Person
Holly Johnson
Acting · Born 1960-02-09 · Liverpool, England, UK
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.
Known for
Newsnight
1980
The One Show
Self
Wogan
Performer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Benidorm
Himself
The Word
1990
Body Double
Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
TV Story Superstar
Self (archive footage)
The Bob Monkhouse Show
Self
George Michael: Outed
Self
Queer as Art
Self
Filmography
- 2025Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the PleasuredomeLead Vocals
- 2024The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?Self
- 2023Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]
- 2023Sounds of Liverpool at the BBCSelf (archive footage)
- 2023George Michael: OutedSelf
- 2022Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022Self
- 2022Freedom: 50 Years of PrideSelf
- 2020TV Story SuperstarSelf (archive footage)
- 2019Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019Self - Performer
- 2017Queer as ArtSelf
- 2009Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say GreatestHolly Johnson
- 2007BenidormHimself
- 2006The One ShowSelf
- 2000Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard OnHolly Johnson / Self - Interviewee
- 1990The Word
- 1984Body DoubleSinging Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
- 1983The Bob Monkhouse ShowSelf
- 1982WoganPerformer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
- 1980Newsnight
- —The Sound of Protest
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