J.J. Johnston

AKA:
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1933-10-24

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

J.J. Johnston (born James William Johnston, October 24, 1933, Chicago, Illinois) is an American theatre and film actor and boxing historian and writer.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {47}

Doorman

1988-03-18 4.275

Stars & Bars

A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric. ...
Genre :Comedy

Jilly Curran

1991-05-28 6.2

Homicide

While investigating the ruthless murder of an elderly woman, a Jewish police detective unravels a bizarre conspiracy involving a Zionist organization. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Deputy Kelly Davis

1972-06-21 4.6

Beware! The Blob

A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace-- the local hippies, cops, drunks and bow ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction

Nano

2002-12-01 2.8

Hitters

A respected civic leader is caught between two rival underworld crime families on the verge of war. ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Trainer

1986-04-13 6

A Winner Never Quits

Raised in a poor Pennsylvania mining town by his immigrant parents, Pete Grey lost his right arm while still a young boy. But through the encouragement of his father and the constant coaching of his o ...
Genre :Drama, Family, TV Movie

Magruder

1994-03-09 3.1

Body Shot

Paparazzi photographer Mickey Dane is obsessed with elusive pop singer Chelsea, and his attempts to capture her on film often land him in trouble. ...
Genre :Thriller

Lazarus

1987-10-16 5.118

Weeds

A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter. ...
Genre :Drama

Shanlon

1993-03-05 6.023

Mad Dog and Glory

Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crime boss and aspiring stand-up comedian, he's offere ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Romance, Drama

Clark Hildebrandt

2000-07-16 5.5

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?

From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city until 1982, when Wayne Wiiliams was convicted of the m ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, TV Movie

Angelo

1998-03-08 4

The Fixer

Jack Killoran is a lawyer who can 'fix' any situation for his wealthy clients, usually by bribing or blackmailing corrupt officials. Killoran runs afoul of some of his clients when he has a crisis of ...
Genre :TV Movie, Drama

1979-02-13 6

Crisis in Mid-Air

The life of a stressed-out air controller falls apart as he battles a court case involving a mid-air collision for which an investigator is trying to hold him responsible. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Mobster with Broussard

1991-12-20 7.606

JFK

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison. ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, History

O'Rourke

1987-09-18 6.84

Fatal Attraction

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family. ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama, Romance

Frankie

1988-10-21 6.1

Things Change

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia b ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama

Bobby's Father

1994-11-23 3.4

Stranger by Night

Detective Bobby Corcoran and his partner, Detective Larson, are on the hunt for a vicious serial killer in this tense police thriller. As the murderous villain stalks the city streets leaving carnage ...
Genre :Thriller

Virgil

1988-12-09 5.1

976-EVIL

A bullied unpopular high school student named Hoax finds an ad for 976-EVIL, a number that provides daily 'horrorscopes'. But when he calls the number he gains demonic powers, which he uses to seek ve ...
Genre :Horror

Buck

1994-05-18 0

Desert Steel

Car racing adventure set in Las Vegas. ...
Genre :Action

Fat Tommy

2000-04-05 5.703

K-911

LAPD detective Mike Dooley and his dog, the German Shepherd Jerry Lee, have been successfully partnered for ten years, but Jerry’s advancing age has Dooley’s superiors suggesting retirement and they ...
Genre :Action, Comedy, Crime

Butch

1978-05-24 4

Towing

An unscrupulous towing company picks up perfectly fine cars and impounds them. It's up to two bar maids to try and stop them. ...
Genre :Comedy

Detective #1

2001-02-05 3

Dead Man's Run

Two vacationing couples lend assistance to an injured man. This good deed leads them into their worst nightmare. ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama

Joey Clams

1991-02-01 5.8

Queens Logic

When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, the ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Doorman

1997-12-03 6.8

The Spanish Prisoner

An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Self

2007-02-13 5.9

Ricky Jay Plays Poker

This is the companion video to Ricky Jay's selection of poker tunes entitled "Ricky Jay plays poker." It features John C. Riley and other famous people, sitting around a table headed by the incomparab ...
Genre :Documentary, History

Night Club Manager

2004-03-12 6.2

Spartan

U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that ot ...
Genre :Mystery, Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Lloyd

2001-04-24 5.9

The Prime Gig

Pendelton "Penny" Wise is a smooth-talking con-artist who scams people with phoney travel comp vacations over the phone when, desperate for more fast cash, he's called to work for a shady, veteran con ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Hank

1995-05-21 6.287

Above Suspicion

Dempsey Cain is an honored cop, a loving husband and father, and mentor to his handsome younger brother. Then a drug dealer's bullet paralyzes him for life and Dempsey's world is shattered. Suddenly, ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

Stan

2000-04-13 4.5

Lakeboat

A college student befriends various crew members while working a summer internship at sea. ...
Genre :Drama

Ring Announcer

2008-04-07 6.451

Redbelt

Martial artist Mike Terry lives by a strict code of no competitions, for he feels that such contests weaken fighters. After saving a famous action star from a brutal attack, Mike takes a job in the fi ...
Genre :Drama

White Haired Man

1992-08-24 5.2

The Water Engine

In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly severa ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Barney

1989-04-23 4.7

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn, a connoisseur of beautiful women and cool jazz, is an ex-cop turned private eye who's caught in the middle of a dangerous gang war. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Crime, Drama

Guard

1981-12-02 7

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Wh ...
Genre :Drama

Joseph Donatelli

1989-10-06 6.1

An Innocent Man

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stationmaster

2000-08-26 6.247

State and Main

The residents of a small Vermont town don't know what hit them when a beleaguered Hollywood film crew brings a chaotic shoot to their quaint village. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Happy

1987-04-05 7.715

Married... with Children

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), a ...
Genre :Comedy

Bebe

1987-04-05 7.715

Married... with Children

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), a ...
Genre :Comedy

Louie

1987-04-05 7.715

Married... with Children

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), a ...
Genre :Comedy

Security Guard

1987-04-05 7.715

Married... with Children

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), a ...
Genre :Comedy

Capt. Mariano

1991-05-12 5.2

An Inconvenient Woman

A rich man's mistress gets in the middle of a high-society murder in Beverly Hills. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Mechanic

2010-04-25 6.8

Bright Falls

A prequel to the highly anticipated Xbox 360 game Alan Wake, Bright Falls is an online series of live action shorts set in the fictitious Pacific Northwest town of Bright Falls, WA that provide an eer ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Cop #1

1993-08-01 5.9

Fallen Angels

A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The episodes, although filmed in color, mimick ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Chick

1998-09-21 7.118

The King of Queens

Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. DeCarlo

1990-04-19 6.851

Wings

Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Frank

1985-09-18 7.1

The Equalizer

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of t ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

General Uriah Loveday

2014-12-07 7.2

The Librarians

A group of librarians set off on adventures in an effort to save mysterious, ancient artifacts. Based on the series of "The Librarian" movies. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Comedy

Bartender

1982-03-13 6.45

T. J. Hooker

Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recruits. Along with h ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Detective

1995-01-02 5.848

Cybill

Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998. Starring, Cybill Shepherd, the show revolves around the life of Cybill Sherid ...
Genre :Comedy

Drill Instructor

1987-04-05 7.715

Married... with Children

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), a ...
Genre :Comedy