# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/denis-johnston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:37:36.103Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/denis-johnston"
name: "Denis Johnston"
slug: "denis-johnston"
description: "(William) Denis Johnston was an Irish writer. Born in Dublin, he wrote mostly plays, but also works of literary criticism, a book-length biographical essay of Jonathan Swift, a memoir and an eccentric work on cosmology and philosophy. He also worked as a war correspondent, and as both a radio and television producer for the BBC. His first play, The Old Lady Says \"No!\", helped establish the worldwide reputation of the Dublin Gate Theatre; his second, The Moon in the Yellow River, has been performed around the globe in numerous productions featuring such storied names as James Mason, Jack Hawkins, Claude Rains, Barry Fitzgerald, James Coco and Errol Flynn. Later plays dealt with the life of Swift, the Easter Rising of 1916, the pursuit of justice, and the fear of death. He wrote two opera libretti and a pageant."
tagline: "Irish writer (1901–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Denis_Johnston_68_adjusted.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1901-06-18"
deathDate: "1984-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.9
  momentum:             1.851851851851852
  historical:           6.346005333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426601/"
    handle:    "nm0426601"
sources:
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EB%8B%88%EC%8A%A4_%EC%A1%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B4"
    title: "데니스 존스턴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دينيس جونستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دينيس جونستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Johnston"
    title: "Denis Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Johnston"
    title: "Denis Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Denis_Johnston"
    title: "William Denis Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516004"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1472283"
    title: "Denis Johnston"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump