# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/van-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:33:00.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/van-johnson"
name: "Van Johnson"
slug: "van-johnson"
description: "Charles Van Dell Johnson was an American actor and dancer. He had a prolific career in film, television, theatre and radio, which spanned over 50 years, from 1940 to 1992. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II, known for his upbeat and \"all-American\" screen persona, often playing young military servicemen, or in musicals."
tagline: "American actor (1916–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Van_Johnson_with_a_bust_of_himself%2C_1946.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1916-08-25"
deathDate: "2008-12-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.86
  momentum:             2.865177078583371
  historical:           24.15214933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004496/"
    handle:    "nm0004496"
sources:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump