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Be sure to follow Advocate on your favorite social platform. Trudy Ring, Advocate. As he grew older Johnson also returned to the stage, not in the chorus but in leading roles, including one major gay role: In he replaced Gene Barry in the Broadway production of La Cage aux Folles, playing Georges, the "plain homosexual" husband to drag queen Albin.

(Dunne and Tracy reportedly demanded a halt to filming until their young costar fully recovered from his. Actor Van Johnson, who died inwas one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. Latest Stories. Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, [2] – December 12, ) was an American actor and dancer.

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Advocate Newsletter. He maintained a heterosexual public image, marrying Evie Wynn in January just hours after she divorced actor Keenan Wynn, a friend of Johnson's. However, Johnson's stardom was nearly curtailed due to a serious car accident.

Tall, with red hair and freckles, he had all-American good looks and was often cast as a boy-next-door type. Become a member today to help us continue this work. Most Popular. Johnson’s first big hit was the syrupy A Guy Named Joe (), in which he gets the girl at the end (Irene Dunne, 18 years his senior), while leaving to heaven the film’s nominal male star, Spencer Tracy’s ghost.

In the s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury). By wrestlers gay to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Gay actor Van Johnson, a mainstay of MGM musicals and comedies of the s and '50s who also played dramatic roles, died Friday in a senior center in Nyack, N. He was Johnson, a native of Newport, R. Exempt from military service because of severe injuries sustained in a car accident a few months before making that film, Johnson went on to become one of the busiest and most popular actors of the World War II years.

Privacy Policy Terms of Use. Search form Search. He had a prolific career in film, television, theatre and radio, which spanned over 50 years, from to Van Johnson in A Guy Named Joe, with Irene Dunne and Spencer Tracy. Johnson received good reviews and generated ticket sales.

Join the fight. It happend when he and close friends actor Keenan Wynne and. The Johnsons had a daughter, Schuyler, and divorced in However, in recent years several biographers have reported that Johnson was gay or bisexual. All Rights reserved.

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