Johnnie Johnston

Johnnie Johnston
Johnnie Johnston in 1945
Born	John Clifford Johnston December 1, 1915 St. Louis, Missouri
Died	January 6, 1996, age 80 Cape Coral, Florida
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor singer
Children	5

Johnny Johnston (December 1, 1915 – January 6, 1996), was an American actor and singer who was popular in the 1940s.

Born John, Clifford Johnston in St. Louis, Missouri, he was of Scottish, Venetian and French descent.

In the late 1930s, Johnston had his own program on NBC-Blue.

Johnston had several hits on the Capitol label.

Johnston married Kathryn Grayson August 22, 1947 in Carmel, California. Grayson was his second wife. On October 7, 1948, the couple's only child, daughter Patricia "Patty Cake" Kathryn Johnston was born. Grayson and Johnston separated on November 15, 1950. On October 3, 1951, Grayson was given a divorce from Johnston on the grounds of mental cruelty. Johnston's This Time for Keeps co-star, Esther Williams, claimed in her 1999 autobiography that while making the film, Johnston would read Grayson's intimate letters aloud to the girls in his fan club, including the "all-too-graphic details concerning what she liked about his love-making." Later he operated a nightclub in New York City.

On July 31, 1952, Johnston married Shirley I. Carmel in Greenwich, Connecticut.