John Dennis Johnston

John Dennis Johnston (born May 14, 1950) 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 (1972, TV miniseries) .... Medical Orderly
Police Woman (1976–1977, TV series) .... Arky / Bishoff
Roots (1977, TV Mini-Series) .... Man At Cockfight
Annie Hall (1977) .... Police Officer
The Rockford Files (1976–1977, TV series) .... Henry Schlager / Grady Northcourt
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) .... Special Forces
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978, TV Movie) .... 'Chopper'
The Rose (1979) .... Milledge
Knots Landing (1980, TV Series) .... Alien
Charlie's Angels (1976–1980, TV Series) .... Harley Mason / Jerry Adams
Back Roads (1981) .... Gilly
Best of the West (1982, TV Series) - Curtis
The Beast Within (1982) .... Horace Platt
The Executioner's Song (1982, TV Movie) .... Jimmy - Poker Game
The Blue and the Gray (1982, TV Mini-Series) .... Lieutenant Hardy
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982) .... Macho Kid
48 Hrs. (1982) .... Torchy's Patron
Reckless (1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) .... Co-Pilot (segment "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet")
The Rousters (1983, TV Movie)
The Dukes of Hazzard (1983, TV Series) .... 'Sledge' Beaudry
Lone Star Country (1983)
Streets of Fire (1984) .... Pete The Mechanic
A Breed Apart (1984) .... Miller
The A-Team (1983-1985, TV series) .... Archer / 'Snake'
Pale Rider (1985) .... Deputy Tucker
Flesh+Blood (1985) .... Summer
The New Twilight Zone (1987, TV series, episode: "The Junction") .... Charlie (segment "The Junction")
St. Elsewhere (1986–1987, TV Series) .... Nick Moats
Extreme Prejudice (1987) .... 'Merv'
Married... with Children (1987, TV series, episode: "How Do You Spell Revenge?") .... Jimmy
The Squeeze (1987) .... Nick
Sunset (1988) .... Ed
Pink Cadillac (1989) .... Waycross
Communion (1989) .... Fireman
Golden Girls (1989, TV series, episode: "Mary Has A Little Lamb") .... Merrill
Murder in Mississippi (1990, TV movie) .... Hatchet-Faced Man
Matlock (1991–1992, TV series)
In the Best Interest of the Children (1992, TV Movie) .... Harlan Pepper
Reasonable Doubts (1992, TV Series) .... Carl Lorkey / Carl Lurkee
Highlander: The Series (1992, TV series, episode: "Mountain Men") .... Carl The Hermit
Wyatt Earp (1994) .... Frank Stillwell
Wagons East! (1994) .... Cattle Rustler (uncredited)
Art Deco Detective (1994) .... Detective Arthur Decowitz
In Pursuit of Honor (1995, TV Movie) .... Sergeant Thomas Mulcahey
White Dwarf (1995, TV Movie) .... Morgus, Osh's Assistant
A Walk in the Clouds (1995) .... Lout #1
Wild Bill (1995) .... Ed Plummer
The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996, TV Movie) .... Tony Vickers
Precious Find (1996) .... Bartender
Forest Warrior (1996) .... Williams
Millennium (1996, TV series, episode: "Broken World") - Sheriff Falkner
Snide and Prejudice (1997) .... Sheffield
Joseph's Gift (1998) .... Parker
Heartwood (1998) .... Carl Burris
Purgatory (1999, TV Movie) .... Lamb / 'Lefty' Slade
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (2000, TV movie)
Walker, Texas Ranger (1996–2001, TV series) .... Mike Shilts / Cody Diggs
Firestarter: Rekindled (2002, TV Mini-Series) .... Joel Lowen
JAG (2003, TV Series) .... Barclay Cale
Without a Trace (2005, TV Series) .... Patrick Orton
Supernatural (2006, TV Series) .... Pa Bender
In Plain Sight (2009–2010, TV series, episodes: "Father Goes West" and "Don't Cry for Me, Albuquerque") .... Dr. Bronstein
The Gertrude Stein Mystery or Some Like It Art (2010; episode: "Deep Throat")
References
External links
1950 births
American male film actors
American male television actors
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Living people
Male actors from Nebraska