John Dennis Johnston


John Dennis Johnston is an American film and television actor.

Career

He appeared in a number of feature films including Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Streets of Fire, and Flesh+Blood, as well as various TV series such as In Plain Sight and The Golden Girls.
He appeared in both Twilight Zone: The Movie in 1983 and in one episode of the Twilight Zone TV series in 1987.

Personal life

Johnston attended Hunter College in New York City where he studied drama under Lloyd Richards and Harold Clurman. In 1981, he married Karla Pitti, daughter of the cowboy-singer and actor Carl Pitti. They later separated.
An avid cyclist, he is a cycling safety activist who has pushed for safe-driving legislation.

Selected filmography

Captains and the Kings .... Medical OrderlyPolice Woman .... Arky / BishoffRoots .... Man At CockfightAnnie Hall .... Police Officer The Rockford Files .... Henry Schlager / Grady NorthcourtClose Encounters of the Third Kind .... Special ForcesKiss Meets the Phantom of the Park .... 'Chopper'The Rose .... MilledgeKnots Landing .... AlienCharlie's Angels .... Harley Mason / Jerry AdamsBack Roads .... GillyBest of the West - CurtisThe Beast Within .... Horace PlattThe Executioner's Song .... Jimmy - Poker GameThe Blue and the Gray .... Lieutenant HardyJekyll and Hyde... Together Again .... Macho Kid48 Hrs. .... Torchy's PatronReckless Twilight Zone: The Movie .... Co-Pilot The Rousters The Dukes of Hazzard .... 'Sledge' BeaudryLone Star Country Streets of Fire .... Pete The MechanicA Breed Apart .... MillerThe A-Team .... Archer / 'Snake'Pale Rider .... Deputy TuckerFlesh+Blood .... SummerThe New Twilight Zone .... Charlie St. Elsewhere .... Nick MoatsExtreme Prejudice .... 'Merv'Married... with Children .... JimmyThe Squeeze .... NickSunset .... EdPink Cadillac .... WaycrossCommunion .... FiremanGolden Girls .... MerrillMurder in Mississippi .... Hatchet-Faced ManMatlock In the Best Interest of the Children .... Harlan PepperReasonable Doubts .... Carl Lorkey / Carl LurkeeHighlander: The Series .... Carl The HermitWyatt Earp .... Frank StillwellWagons East! .... Cattle Rustler Art Deco Detective .... Detective Arthur DecowitzIn Pursuit of Honor .... Sergeant Thomas MulcaheyWhite Dwarf .... Morgus, Osh's AssistantA Walk in the Clouds .... Lout #1Wild Bill .... Ed PlummerThe Siege at Ruby Ridge .... Tony VickersPrecious Find .... BartenderForest Warrior .... WilliamsMillennium - Sheriff FalknerSnide and Prejudice .... SheffieldJoseph's Gift .... ParkerHeartwood .... Carl BurrisPurgatory .... Lamb / 'Lefty' SladePerfect Murder, Perfect Town Walker, Texas Ranger .... Mike Shilts / Cody DiggsFirestarter: Rekindled .... Joel LowenJAG .... Barclay CaleWithout a Trace .... Patrick OrtonSupernatural .... Pa BenderIn Plain Sight .... Dr. Bronstein