Arte JohnsonFilmography

Mad About You: Dream Weaver

Synopsis: Celebrating his new job with the Explorer Channel, Paul (Paul Reiser) talks wife Jamie (Helen Hunt) into joining him in an exotic wild-game feast. As a consequence, both Paul and Jamie experience bizarre and colorful dreams, causing them both to re-assess their relationship. Highlights include a Read More

The Heavy Petting Detective

Synopsis: It's Greek versus Geek once again in this sequel to the broad comedy Assault of the Party Nerds. Evil but slow-witted frat boy Bud (Christopher Dempsey) hasn't changed much in the five years since he graduated from college -- he somehow convinced his well-meaning former girlfriend, Muffin (Michelle Bauer Read More

Munchie

Actors: Loni Anderson, Dom DeLuise, Andrew Stevens, Jaime McEnnan, Arte Johnson

Synopsis: A loose sequel of the 1987 Munchies film, this movie turns the tables by offering the travails of a good Munchie (voice by Dom DeLuise). Found in an abandoned mine by a young boy (Jaime McEnnan), the creature offers to make all of his dreams come true, including help with bullies and bad grades. Read More

Evil Spirits

Actors: Michael Berryman, Arte Johnson, Karen Black

Synopsis: An interesting bit of casting enlivens this psycho-thriller set in a California boarding house run by eccentric Karen Black with a rogue's gallery of bizarre tenants and more dark secrets than the Bates Motel. Tenants have a habit of disappearing rather abruptly from this particular residence Read More

Evil Toons

Actors: Monique Gabrielle, Arte Johnson, David Carradine

Synopsis: Veteran schlock merchant Fred Olen Ray serves up this silly horror comedy with a hearty helping of gratuitous softcore skin, cheap monster effects, and walk-ons from assorted B-movie names, including David Carradine, Dick Miller, and Arte Johnson. The thin plot involves a group of curvaceous coeds Read More

The Raven Red Kiss-Off

Synopsis: This detective movie is set in Hollywood, circa 1949. Hard-bitten detective Dan Turner gets entangled with an extortionist after he begins looking into the life of a movie mogul's beautiful wife. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Tax Season

Synopsis: Allen Mills is a naive accountant from Cleveland who buys the Hollywood Tax Service from Lionel Goldberg before thoroughly investigating the various aspects of the business, let alone even seeing it. When he actually goes to take over his new business, he finds he got more than he bargained for. Read More

Night Court: The Glasnost Menagerie

Synopsis: Arte Johnson revives some of his classic Laugh-In material as Gregor, the father of Russian defector Yakov Korolenko (Arte Johnson). In his efforts to help Yakov extend Gregor's visa, Harry becomes sidetracked by the plight of Mac (Charlie Robinson), who has been saddled with a washer-dryer that Read More

Blushing Bloopers

Synopsis: See bloopers that would not make it past the network censors. Star Trek, Gunsmoke, Laugh-In, Peyton Place, Happy Days, The Waltons, The Lone Ranger, Mash, The Newlywed Game and many more shows are featured. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

It's O.K. to Say No to Drugs

Kids Have Rights Too!

Murder, She Wrote: No Laughing Murder

Synopsis: Buddy Hackett and Steve Lawrence guest star as Murray Gruen and Mack Howard, a famous comedy team that has been dissolved for years because of a bitter feud between the two men. In a true "Romeo and Juliet" situation, Murray's daughter Corrie (Beth Windsor) and Mack's son Kip (a decidedly pre-ER Read More

What Comes Around

Actors: Jerry Reed, Barry Corbin, Bo Hopkins, Arte Johnson, Nancy

Synopsis: In a drama about being exploited by someone you trust, country music singer Jerry Reed, who served as producer and director as well as lead actor, plays Joe Hawkins, a successful performer who has emotionally hit the skids. He has been in the business for 25 years and its effects have turned him Read More

The A-Team: Uncle Buckle-Up

Synopsis: Arte Johnson guests as Sydney, aka "Uncle Buckle-Up", the temperamental star of a kid's TV safety show. While working on the show as "Ruff the Bear", Hannibal (George Peppard) discovers that Uncle Buckle-Up is being threatened by shady novelty manufacturer Nick Gretsch (Art Metrano). Further Read More

Star Fairies

Synopsis: This animated fantasy is aimed at children and tells the story of wish-fulfilling fairies. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Cannonball Run II

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Shirley MacLaine, Marilu Henner, Dean Martin

Synopsis: (Burt Reynolds) as J.J. McClure takes off across the country again in this rickety sequel to Cannonball Run. A sheik has offered $1,000,000 to the first driver to reach a destination in Connecticut from Redondo Beach, California, inspiring J.J. and others to go for the gold. With cameos from more Read More

Incredible Book Escape

Glitter

Ted E. Bear: Great Bear Scare

Synopsis: This animated video tells of the bears of Bearbank when they send Ted E. and Patti Bear to Monster Mountain to see if Dracula is coming to town for Halloween. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Ted E. Bear: The Bear Who Slept through Christmas

Synopsis: This delightful animated feature has Ted E. Bear wanting to stay awake through Christmas...when all the other bears are ready to sleep for the winter. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Making of a Male Model

Actors: Joan Collins, Jon-Erik Hexum

Synopsis: Joan Collins tops the cast of the made-for-TV The Making of a Male Model. No, silly: Joan doesn't play the title role. Rather, she is cast as the barracudalike owner of a top modelling agency, while Jon-Erik Hexum (at the time, a real-life male model) costars as a Nevada rancher whom Joan selects Read More

The Bear Who Slept through Christmas

Synopsis: This bear is Ted E. Bear, who chooses not to sleep through this Christmas when he gets curious about all the big-time commotion surrounding the hallowed holiday. Mr. Bear's voice is played by Tommy Smothers; other well-known voices include those of Barbara Feldon and Arte Johnson. ~ All Movie Read More

Alice in Wonderland

Actors: Donald O'Connor

Synopsis: This 1982 made-for-TV version of the Lewis Carroll classic Alice in Wonderland features an all-star cast. Such celebrities as Donald O'Connor, Maureen Stapleton and Eve Arden struggle to perform while buried under mounds of makeup and tons of eccentric costuming as Carroll's alternate-world Read More

The Love Tapes

Synopsis: This pilot film for an unsold TV series was originally titled They're Playing Our Tape. Michael Constantine stars as Frank Yost, the avuncular head of a videotape dating services called "Good Possibilities." Among Yost's clients is recently divorced executive David Franklin (Martin Balsam), single Read More

Misunderstood Monsters

Synopsis: A delightful feature that tells how a young boy learns about inner feeling and their importance. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Detour to Terror

Actors: Lorenzo Lamas, O.J. Simpson, Arte Johnson, Anne Francis

Synopsis: O. J. Simpson plays a chartered bus driver shepherding a group of wealthy tourists to Las Vegas. His bus is waylaid by a trio of murderers, who intend to kidnap one of the passengers and bump off the rest. Arte Johnson provides a few laughs as a tour guide, while one of the villains is played by Read More

Condominium

Actors: Pamela Hensley, Jack Jones, Stuart Whitman

Synopsis: Condominium is a two-part, four-hour TV adaptation of the novel by John D. McDonald. The setting is a hastily constructed Florida high-rise, assembled at the least possible cost by its greedy owners. An oncoming hurricane threatens to topple the structure and its residents into the ocean. Various Read More

Love at First Bite

Actors: George Hamilton, Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, Dick Shawn, Arte Johnson

Synopsis: George Hamilton confounded his detractors by turning in a first-rate comic performance in Love at First Bite. Hamilton plays Count Dracula, who is evicted from his Transylvanian domicile when the Communist government decides to nationalize his castle. With faithful toady Renfield (Arte Johnson) at Read More

If Things Were Different

Actors: Suzanne Pleshette, Tony Roberts, Arte Johnson, Chuck McCann, Dan Shor

Synopsis: In this drama, a suburban housewife shows great inner strength when she must suddenly keep the family together after her husband suffers a complete breakdown and falls into an irreversible catatonic state. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Dukes of Hazzard: Double Sting

Synopsis: Arte Johnson and Avery Schreiber) guest-star as a pair of dimwitted crooks who manage to rob Boss Hogg's bank while wearing Laurel & Hardy masks. With the Dukes in jail for brawling and the rest of the menfolk quarantined because of a poison-ivy epidemic, it is up to Daisy (Catherine Bach) to Read More

Bud and Lou

Synopsis: Based on the book by Bob Thomas, this made-for-television comedy/drama profiles the careers of the famous comic duo, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello starring Harvey Korman and Buddy Hackett. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Kojak: Photos Must Credit Joe Paxton

Synopsis: The Joe Paxton referenced in the title is a hotshot photographer (played by Tige Andrews), currently being sued by a former movie queen (Antoinette Bower). When the woman is kidnapped along with her collection of priceless jewels, Paxton is suspected of being involved in the crime. Investigating Read More

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

Synopsis: In this musical fantasy, the Brothers Grimm, accompanied by some of their most famous creations, wander through a magical forest. Characters appearing include Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rumpelstiltskin. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Charge of the Model-T's

Synopsis: A WW I German spy attempts to drive an artillery-adorned automobile into the States in this comedy. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Bunco

Actors: Robert Urich, Tom Selleck

Synopsis: A couple of LAPD officers find a school for con artists. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

S.W.A.T.: Pilot

Actors: Georg Stanford Brown, Steve Forrest, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Walden, Jamie Lyn Bauer

Synopsis: This two-hour pilot episode for S.W.A.T. originated as a special installment of the ABC police series The Rookies, explaining the omnipresence of that program's co-star Georg Stanford Brown in his familiar role of Officer Terry Webster. Essentially a peace-loving man and a firm believer in due Read More

Twice in a Lifetime

Synopsis: In this comedy, a retired Navy cook lives his dreams. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Partridge Family: For Whom the Bell Tolls...and Tolls...and Tolls

Synopsis: In his second Partridge Family guest appearance, Arte Johnson is cast as Morris Dinkler, a desperate but likable escaped convict. After using the Partridges' newly installed burglar-alarm system to his advantage, Morris proceeds to hold the family hostage--with a harmonica! In other words, The Read More

Triple Play 2

Synopsis: In this three episode comedy anthology, a detective uses disguises to catch the crooks, a black couple resides with a white couple in the same New York home, and three couples have fun hosting weekly theme parties. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Partridge Family: My Heart Belongs to a Two-Car Garage

Synopsis: Arte Johnson makes his first Partridge Family guest appearance as all-purpose handyman and "part-time Cossack" Nicholas Minski Pushkin. Hired to work for the Partridiges, the self-styled "Pushkin the Magnificent" proves to be inept in practical matters but a positive genius as a chef and Read More

The Last Rebel

Actors: Rick Wells, Joe Namath, Jack Elam, Woody Strode

Synopsis: During the late '60s and early '70s, retired pro-football quarterback Joe Namath made a number of films. Last Rebel is one of them. Set in Missouri near the end of the American Civil War, Confederate soldiers Burnside Hollis (Joe Namath), a pool shark, and his friend Matt Graves (Jack Elam) rescue Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: The Biggest Star in Hollywood

Synopsis: This episode was originally designed as a lead-in for the zany variety series Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, which I Dream of Jeannie preceded on NBC's Monday-night lineup during the 1968-69 season. Thanks to her zany behavior, Jeannie (Barbara Eden) is invited to appear as a guest on Laugh-In Read More

Lost in Space: The Princess of Space

Synopsis: Captured by the mysterious Captain Kraspo (Robert Foulk), Penny (Angela Cartwright) is told that she is not a member of the Robinson family, but instead the long-lost Princess Alpha of the planet Beta. As the plot runs along its Anastasia-like course, Penny finds that the duties of royalty also Read More

P.J.

Actors: George Peppard, Raymond Burr, Gayle Hunnicutt, Brock Peters, Wilfrid Hyde-White

Synopsis: In this detective drama, a struggling private detective is hired to protect a millionaire's mistress. After repeated attempts on her life, the PI moves her, the tycoon, and his family to the Bahamas. There, another attempt is made to kill the mistress, but this time the detective kills the Read More

The President's Analyst

Actors: James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, Severn Darden, Joan Delaney, Pat Harrington, Jr.

Synopsis: The President's Analyst is James Coburn, whose position makes him privy to any number of delicate government secrets. Thus Coburn becomes a most desirable prize for several secret-agent organizations, including the CEA and the FBR (we know who these folks are really supposed to be, even though the Read More

The Dick Van Dyke Show: I Do Not Choose to Run

Actors: Philip Ober, George Tyne, Arte Johnson, Howard Wendell, Peter Brocco

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) makes quite an impression with his heartfelt speech at a community meeting. In fact, he was so impressive that the Citizen's Committee for Better Government wants Rob to run for city councilman. At first, Rob is thrilled and flattered Read More

The Third Day

Actors: George Peppard, Elizabeth Ashley, Roddy McDowall, Arthur O'Connell, Mona Washbourne

Synopsis: This quirky melodrama opens with an automobile crash. The driver, Steve Mallory (George Peppard), comes out of unconsciousness with amnesia. As his memory slowly returns, he learns that he is a wealthy manufacturer of table china. His wife Alexandria (Elizabeth Ashley) wants to leave him, and his Read More

That Funny Feeling

Actors: Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, Donald O'Connor, Nita Talbot, Larry Storch

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, an aspiring actress pays her bills by working as a maid for various households. One of her employers is a wealthy and prominent publisher. After accidentally running into each other a number of times on the New York streets without recognizing each other, they begin to Read More

Bewitched: Cousin Edgar

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Arte Johnson, David White

Synopsis: A pre-Laugh-In Arte Johnson guest stars as Samantha's cousin, Edgar, who can be described as "elfin," mainly because he is a genuine elf. Disapproving of Sam's mortal husband, Darrin, Edgar makes it his mission in life to break up the Stephens' marriage. So flustered is Darrin that he very nearly Read More

The Andy Griffith Show: Andy and Barney in the Big City

Actors: Allan Melvin

Synopsis: Hoping to secure more assistance from the state police commission, Andy and Barney head to the bustling metropolis of Raleigh, North Carolina. The problem is that Mayberry has practically no crime, and thus no extra help is needed. The powers-that-be change their minds when our heroes Read More

The Twilight Zone: The Whole Truth

Actors: Jack Carson, Loring Smith, Arte Johnson, Lee Sabinson, George Chandler

Synopsis: Jack Carson stars as Harvey Hunnicutt, a fast-talking used car salesman to whom The Truth is a total stranger. Hunnicutt's prevaricating nature undergoes a terrifying about-face when a spooky old man (George Chandler sells Harvey a dilapidated Model A Ford -- one which compels its owner to tell Read More

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Secret Life

Synopsis: James Howgill (Ronald Howard) hopes to divorce his wife, Margery (Patricia Donahue), whom he dismisses as drab and dull. On the advice of his attorney, James hires a private eye to dig up evidence of adultery that he can use against Margery. What the detective finds proves to be quite an Read More

The Subterraneans

Actors: Leslie Caron, George Peppard, Janice Rule, Roddy McDowall, Anne Seymour

Synopsis: Based rather loosely on a novel by Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans concerns a writer (played by George Peppard) who moves to San Francisco and falls in with a crowd of beatniks after falling in love with a French girl (Leslie Caron). The woman was black, not French, in Kerouac's novel, only the Read More

Miracle in the Rain

Actors: Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Eileen Heckart, Fred Clark, Peggie Castle

Synopsis: The fate that brings lovers together can easily tear them apart as can be seen in this sentimental tragedy that centers on an ordinary-looking secretary's (Jane Wyman) lonely life. Other than working and spending some free time with a spinster (Eileen Heckart), who is her best friend, the woman Read More

Make Room for Daddy [TV Series]

Actors: Danny Thomas

Synopsis: Make Room for Daddy was the first modern family sitcom, although, to see it at any time since the 1960s, one would think that it was hopelessly dated. In fact, it was the most important 1950s sitcom after I Love Lucy -- and has a production history closely connected to that show -- and it spawned Read More

Great Moments in History Series

Synopsis: Historical individuals are documented in this series as hosted by Arte Johnson and Jim Backus. ~ All Movie Guide Read More