *The Night Rider* (1962), as Johnny Laredo - *Five Minutes to Live* (1961), as Johnny Cabot - *The Rebel* (1959), series, as Pratt - *The Deputy* (1959), series, as Bo Braddock - *Boy Meets Girls* (1959), series, Actor - *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Frank Hoag - *Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Johnny Cash](https://film.one/media/person/61801/gallery-bf0df61b9288.jpg) Johnny Cash — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Johnny_Cash_%22The_Johnny_Cash_Spring_Special%22_%281979_CBS_press_photo%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Johnny Cash - Allentown fair - Allentown PA (1971)](https://film.one/media/person/61801/gallery-47067c0aa915.jpg) Johnny Cash - Allentown fair - Allentown PA (1971) — Self Scanned, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/1971_-_Johnny_Cash_-_Allentown_fair_-_Allentown_PA.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Johnny Cash (1977)](https://film.one/media/person/61801/gallery-41e5e62f8c91.jpg) Johnny Cash (1977) — President (1977-1981 : Carter). White House Staff Photographers. 1/20/1977-1/20/1981, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/2-15_Mrs._Carter_at_Kennedy_Center%3B_16-22_Meeting_with_Senator_Joseph_Biden_and_Delaware_delegation%3B_23-26_White_House_Conference_on_HIRE%3B_27-35_Reception_for_the_Inaugural_Portfoli_-_DPLA_-_c745d0706614b52f94579b7449f4608f.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![8 track tapes - remember these? (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/61801/gallery-32b0bb4c4f72.jpg) 8 track tapes - remember these? (2009) — Bill, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/8_track_tapes_at_a_flea_market.jpg/1280px-8_track_tapes_at_a_flea_market.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Johnny Cash](https://film.one/media/person/61801/gallery-257b70e8a9fa.jpg) Johnny Cash — Image via TMDB - ![Johnny Cash](https://film.one/media/person/61801/gallery-7df28bab5d04.jpg) Johnny Cash — Image via TMDB - ![Johnny Cash At San Quentin 1969](https://film.one/media/person/61801/gallery-b7f77fc0c390.jpg) Johnny Cash At San Quentin 1969 — User:Johnnycash1950-2003, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/At_San_quentin_1969_2014-05-04_00-14.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 6 won - Americana Award for Artist of the Year 2003: Americana Award for Artist of the Year (won) - "Spirit of Americana" Free Speech Award 2002: "Spirit of Americana" Free Speech Award (won) - Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 1999: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (won) - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1992: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won) - Grammy Legend Award 1991: Grammy Legend Award (won) - Horatio Alger Award 1977: Horatio Alger Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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