Raymond Edward Johnson
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Raymond Edward Johnson
(b Detroit, 16 Oct 1927). American painter, draughtsman and performance artist. He studied at the Art Students League, New York (1944-5), and with Josef Albers at Black Mountain College, NC, from 1945 to 1948, where he met John Cage, Merce Cunningham and Richard Lippold. His collages, paintings, drawings and performances have been associated with geometric abstraction, Pop art, Neo-Dada and conceptual art, although they do not fit neatly into any existing categories. Relationship, correspondence, interaction, metaphor and flux are all themes of Johnson's work, which reflects an often witty and satirical, but essentially poetic, perception. Delicate collages such as Anna May Wong (1971; New York, Whitney) incorporate found objects, altered photographs, textured surfaces, drawing, painting, words and syllables, printed text and other materials. Similar combinations of text and image were used in his book, The Paper Snake (New York, 1965). Operating from 1968 as the New York Correspondence School, and from 1975 as Buddha University, he circulated collages and other materials using the US postal system, establishing CORRESPONDENCE ART as an art form and circumventing the conventional gallery system.
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Edward Johnson
Johnson, Edward (1816-73) Confederate army officer, born in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Johnson earned his nickname, “Old Alleghany, ” and his reputation early, winning a tough fight on a ridge of the Alleghany (Allegheny) Mountains in 1861. He commanded his division in the bitter fighting on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg (1863). His career effectively ended when he was captured at Spotsylvania (1864), for though he was eventually exchanged, he was again captured soon thereafter and paroled only after the war's end.
Johnson was a colorful figure, known for his creative swearing and eccentric appearance.See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.
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Raymond Edward Johnson
Illustration of Raymond Edward Johnson in newspaper ad from the early 1940s.
Raymond Edward Johnson (July 24, 1911 – August 15, 2001) was an American radio and stage actor best remembered for his work on Inner Sanctum Mysteries.
Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Johnson started out as a bank teller, and later studied acting at the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago.[1] Johnson began his career in Chicago, some of his earliest work including a regular role on Edgar A. Guest's dramatic serial Welcome Valley (1932-1937) as Bill Sutter, and was featured on The National Farm and Home Hour in dramatic sketches as the Forest Ranger[2] (a role also played by Don Ameche).
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Chicago to New York
While in Chicago, Johnson began working with writer/director Arch Oboler, with roles on his Lights Out series. When both Oboler and Johnson relocated to New York City, the actor was featured in many episodes of Arch Oboler's Plays, notably as the title role in "The Ugliest Man in the World" (repeated five times) and as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in "This Lonely Heart" both from 1939.
Inner Sanctum
While in New York, Johnson landed his most famous role when Himan Brown hired him for Inner Sanctum. From the first broadcast in 1941, Johnson was heard as the series host/narrator, introducing himself as "Your host, Raymond." The "Raymond" character became known for his chilling introductions and morbid puns, and his typical closing, an elongated and ironic "Pleasant dreaaaams, hmmmmmmm?" Johnson departed the series in 1945, when he joined the Army; although replaced for the remainder of the run by Paul McGrath as host, Johnson took the "Raymond" name with him. Johnson later hosted the radio version of the science fiction series Tales of Tomorrow.
Soap operas
In both New York and Chicago, he was a staple on many soap operas, playing romantic leads on the radio version of The Guiding Light (as enigmatic stranger Ellis Smith), 1943's Brave Tomorrow (as Hal Lambert), Kate Hopkins, Angel of Mercy (as Robert Atwood) and Valiant Lady (as Paul Morrison). His sister, Dora Johnson Remington, was also a soap staple, playing Evey on Ma Perkins.
A prolific performer, Johnson was also heard as Mr. District Attorney in 1939, Roger Kilgore, Public Defender, Calling All Cars, and starred in radio adaptations of the comic strips Don Winslow of the Navy and Mandrake the Magician. Still other radio dramas included appearances on such diverse anthologies as Cavalcade of America, Gangbusters, Dimension X (and its sequel X Minus One), the wartime series Words at War, Famous Jury Trials and Cloak and Dagger.
Broadway
On stage, Johnson starred as Thomas Jefferson in Sidney Kingsley's Broadway play The Patriots, in 1943. His few on-camera appearances included the role of Alexander Graham Bell in the 1947 film Mr. Bell. Stricken with multiple sclerosis from his forties onward, limiting his activities in later years, Johnson was still a frequent presence at old time radio conventions, performing in recreations and reprising "Raymond", often from a portable bed or wheelchair.[2] He died not long after his 90th birthday.
References
- ^ Richard Goldstein (August 16 2001). "Raymond E. Johnson, Radio Host, Dies at 90". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/16/nyregion/raymond-e-johnson-radio-host-dies-at-90.html. Retrieved July 2 2011.
- ^ a b Smith, Ronald L. (2010). Horror Stars on Radio: The Broadcast Histories of 29 Chilling Hollywood Voices. McGarland & Co. pp. 241–242. ISBN 978-0-7864-4525-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=1_-EtQwxAP4C&pg=PA241.
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