---
name: "Johnny Lee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/johnny-lee"
fi1m_id: "johnny-lee"
imdb_id: "nm0497573"
tmdb_id: 1217513
wikidata_id: "Q1687517"
roles: []
born: "3 July 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T16:55:46.470671+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 Lee

## Identity

Johnny Lee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/johnny-lee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** johnny-lee
- **IMDb ID:** nm0497573
- **TMDB ID:** 1217513
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1687517
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lee_(singer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1687517, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217513

Actor. Born 3 July 1946 in Alta Loma.

## Details

- **Born:** 3 July 1946, Alta Loma
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lee_(singer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1687517, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217513

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Urban Cowboy*](https://film.one/film/urban-cowboy.md) (61)

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## Biography

Johnny Lee is an American country singer and actor. Born John Lee Ham on 3 July 1946 in Alta Loma, Texas, he served in the US Navy before pursuing music. He worked for ten years with Mickey Gilley, performing at Gilley's club in Pasadena, Texas, and on tour.

Lee gained prominence through the 1980 film *Urban Cowboy*, in which he appeared as himself and performed several songs on the soundtrack, including the hit "Lookin' for Love". He recorded further country hits in the early 1980s and made acting appearances in television series such as *CHiPs* (1983), *The A-Team* (1983) and *Bonanza* (as Petey Conway).

From 1982 to 1984 he was married to actress Charlene Tilton.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Urban Cowboy* (1980), Fi1m 61, as Himself — [page](https://film.one/film/urban-cowboy.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as Cagen
- *The Nashville Palace* (1981), series, Actor
- *CHiPs* (1977), series, Actor
- *City Beneath the Sea* (1971), as Tony
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Petey Conway

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