Holly Johnson
Birthday
1960/02/09 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
Also know as
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, William Holly Johnson, William Johnson
Biography
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.
Acting
(2019) Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019
as Self - Performer
(2023) Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
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(2023) Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]
as ---
(2022) Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022
as Self
(2017) Queer as Art
as Self
(1984) Body Double
as Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
(2000) Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On
as Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee
(2024) The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
as Self
(2009) Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest
as Holly Johnson
(1980) Newsnight
as ---
(2006) The One Show
as Self
(2023) George Michael: Outed
as Self
(2021) Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Panellist
(1982) Wogan
as Performer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
(2020) TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
(2007) Benidorm
as Himself
(1983) The Bob Monkhouse Show
as Self