Arte Johnson Death
Arte passed away on July 3, 2019 at the age of 90 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Arte's cause of death was bladder and prostate cancer.
When did Arte Johnson die?
July 3, 2019How did Arte Johnson die? What was the cause of death?
Bladder and prostate cancerHow old was Arte Johnson when died?
90Where did Arte Johnson die? What was the location of death?
Los Angeles, California, USA
Arte Johnson Birthday and Date of Death
Arte Johnson was born on January 20, 1929 and died on July 3, 2019. Arte was 90 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: January 20, 1929
Date of Death: July 3, 2019
Age at Death: 90
Arte Johnson - Biography
Arthur Stanton Eric "Arte" Johnson (born January 20, 1929) is an American comic actor who was a regular on television's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. His best-remembered character was that of a German soldier with the catchphrase "Verrrry interesting", sometimes followed by, "but stupid" or "but not very funny."
Johnson appeared three times in the 1955–1956 CBS sitcom It's Always Jan, starring Janis Paige and Merry Anders. In 1958, he joined the cast of the short-lived NBC sitcom Sally, starring Joan Caulfield. In it he played Bascomb Bleacher, Jr., the son of a co-owner of a department store, portrayed by Gale Gordon. In 1960, he played Ariel Lavalerra in the film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's novel The Subterraneans. In 1960 and 1961, he was cast in three episodes of Jackie Cooper's military sitcom/drama series, Hennesey, also on CBS. The following year, he played "Mr. Bates" in the episode "A Secret Life" on Alfred Hitchcock Presents. He was cast in an episode of Frank Aletter's sitcom, Bringing Up Buddy. He also appeared in "The Whole Truth", a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone, as an underpaid car salesman who punches dishonest used car lot owner Jack Carson. Before his big breakthrough in Laugh-In, Johnson appeared as Corporal Coogan in the 1962 episode "The Handmade Private" of the anthology series, GE True, hosted by Jack Webb. He played a bumbling navy cameraman on an episode of McHale's Navy in the first season. Also in 1962, he appeared on "The Andy Griffith Show" as a hotel clerk in the episode "Andy and Barney in the Big City."
Johnson is best known for his work on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973, on which he played various characters, with his most notable being "Wolfgang," a cigarette-smoking German soldier who believed that World War II was still ongoing, as he scouted the show while hidden behind bushes. He would then invariably comment on the preceding sketch with the catchphrase "Very interesting ...", which Johnson claimed was inspired by a Nazi character who spoke the line during an interrogation scene in the 1942 film Desperate Journey. Often toward the show's close, he (as the Nazi) would offer words of affection to "Lucy and Gary" (Lucille Ball and her second husband, Gary Morton). The Lucy Show on CBS was in direct competition with NBC's Laugh-In on Monday night. Johnson reprised the role while voicing the Nazi-inspired character Virman Vundabar on an episode of Justice League Unlimited.
Johnson lives in Southern California with his wife, Gisela. He is a non-Hodgkins lymphoma survivor, having been diagnosed and successfully treated in 1997.
He died after a three-year battle with bladder and prostate cancer, his family said in a statement.
