Editing Arte Johnson

{{Short description|American comic actor (1929–2019)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Arte Johnson
| image = Arte_Johnson_(255844538)_cropped.jpg
| caption = Johnson at the premiere of ''[[Seems Like Old Times (film)|Seems Like Old Times]]'' in December 1980
| birth_name = Arthur Stanton Eric Johnson
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|01|20}}
| birth_place = [[Benton Harbor, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|07|03|1929|01|20}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| alma_mater = [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] (B.A., 1949)
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian}}
| years_active = 1952–2006
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* [[Texie Waterman]] (divorced)
* {{marriage|Gisela Johnson|1968}}
}}
}}
'''Arthur Stanton Eric Johnson''' (January 20, 1929 – July 3, 2019) was an American actor and comedian who was best known for his work as a regular on television's ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]''.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Johnson was born January 20, 1929, in [[Benton Harbor, Michigan]], the son of Abraham Lincoln and Edythe Mackenzie (Goldberg/Golden) Johnson. His father was an attorney. Johnson graduated from [[Austin Community Academy High School|Austin High School]] and received a bachelor's degree in radio journalism from [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]] in 1949, where he worked at the campus radio station and the University of Illinois Theater Guild with his brother Coslough "Cos" Johnson.<ref name=Slotnik>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/arts/television/arte-johnson-dead.html |title=Arte Johnson, 'Very Interesting' Comic Actor, Is Dead at 90 |first=Daniel E. |last=Slotnik |date=July 3, 2019 |access-date=July 5, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

Following brief military service in [[Korean War|Korea]] (he was discharged due to a [[Duodenum|duodenal]] [[ulcer]] he had suffered since childhood),<ref name=erickson>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4HQwCgAAQBAJ&dq=arte+johnson+military+service&pg=PA74 "From Beautiful Downtown Burbank": A Critical History of ''Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In'', 1968–1973.] [[Hal Erickson (author)|Erickson, Hal]] (2000). Jefferson, North Carolina: [[McFarland & Company|McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers]], page 74, {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4049-8}}.</ref> he sought employment in Chicago advertising agencies but was unsuccessful and left for New York City to work for [[Viking Press]]. In early 1954, Johnson performed in several New York nightclubs, including Le Ruban Bleu and the [[Village Vanguard]].<ref>''Weekly Variety'', January 20, 1954; April 7, 1954.</ref> His first job in show business came when he impulsively stepped into an audition line and was cast in ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]''. Johnson appeared in [[Ben Bagley]]'s ''The Shoestring Revue'', which opened [[off-Broadway]] on February 28, 1955, at the President Theater in New York. <ref name=Slotnik />

===Early television and film roles===
Johnson appeared three times in the 1955–1956 [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[It's Always Jan]]'', starring [[Janis Paige]] and [[Merry Anders]]. In 1956 a young Arte Johnson appeared in season 3, episode 22, of ''[[Make Room for Daddy]]'' in an episode called "Who Can Figure Kids", where he sang and danced. In 1958 he joined the cast of the short-lived [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Sally (1957 TV series)|Sally]]''. On that program he played Bascomb Bleacher, Jr., the son of a co-owner of a [[department store]], portrayed by [[Gale Gordon]]. He played Ariel Lavalerra in the 1960 film ''[[The Subterraneans (film)|The Subterraneans]]'', an adaptation of [[Jack Kerouac]]'s [[The Subterraneans|1958 novel of the same name]]. In 1960 and 1961, he appeared in three episodes of [[Jackie Cooper]]'s military sitcom/drama series ''[[Hennesey]]'', also on CBS. In ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' he played Mr. Bates in the episode "A Secret Life" (1962). He was cast in an episode of [[Frank Aletter]]'s sitcom ''[[Bringing Up Buddy]]''. He also appeared in an episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' titled "The Whole Truth" (1961).

Before his big breakthrough in ''Laugh-In'', Johnson was cast for a guest role as Corporal Coogan in the anthology series ''[[GE True]]'' ("The Handmade Private," 1962). He played a bumbling navy cameraman on an episode of ''[[McHale's Navy]]'' in the first season and ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' as a hotel clerk in the episode "Andy and Barney in the Big City" (also 1962). He was a member of the regular cast of the 1962–1963 situation comedy ''[[Don't Call Me Charlie!]]'', portraying Corporal Lefkowitz. Johnson appeared in a comedic role as Charlie, a boom-microphone operator who demonstrates to [[Jack Benny]] how to tell a joke properly, on ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' that aired on October 2, 1964. The joke performed in the sketch was the "ugly baby" story, later associated with [[Flip Wilson]]. He made a guest appearance on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s sitcom, ''[[Bewitched]]'' as [[Samantha (Bewitched)|Samantha]]'s ([[Elizabeth Montgomery]]) Cousin Edgar in the final episode of the first season, airing on June 2, 1965. Also in 1965, Johnson played a rare dramatic supporting role in the film ''[[The Third Day (1965 film)|The Third Day]]'' as Lester Aldrich, who turns out to be the downtrodden husband of the sleazy nymphomaniac Holly.

Johnson appeared in one of the final episodes of ABC's ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]'' in 1966. He was cast in the satirical [[James Coburn]] film ''[[The President's Analyst]]'' (1967), in which he gave a comically chilling performance as a federal agent with a blindly obedient "orders are orders" mentality. He appeared in the Season 3 episode of ''[[Lost in Space]]'' titled "Princess of Space" (1968). Johnson also starred in an episode of [[Rod Serling]]'s ''[[Night Gallery]]'' titled "The Flip-Side of Satan" (1971).

===''Laugh-In''===
Johnson is best known for his work on ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'' from 1968 to 1973, on which he played many characters, including "Wolfgang," a cigarette-smoking German soldier oblivious to the fact that [[World War II]] was long over, as he skulked while hidden behind a potted plant. He would then invariably comment on a preceding gag with the catchphrase "Very interesting ...," which Johnson claimed was inspired by a [[Nazi]] character who spoke the line during an interrogation scene in the film ''[[Desperate Journey]]'' (1942).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/community/chat/2002-04-05-oldfaces.htm |work=[[USA Today]] |title='Old Faces of 2002': Peter Marshall and Arte Johnson |date=2002-04-05 |access-date=April 25, 2010}}</ref> Often toward the show's close, he (as the German) would offer words of affection to "Lucy and Gary" ([[Lucille Ball]] and her second husband [[Gary Morton]]). ''[[The Lucy Show]]'' and later ''[[Here's Lucy]]'' on CBS were in [[1967–68 United States network television schedule|direct competition]] with NBC's ''Laugh-In'' on [[1968-69 United States network television schedule|Monday night]]. Johnson reprised the role briefly on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in the early 1970s,<ref>Classic Sesame Street - Arte Johnson talks about the letter Q, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZrpfckBVJ0</ref> and while voicing the Nazi-inspired character [[Virman Vundabar]] on an episode of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/84814/Berlin-Correspondent/overview |title=Berlin Correspondent (1942) |access-date=October 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105023740/https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/84814/Berlin-Correspondent/overview |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2012 |archive-date=2012-11-05}}</ref>
[[File:Lucille Ball Arte Johnson Glen Campbell Hour.jpg|thumb|right|Johnson as "Tyrone F. Horneigh" approaching [[Lucille Ball]] in a sketch on ''[[The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour]]'' (1971)]]
His other prominent ''Laugh-In'' character was "Tyrone F. Horneigh" (pronounced "horn-eye," a "clean" variant of the vulgar term "horny"), the white-haired, [[trench coat]]-wearing "dirty old man" who repeatedly sought to seduce "Gladys Ormphby," ([[Ruth Buzzi]]'s brown-clad "spinster" character) on a park bench. Tyrone would enter the scene, muttering a song (usually "[[The Fountain in the Park|In the Merry, Merry Month of May]]"), and, spying Gladys on the bench, would sit next to her. He would ask her a question, and regardless of the answer, turn it into a double entendre. She would then start hitting him with her purse and he would fall off the bench, sometimes with a plea for help.

To boost ratings in the third season, Tyrone successfully courted Gladys which led to an on-air wedding on the March 16, 1970, episode during the spring ratings sweep. [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]] played best man, with [[Carol Channing]] as the bridesmaid, and [[Henry Gibson]] officiating.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} Alas, both bride-to-be and groom-to-be walk out of the church just before the wedding vows are spoken.

Years after ''Laugh-In'' ended, the two characters were the subject of an animated Saturday-morning children's show, ''[[Baggy Pants and the Nitwits]]'', with Tyrone as a helpful, muttering "superhero."

Johnson and his brother Coslough earned [[Emmy Awards]] while working on ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In#Emmy Awards|Laugh-In]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-09-04|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In#Emmy Awards|reason= The anchor (Emmy Awards) [[Special:Diff/503559346|has been deleted]].}}''.<ref name=emmy>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/arte-johnson |title=Arte Johnson / Television Academy |work=[[Emmys.com]] |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=2017-11-02}}</ref><ref name="emmy_Coslough">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/coslough-johnson |title=Coslough Johnson / Television Academy |work=Emmys.com |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=2017-11-02}}</ref>

===Later work===
Johnson guest-starred in two episodes of ''[[The Partridge Family]]'' ("My Heart Belongs to a Two Car Garage" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls... and Tolls... and Tolls") and the situation comedy ''[[A Touch of Grace]]'' (1973). He appeared in the first season of the Detroit-produced children's show ''[[Hot Fudge]]'' (1974) and, for one week, as a celebrity guest panelist on the game show ''[[Match Game]]''. From 1976 to 1980, Johnson was a regular celebrity guest judge on ''[[The Gong Show]]''.

In 1976, Johnson voiced the animated cartoon character [[Misterjaw]], a blue, German-accented shark, in ''[[The Pink Panther Show]]''. He also voiced the character "Rhubarb" on ''[[The Houndcats]]'' and appeared as a guest on Canadian TV show ''[[Celebrity Cooks]]'' (1976) with host [[Bruno Gerussi]]. Johnson appeared on an episode of the NBC daytime version of ''[[Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' in September 1977 as a substitute letter-turner, both to fill in for an injured [[Susan Stafford]], and to promote his short-lived NBC game show ''[[Knockout (game show)|Knockout]]'', which aired through early 1978. Instead of being introduced by the show's announcer, he would start the show with a small monologue, then the announcer would introduce the day's contestants. He was cast as Renfield, the comic sidekick of [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]]'s [[Dracula]] in the film ''[[Love at First Bite]]'' (1979) and appeared in the all-star television disaster film ''[[Condominium (miniseries)|Condominium]]'' (1980). He voiced "Weerd" in ''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo]]'' (1985), and played a disgruntled employee denied [[severance pay]] in an episode of ''[[Airwolf]]''. He also voiced several other characters: Dr. Ludwig Von Strangebuck and Count Ray on two episodes of ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]''; Devil Smurf on ''[[The Smurfs (1981 TV series)|The Smurfs]]''; [[Top Cat]] and Lou on ''[[Yo Yogi!]]''; and Newt on ''[[Animaniacs]]''. Johnson guest-starred in the ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' episode "No Laughing Murder" (1987). He also appeared in an episode of ''[[Night Court]]'' (1990). From 1991 to 1992, Johnson appeared in multiple episodes of ''[[General Hospital]]'' as [[List of General Hospital characters#O|Finian O'Toole]]. He played the old laboratory head of a team of scientists working on a serum of youth in ''[[Second Chance (1996 film)|Second Chance]]'' (1996).

Johnson performed more than 80 audiobook readings, including Gary Shteyngart's ''[[Absurdistan (novel)|Absurdistan]]'' (2006) and [[Carl Hiaasen]]'s ''Bad Monkey''. He appeared in the ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "The Ties That Bind" (2005) as the voice of [[Virman Vundabar]], which was his final acting role before his retirement in 2006.

==Personal life==
Johnson lived in Southern California with his wife, Gisela. He was previously married to choreographer [[Texie Waterman]]. He was a [[non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]] survivor, having been diagnosed and successfully treated in 1997. Johnson died on July 3, 2019, after being ill for three years with [[bladder cancer|bladder]] and [[prostate cancer]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/arte-johnson-dead-laugh-in-star-905754 |title=Arte Johnson, Master of Manic Characters on 'Laugh-In,' Dies at 90 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en |access-date=2019-07-03 |date=2019-07-03 |first1=Mike |last1=Barnes |first2=Duane |last2=Byrge}}</ref> He was 90. His ashes were scattered off Hawaii. Gisela Johnson survives him.

==Filmography==
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===Film===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class = "unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1956|| ''[[Miracle in the Rain (film)|Miracle in the Rain]]'' || Monty ||
|-
|1959|| ''[[The Wild and the Innocent]]'' || Barker || Uncredited
|-
|1960|| ''[[The Subterraneans (film)|The Subterraneans]]'' || Arial Lavalerra ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |1965|| ''[[The Third Day (1965 film)|The Third Day]]'' || Lester Aldrich ||
|-
| ''[[That Funny Feeling]]'' || Paul ||
|-
|1967|| ''[[The President's Analyst]]'' || Sullivan ||
|-
|1968|| ''[[P.J. (film)|P.J.]]'' || Jackie ||
|-
|1977|| ''[[Charge of the Model T's]]'' || Doc Bailey ||
|-
|1979|| ''[[Love At First Bite]]'' || Renfield ||
|-
|1983|| ''[[Making of a Male Model]]'' || Marty Sampson ||
|-
|1984|| ''[[Cannonball Run II]]'' || Pilot ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |1985|| ''What Comes Around'' || Malone ||
|-
| ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' || The Dormouse ||
|-
|1988|| ''A Night at the Magic Castle'' || Harry Houdini ||
|-
|1989|| ''Tax Season'' || Mr. Goldberg ||
|-
|1990|| ''[[Evil Spirits (1990 film)|Evil Spirits]]'' || Lester Potts ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |1992|| ''[[Evil Toons]]'' || Mr. Hinchlow ||
|-
| ''[[Munchie]]'' || Professor Cruikshank ||
|-
|1995|| ''Captiva Island'' || Witherspoon, Ernie ||
|-
|1998|| ''The Modern Adventures of Tom Sawyer''|| Grumpy Old Man || Final film role
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class = "unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Max Liebman Spectaculars]]''
| Chuck Green
| Episode: "Best Foot Forward"
|-
| 1955–1956
| ''[[It's Always Jan]]''
| Stanley Schreiber
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1956
| ''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]''
| Bob Martin
| Episode: "Who Can Figure Kids?"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Sally (1957 TV series)|Sally]]''
| Bascomb Bleacher Jr.
| 7 episodes
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Schlitz Playhouse of Stars]]''
| Wally
| Episode: "Ivy League"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Red Skelton Show]]''
| Joe, Census Taker
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1960–1961
| ''[[Hennesey]]''
| Seaman Seymour Shatz
| 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1961 
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' 
| Mr. Bates, the Private Investigator  
| Season 6 Episode 33: "A Secret Life" 
|-
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| Irv
| Episode: "[[The Whole Truth (The Twilight Zone)|The Whole Truth]]"
|-
| ''[[Westinghouse Playhouse]]''
| Clerk
| Episode: "Nan Suits Dan"
|-
| ''[[Frontier Circus]]''
| Charles Gippner
| Episode: "Journey from Hannibal"
|-
| ''[[87th Precinct (TV series)|87th Precinct]]''
| Hotel Clerk
| Episode: "The Very Hard Sell"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1962
| ''[[The Bob Newhart Show (1961 TV series)|The Bob Newhart Show]]''
| Himself
| 1 episode
|-
| ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]''
| Bud Fowler
| Episode: "The Glory Hunter"
|-
| ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''
| Hotel Clerk
| Episode: "Andy and Barney in the Big City"
|-
| ''[[GE True]]''
| Corporal Coogan
| Episode: "The Handmade Private"
|-
| 1962–1963
| ''[[Don't Call Me Charlie!]]''
| Corporal Lefkowitz
| 18 episodes
|-
| 1963
| ''[[McHale's Navy]]''
| Sweeney
| Episode: "Camera, Action, Panic"
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1964
| ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]''
| Mario
| Episode: "Man in a Hole"
|-
| ''[[Destry (TV series)|Destry]]''
| Lester
| Episode: "Deputy for a Day"
|-
| ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]''
| Charlie
| Episode: "The Lucille Ball Show"
|-
| ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''
| Beatnik, Chip Broadwater
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Many Happy Returns (TV series)|Many Happy Returns]]''
| Virgil Slamm
| Episode: "Krockmeyer on Avon"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1965
| ''[[Broadside (TV series)|Broadside]]''
| Charlie
| Episode: "The Stowawaves"
|-
| ''[[The Cara Williams Show]]''
| Fenwick Jr.
| Episode: "Fletcher Succeeds in Business Without Really Trying"
|-
| ''[[Bewitched]]''
| Cousin Edgar
| Episode: "Cousin Edgar"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1966 
| ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''
| Bill Schermerhorn
| Episode: "I Do Not Choose to Run"
|-
| ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]''
| Crandall
| Episode: "Is There a Small Hotel?"
|-
| ''[[The Pruitts of Southampton]]''
| Ahmed
| Episode: "Phyllis Entertains Royalty"
|-
| 1966–1967
| ''[[The Super 6]]''
| Super Scuba
| Voice
|-
| 1967–1971
| ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]''
| rowspan="2" | Himself
| 93 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1968
| ''[[The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)|The Joey Bishop Show]]''
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Lost in Space]]''
| Fedor
| Episode: "Princess of Space"
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Robin Hood (1968 film)|The Legend of Robin Hood]]''
| Much
| 1 episode
|-
| 1968–1980
| ''[[Hollywood Squares]]''
| rowspan="2" | Himself
| 99 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1969
| ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]''
| Episode: "The Biggest Star in Hollywood"
|-
| ''[[The Pink Panther Show]]''
| [[Misterjaw]]
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Love, American Style]]''
| Harvey
| Episode: "Love and the Living Doll"
|-
| 1969–1970
| ''[[The Andy Williams Show]]''
| Himself
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1969–1977
| ''[[Storybook Squares]]''
| Wolfgang the Nazi, [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]
| 46 episodes
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Sesame Street]]''
| German Soldier (Wolfgang)
| 1 episode
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1970–1972
| ''[[The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour]]''
| rowspan="3" | Himself
| 4 episodes
|-
| ''The David Frost Show''
| 5 episodes
|-
| 1970–1974
| ''[[The Dean Martin Show]]''
| 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1971 
| ''[[Night Gallery]]''
| J.J. Wilson
| Episode: "Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay/With Apologies to Mr. Hyde/The Flip-Side of Satan"
|-
|''Arnold's Closet Revue''
|
|TV film
|-
| 1971–1976
| ''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]''
| Himself
| 11 episodes
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The Houndcats]]''
| Rhubarb
| 13 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1972–1973
| ''[[The Partridge Family]]''
| Morris Tinkler, Nicholas Minsky Pushkin
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Celebrity Bowling]]''
| rowspan="2" | Himself
| 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1973
| ''The Bob Hope Show''
| 1 episode
|-
|''[[The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas]]''
|Professor Werner von Bear
|Voice, television film
|-
| ''[[A Touch of Grace]]''
| Charlie
| Episode: "The Lodge"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1974
| ''[[Here's Lucy]]''
| Sir Osbird Beechman Place
| Episode: "Lucy Is a Bird-Sitter"
|-
| ''Salty''
| Chuck
| Episode: "Scape Goat"
|-
|''Twice in a Lifetime''
|Ron Talley
|TV film
|-
| 1974–1976
| ''[[Dinah!]]''
| Himself
| 8 episodes
|-
| 1974–1978
| ''[[Match Game]]''
| Himself
| 15 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1975
| ''[[Get Christie Love!]]''
| Morton Perkins
| Episode: "Murder on High C"
|-
| ''[[The Rookies]]''
| Justin
| Episode: "S.W.A.T."
|-
| 1975–1976
| ''[[Tattletales]]''
| rowspan="5" | Himself
| 10 episodes
|-
| 1975–1977
| ''[[The Bobby Vinton Show]]''
| 12 episodes
|-
| 1975–1979
| ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''
| 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1976
| ''[[The Merv Griffin Show]]''
| 1 episode
|-
| ''[[Celebrity Sweepstakes]]''
| 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[Jigsaw John (TV series)|Jigsaw John]]''
| Daltry Thomas
| Episode: "Too Much, Too Soon"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1977
| ''[[Baggy Pants and the Nitwits]]''
| Tyrone
| 13 episodes
|-
|''[[Once Upon a Brothers Grimm]]''
|Selfish and Mean
| rowspan="2" |TV film
|-
|''Bunco''
|
|-
| 1977–1987
| ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| Various characters
| 8 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1978
|''Bud and Lou''
|''Eddie Sherman''
|TV film
|-
| ''[[Kojak]]''
| Billy Butler
| Episode: "Photo Must Credit Joe Paxton"
|-
| 1978–1981
| ''[[Fantasy Island]]''
| Ned Plummer, Fred Catlett, Professor Dwayne Clebe, Edgar Breen
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1979
| ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''
| Irving 
| Episode: "Double Sting"
|-
| rowspan="3" |1980
|''[[Condominium (film)|Condominium]]''
|Introduction
| rowspan="3" |TV film
|-
|''The Love Tapes''
|Harlan Devane
|-
|''[[A Snow White Christmas]]''
|Brawny
|-
| 1980–1981
| ''CBS Library''
| Various voices
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1981
| ''Password Plus''
| Himself 
| 5 episodes
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|The Magical World of Disney]]''
| Theodore Oglivie
| Episode: "Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1983
| ''[[Fame (1982 TV series)|Fame]]''
| Cliff Armbruster
| Episode: "Star Quality"
|-
| ''[[Pac-Man (TV series)|Pac-Man]]''
| Additional Voices
| Episode: "Here's Super-Pac!/Hey, Hey, Hey... It's P.J."
|-
| ''[[The Dukes (TV series)|The Dukes]]''
| Additional voices
| 7 episodes
|-
| ''[[Hotel (American TV series)|Hotel]]''
| Eddie
| Episode: "The Offer"
|-
| 1983–1988
| ''[[The Smurfs (1981 TV series)|The Smurfs]]''
| Devil Smurf, Avalon Custodian, additional voices
| 13 episodes
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''
| Dr. Augustus Bunche
| Episode: "Play Your Hunch"
|-
| 1984–1985
| ''[[Glitter (American TV series)|Glitter]]''
| Clive Richlin
| 14 episodes
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1985
| ''[[Airwolf]]''
| Larry Mason
| Episode: "Severance Pay"
|-
| ''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo]]''
| Weerd
| Voice, 13 episodes
|-
| ''[[The A-Team]]''
| Sydney, Uncle Buckle-Up
| Episode: "Uncle Buckle-Up"
|-
|''[[Star Fairies]]''
|Dragon Head #2
|Voice, television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1986
| ''[[Foofur]]''
| Additional voices
| 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV series)|The New Mike Hammer]]''
| Oscar
| Episode: "Murder in the Cards"
|-
| 1986–1988
| ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]''
| Additional voices
| 34 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1987
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Phil Rinker
| Episode: "No Laughing Murder"
|-
| ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]''
| Count Ray, Dr. Ludwig von Strangeduck
| Voice, 2 episodes
|-
|''[[Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers]]''
|Farquard, Skull Ghost
|Voice, television film
|-
| 1987–1988
| ''[[Snorks]]''
| rowspan="3" | Additional Voices
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1988
| ''[[The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley]]''
| 13 episodes
|-
| 1988–1989
| ''[[Fantastic Max]]''
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1989
| ''[[The Further Adventures of SuperTed]]''
| Hummingbird
| Episode: "Dot's Entertainment"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| ''[[Night Court]]''
| Gregor Korolenko
| Episode: "The Glasnost Menagerie"
|-
| ''[[Adam-12 (1990 TV series)|Adam-12]]''
| Preacher
| Episode: "Kid Kop"
|-
| 1990–1992
| ''[[Tom & Jerry Kids]]''
| Unknown voices
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| ''[[Pros and Cons (TV series)|Pros and Cons]]''
| Landers
| Episode: "It's the Pictures That Got Small"
|-
| ''[[Yo Yogi!]]''
| Lou
| Voice, 9 episodes
|-
| 1991–1992
| ''[[General Hospital]]''
| Finian O'Toole
| Recurring
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992 TV series)|Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures]]''
| [[Albert Einstein]]
| Episode: "A Stand Up Guy"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1993
| ''[[Droopy, Master Detective]]''
| Shadowman
| Voice, episode: "Shadowman and the Blue Pigeon"
|-
| ''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]''
| Hotel Desk Clerk
| Episode: "A Night to Remember"
|-
| ''[[Café Americain]]''
| Pascal
| Episode: "Every Picture Tells a Story... Don't It?"
|-
| 1994
| ''[[SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron]]''
| Pop Perkins
| Voice, episode: "A Bright and Shiny Future"
|-
| 1994–1997
| ''[[Animaniacs]]''
| Newt, Delivery Guy
| Voice, 3 episodes<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Arte Johnson (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Arte-Johnson/ |access-date=December 10, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Mad About You]]''
| Arte Johnson
| Episode: "Dream Weaver"
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]''
| John's Please
| Voice, episode: "Respect"<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries]]''
| Tommy Tettrazinne
| Voice, episode: "Casino Evil/Happy Bathday to You"<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''
| [[Virman Vundabar]]
| Voice, episode: "The Ties That Bind"<ref name="btva" />
|}

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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0424527|name=Arte Johnson}}
*{{IBDB name|71330}}
*{{discogs artist|Arte Johnson}}

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