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name: "Lamont Johnson"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "30 September 1922"
died: "24 October 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:39:34.054893+00:00"
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# Lamont Johnson

Director. Born 30 September 1922 in Stockton, California, USA. Died 24 October 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 30 September 1922, Stockton, California, USA
- **Died:** 24 October 2010
- **Also known as:** Ernest Lamont Johnson Jr.

## Biography

Lamont Johnson (born Ernest Lamont Johnson Jr.) was an American actor and director. He directed episodes of numerous television series in the 1950s and 1960s, including *The Twilight Zone* (1959), *Have Gun – Will Travel* (1957) and *The Rifleman* (1958). He later directed feature films such as *The Last American Hero* (1973) and *Lipstick* (1976), and television films and miniseries including *My Sweet Charlie* (1970), *That Certain Summer* (1972), *Wallenberg: A Hero's Story* (1985) and *Lincoln* (1988).

Johnson began his career as a radio actor in the early 1950s, playing roles including Tarzan and Archie Goodwin in *The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe*. He transitioned to acting and then directing in television and theatre, also staging opera productions. He received eleven Emmy Award nominations, winning twice for directing *Wallenberg: A Hero's Story* and *Lincoln*, and won four Directors Guild of America Awards for television work.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone* (1983), Director
- *Felicity* (1998), Director
- *Lipstick* (1976), Director
- *The Rifleman* (1958), Director
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), Director
- *The Last American Hero* (1973), Director
- *A Gunfight* (1971), Director

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