Arch Johnson

Arch Johnson was born on Mar 14, 1922 in USA. Arch Johnson's big-screen debut came with Niagara directed by Henry Hathaway in 1953, strarring Police Driver (uncredited). Arch Johnson is known for The Buddy Holly Story directed by Steve Rash, Gary Busey stars as Buddy and Don Stroud as Jesse. The upcoming new movie Arch Johnson plays is Murder in Black and White which will be released on Jan 07, 1990.

Arch Johnson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1922. A stage actor as well as a prolific television character actor, he was in the original production of "West Side Story" on Broadway and the revival of that show in the 1980s on Broadway as well. He was the only actor from the original stage version who returned for the revival and he toured Europe with the show. He was in the original version of "Other People's Money" on Broadway and originated the Role of "Jorge" that Gregory Peck played in the film version (Larry le liquidateur (1991)). His first love was theatre, where he started, and he came back to it at the end of his career before retiring in the late 1990s. He passed away in October of 1997 from cancer. He was survived by five children (Jennifer, Jessica, Joseph, Archie Jr. and LouAnn) and seven grandchildren (Nicholas, Dominic, Brian, Bradley, Sharon, Nancy and Christi). He also had six great-grandchildren.