Chic Johnson

Chic Johnson

Born: March 5, 1891
Died: February 25, 1962

Movies for Chic Johnson...

Going Hollywood: The '30s
Title: Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
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Title: The Steve Allen Show
Character: Self - Olsen & Johnson
Released: June 24, 1956
Type: TV
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Title: This Is Your Life
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: TV
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Johnny at the Fair
Title: Johnny at the Fair
Released: January 1, 1947
Type: Movie
At the Canadian National Exhibition, a young boy gets separated from his parents and meets some celebrities.
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See My Lawyer
Title: See My Lawyer
Character: Chic
Released: March 9, 1945
Type: Movie
Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their contracts to take a better job. But the prissy nightclub owner, B. J. Wagonhorn, refuses to let them go. In reprisal, they start hurling insults at the nightclub patrons… a ploy that soon has them facing multiple lawsuits… to the delight of three struggling attorneys, Charlie Rodman, Bettty Wilson and Arthur Lane.
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Ghost Catchers
Title: Ghost Catchers
Character: Himself
Released: June 16, 1944
Type: Movie
Two zanies get mixed up with a Southern colonel, his beautiful daughters, a nightclub and a haunted mansion.
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Crazy House
Title: Crazy House
Character: Himself
Released: October 8, 1943
Type: Movie
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.
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Hellzapoppin'
Title: Hellzapoppin'
Character: Chic Johnson
Released: December 25, 1941
Type: Movie
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
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All Over Town
Title: All Over Town
Character: Johnson
Released: August 9, 1937
Type: Movie
Two vaudevillian comedians try to stage a show in a theatre that has a reputation for being being haunted.
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Country Gentlemen
Title: Country Gentlemen
Character: Charles Watson
Released: November 8, 1936
Type: Movie
After being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists breeze into the small town of Chesterville, where they find themselves accused of kidnapping a young boy to whom they offered a ride. When that misunderstanding is cleared up, the two conmen hatch a plot to unload all their worthless paper on the gullible citizens of Chesterville.
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
Title: Hollywood on Parade No. A-2
Character: Self
Released: September 22, 1932
Type: Movie
"Stuart Erwin acts as master of ceremonies in this variety skit, the second in the series produced by Lewis Llewyn for Paramount release. Erwin introduces Bing Crosby, who engages in some comedy byplay with George Burns and Gracie Allen, after which the crooner sings a number. The rest of the short is devoted to Olsen and Johnson, the comedy headliners, who do some nutty stuff on the beach with the support of a bunch of bathing beauties".
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Gold Dust Gertie
Title: Gold Dust Gertie
Character: Elmer Guthrie
Released: June 27, 1931
Type: Movie
Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.
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50 Million Frenchmen
Title: 50 Million Frenchmen
Character: Peter Swanson
Released: February 14, 1931
Type: Movie
In this comedy, two men make an extravagant $50,000 dollar bet that one of them will be able to successfully court a lovely woman without spending any money. To foil his scheme, the other bettor hires two henchmen to stop him.
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Oh, Sailor Behave!
Title: Oh, Sailor Behave!
Character: Peter
Released: August 15, 1930
Type: Movie
Based on the farcical stage play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning* writer Elmer Rice, Oh, Sailor Behave! is a movie Musical with a split personality. Nanette Dodge (Irene Delroy) falls for newspaper reporter Charlie Carroll (Charles King) who is on assignment in Venice to land an interview with Romanian General Skulany (Noah Beery). Our couple is split apart by a pair of storylines - Nanette tries to woo a Russian prince (Lowell Sherman) who is blackmailing her sister, while Charlie, following a lead to the general, finds himself Romantically involved with Kunegundi (Vivien Oakland), "the general's favorite."