Arch Johnson

• Born: Mar 14, 1924 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '60s-'70s
• Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Career Highlights: Deathmask, Sullivan's Empire, Bewitched: Money Happy Returns
• First Major Screen Credit: The Twilight Zone: Static (1961)

Biography

Actor's Studio graduate Arch Johnson was first seen off-Broadway in 1952's Down in the Valley, and on-Broadway the following year in Mrs. McThing. Johnson's most famous Broadway role was bigoted NYPD detective Schrank in West Side Story (1956). In films from 1953, the burly Johnson was usually cast as western heavies, occasionally with a swarthy tongue in cheek and a roguish twinkle in the eye. Some of his non-western movie assignments include The Sting (1973), Walking Tall (1977) and The Buddy Holly Story (1978). In the spring of 1961, Arch Johnson was seen as Captain Gus Honochek on the weekly TV version of The Asphalt Jungle. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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