Sign in Sign up

Acting

Russell Johnson

Career: Active from 1952 to 1983, busiest in 1953 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 7
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Gilligan's Island
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 86 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Russell Johnson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.6, average 5.4
Melancholy
3.2, average 4.7
Psychological
4.1, average 5.5
Pathos
4.0, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Moral Ambiguity 3
Frontier Justice 3
Underdog Story 2
Classic Slapstick Comedy 2
Lighthearted Adventure 2
Classic Sci-Fi 2
Alien Invasion 2
B-Movie Aesthetic 2
Historical Drama 2
Western 2
Social Commentary 2
Island Adventure 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

122

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Stevie and Zoya

TV show · as Narrator

1990s

2 titles · average score 60

E! True Hollywood Story

48

TV show

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

73

as Steve Carlson (archive footage)

1980s

16 titles · average score 63

Roseanne

71

TV show

Monsters

71

TV show · as Jeffrey

ALF

60

TV show · as Roy Hinkley

MacGyver

77

TV show · as Oslow

Off the Wall

as Mr. Whitby

Gilligan's Planet

58

TV show · as Roy "The Professor" Hinkley (voice)

Newhart

79

TV show · as Beaver Lodge Member

Fame

46

TV show

Dynasty

66

TV show

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

46

as Professor

Bosom Buddies

65

TV show

The Great Skycopter Rescue

as Professor Benson

1970s

31 titles · average score 67

Knots Landing

77

TV show · as Tim Murphy

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

59

as Professor

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

48

as Professor Roy Hinkley, Jr.

The Ghost of Flight 401

55

as Loft

Hitch Hike to Hell

48

as Captain J.W. Shaw

Nowhere to Hide

as Charles Montague

Lou Grant

73

TV show

The Jeffersons

80

TV show

Wonder Woman

87

TV show · as Colonel

The New Adventures of Gilligan

59

TV show · as Professor Roy Hinkley (voice)

Cannon

67

TV show

The Movie Murderer

as Cliff Thomas

1960s

19 titles · average score 62

Ironside

45

TV show · as Martin Lucas

Mannix

71

TV show

The Invaders

49

TV show · as James Bernard

That Girl

45

TV show

Felony Squad

69

TV show · as Tye Laughlin

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Phillip Graham / Jim Kellogg

The Greatest Story Ever Told

53

as Scribe

Gilligan's Island

83

TV show · as Professor

The Outer Limits

78

TV show · as Major Benedict

Ben Casey

65

TV show

Thriller

74

TV show · as Adam Talmadge

Route 66

48

TV show · as Bob Keel

1950s

52 titles · average score 63

Black Saddle

TV show · as Marshal Gib Scott

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Prof. Manion / Pete Corrigan

Attack of the Crab Monsters

58

as Hank Chapman

Rock All Night

47

as Jigger

Wagon Train

71

TV show · as Craig Manson / Steve Marshall

This Island Earth

64

as Steve Carlson

Ride Clear of Diablo

58

as Jed Ringer

Lassie

64

TV show

It Came from Outer Space

69

as George

Law and Order

58

as Jimmy Johnson

Seminole

53

as Lt. Hamilton

For Men Only

65

as Ky Walker

1940s

1 title · average score 48

The Lone Ranger

48

TV show · as Tom Levering