Holly Johnson
Born
February 9, 1960 (65 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
William Holly Johnson (born 9 February 1960) is an English artist, musician, and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s. Prior to that, in the late 1970s he was a bassist for the band Big in Japan. In 1989, Johnson's debut solo album, Blast, reached number one in the UK albums chart. Two singles from the album – "Love Train" and "Americanos" – reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart. In the 1990s, he also embarked on writing, painting, and printmaking careers.
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Self
2024
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Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]
2023
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2023
George Michael: Outed
Self · (5 episodes)
2023
Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022
Self
2022
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
Self
2022
TV Story Superstar
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2020
Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019
Self - Performer
2019
Queer as Art
Self
2017
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest
Holly Johnson
2009
Benidorm
Himself · (1 episode)
2007
The One Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2006
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On
Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee
2000
Body Double
Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
1984
The Bob Monkhouse Show
Self · (1 episode)
1983
Wogan
Performer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood) · (1 episode)
1982
Newsnight
(1 episode)
1980