Actor
Troy Donahue
Biography

Troy Donahue (born Merle Johnson Jr., January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American film and television actor and singer. He was a popular sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s. His father was Merle Johnson, the manager of the motion-picture department of General Motors. His mother, Edith Johnson, was a retired stage actress. Donahue attended a New York military academy, where he met Francis Ford Coppola. When Donahue was 18, he moved to New York and got a job as a messenger in a film compa ...

Known For
Acting
2000 -- The Boys Behind the Desk |
1998 -- Legion | Flemming
1998 -- Merchants of Venus | FBI Agent
1997 -- Bimbo Movie Bash | Dr. Ackerman (archive footage)
1993 -- Showdown | Police Captain
1992 -- The Pamela Principle | Troy
1992 -- Double Trouble | Leonard
1991 -- Deadly Diamonds | Matt Plimpton
1991 -- Shock 'Em Dead | Record Exec
1990 -- Nudity Required | Jack
1990 -- Sexpot | Phillip
1990 -- Omega Cop | Slim
1990 -- Cry-Baby | Hatchet's Father
1990 -- Click: The Calendar Girl Killer | Alan
1989 -- The Platinum Triangle | Harold Farber
1989 -- Hot Times at Montclair High | Mr. Nichols
1989 -- Dr. Alien | Dr. Ackerman
1989 -- Assault of the Party Nerds | Sid Witherspoon
1989 -- Terminal Force | Slim
1989 -- Sounds of Silence | Larry Haughton
1989 -- Blood Nasty | Barry Hefna
1989 -- American Rampage | Police Psychiatrist
1989 -- Deadly Spygames | Python
1989 -- The Chilling | Dr. Miller
1988 -- Hawkeye | Mayor
1988 -- Bad Blood | Jack Barnes
1988 -- Hard Rock Nightmare | Uncle Gary
1987 -- Deadly Prey | Don Michaelson
1987 -- Hollywood Cop | Lt Maxwell
1987 -- The Drifting Classroom | Taggart
1987 -- Cyclone | Bob Jenkins
1987 -- Fight to Win | Rosenberg
1986 -- Low Blow | John Templeton
1984 -- Grandview, U.S.A. | Donny Vinton
1984 -- Katy Caterpillar | Gilbert (voice, English version)
1983 -- Lover, Come Back to Me |
1983 -- Malibu | Clint Redman
1983 -- Tin Man | Lester
1981 -- The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic | Merle Johnson
1977 -- Outrage | Daniel
1977 -- The Legend of Frank Woods | Sheriff John Baxom
1974 -- The Godfather Part II | Merle Johnson
1974 -- Seizure | Mark Frost
1974 -- South Seas | Steve
1974 -- Cockfighter | Randall Mansfield
1971 -- Sweet Savior | Moon
1970 -- The Phantom Gunslinger | Bill
1969 -- The Lonely Profession | Julian Thatcher
1968 -- Split Second to an Epitaph | Father Dugan
1967 -- Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon | Gaylord Sullivan
1967 -- Come Spy with Me | Jill Parsons
1965 -- My Blood Runs Cold | Ben Gunther
1964 -- A Distant Trumpet | 2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard
1963 -- Palm Springs Weekend | Jim Munroe
1962 -- Rome Adventure | Don Porter
1961 -- Susan Slade | Hoyt Brecker
1961 -- Parrish | Parrish McLean
1960 -- The Crowded Sky | McVey
1959 -- A Summer Place | Johnny Hunter
1959 -- Imitation of Life | Frankie
1958 -- Monster on the Campus | Jimmy Flanders
1958 -- The Perfect Furlough | Sgt. Nickles
1958 -- Voice in the Mirror | Paul Cunningham
1958 -- Wild Heritage | Jesse Bascomb
1958 -- This Happy Feeling | Tony Manza
1958 -- Live Fast, Die Young | Artie Sanders / Artie Smith
1958 -- Summer Love | Sax Lewis
1957 -- The Monolith Monsters | Hank Jackson
1957 -- The Tarnished Angels | Frank Burnham
1957 -- Man of a Thousand Faces | Assistant Director (uncredited)
1957 -- Man Afraid | Reporter (uncredited)
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