Still of Van Johnson and Fred MacMurray in The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Caption: Still of Van Johnson and Fred MacMurray in The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Actor, Soundtrack
Born: August 25, 1916
Star sign: Virgo
Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Known for: The Caine Mutiny (1954), Battleground (1949), The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Source: IMDB
Van Johnson was the well-mannered nice guy on screen you wanted your daughter to marry. This fair, freckled and invariably friendly-looking MGM song-and-dance star of the 40s emerged a box office favorite (1944-1946) and second only to heartthrob Frank Sinatra during what gossipmonger Hedda Hopper dubbed the "Bobby-Soxer Blitz" era. Johnson's ...