Biography

Born in Upminster, Essex, England in 1927, Richard Johnson attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and then performed in John Gielgud's repertory company until joining the navy in 1945 until 1948. After the war, he appeared successfully in the West End and made his film debut in the early 1950s. The debonair and handsome Johnson was a natural to portray playboy type characters, perhaps the most memorable being "Bulldog Drummond" in Deadlier Than the Male (1967) and Some Girls Do (1969). Later in his career, he turned to more serious roles, such as "Marc Antony" in Antony and Cleopatra (1974), and also tried his hand at producing in the late 1980s.

Writer

A Kind of Hush(1999)

Hennessy(1975)

Actor

The Man Who Knew Infinity(2015)as Vice Master Henry Jackson

Radiator(2014)as Leonard

The Man on the Moor(2013)as Joe Adams

Silent Witness(1996)as Sir William Embleton

The Other Child(2013)as Chad Beckett

Producer

Jump!(2007)

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne(1987)

Castaway(1986)

Turtle Diary(1985)

The Biko Inquest(1984)

Fantasm(2013)as Self

Zombie Wasteland(2011)as Self

An Englishman in Italy: An Interview with Richard Johnson(2009)as Self

Archive Footage

12 Parsecs(2017)

FantastiCozzi(2016)

Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks(2014)as Busotsky's Father

Shakespeare Uncovered(2012)as Marc Antony

MI-5(2002)as Bernard Qualtrough

Known for

The Haunting1963 · Actor The Boy in the Striped Pajamas2008 · Actor Zombie1979 · Actor Some Girls Do1969 · Actor

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Julie Harris and Richard Johnson in The Haunting (1963)

Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn in The Haunting (1963)

Claire Bloom, Julie Harris, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn in The Haunting (1963)

Julie Harris, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn in The Haunting (1963)

Steve Carlson and Richard Johnson in Deadlier Than the Male (1967)

Credit Score: Richard Johnson

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The Message

Narrator

Mon Jan 31 1977

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Noms	Votes
1	The Message	10.00	1977	•	8.1	1	53968
2	The Boy in the Striped Pajamas	6.00	2008	•	7.7	0	274340
3	The Haunting	4.88	1963	•	7.4	0	45781
4	Zombie	3.25	1980	•	6.8	0	33320
5	Deadlier Than the Male	3.25	1967	•	6.3	0	2282
6	Khartoum	3.25	1966	•	6.8	1	9189
7	Some Girls Do	3.09	1969	•	5.5	0	942
8	Scoop	2.50	2006	•	6.6	0	90635
9	Operation Crossbow	2.50	1965	•	6.6	0	6171
10	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	2.38	2001	•	5.8	0	230896

Richard Johnson