Lamont Johnson, American actor and television director (The Twilight Zone, The Execution of Private Slovik), died from heart failure he was , 88

 Lamont Johnson  was an American actor and film director who has appeared in and directed many television shows and movies died from heart failure he was , 88. He won two Emmy Awards.
Johnson was born Ernest Lamont Johnson, Jr. in Stockton, California, the son of Ruth Alice (née Fairchild) and Ernest Lamont Johnson, who was a realtor.^[1] Johnson began his career in radio, playing the role of Tarzan in a popular syndicated series in 1951.^[2] He then turned to films and television, first as an actor, then as a director.

(September 30, 1922 – October 24, 2010)

Johnson also directed productions of the operas The Man in the Moon (1959), Iphigénie en Tauride (1962), and Orfeo (1990).
Johnson was nominated for eleven Emmy Awards, winning twice, for Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985) and Lincoln (1988), and for eight Directors Guild of America Awards, winning four times, for Profiles in Courage (1965), My Sweet Charlie (1971), That Certain Summer (1972), and Lincoln.

 Filmography

Actor

• Hallmark Hall of Fame
• Goodyear Television Playhouse
• Crusader
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents
• Alcoa Theatre
• The Big Valley
• Felony Squad
• Gunsmoke

Director

• Naked City
• Have Gun – Will Travel
• Peter Gunn
• Mr. Lucky
• Dr. Kildare
• The Twilight Zone
• The Name of the Game
• Judd for the Defense
• The McKenzie Break
• The Last American Hero
• The Execution of Private Slovik
• You'll Like My Mother
• Lipstick
• One on One
• Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

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