Holly Johnson

Overview

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Acting
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Birthday
Feb 09, 1960 (65 years old)

Holly Johnson

Known For

The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
1h 14m
Movie 2024

The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?

Forty years on from the release of the hit single by charity supergroup Band Aid, this documentary unearths 75 minutes of rare and previously unseen film footage from the day of recording

George Michael: Outed
TV Show 2023

George Michael: Outed

In 1998, pop star George Michael was arrested for a lewd act in a Los Angeles public toilet. This is the story of how his response to a potentially career-crushing event changed history.

Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022
1h 11m
Movie 2022

Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022

Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Their music videos told bizarre stories - from the overtly sexual sado club to the biblical nativity play. At the centre: Holly Johnson. Always with a slightly ironic charm and in a tailor-made suit. Always style-conscious, even in the crises of his life. At Baloise 2022 he revives the emotions of yesteryear with his British humour and his immortal solo hit "Americanos".

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
1h 8m
Movie 2022

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride

This documentary reveals the surprising and overlooked history of Pride: its origins, its struggles and its triumphs. Made in creative and editorial collaboration with acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Daldry and playwright Joe Robertson, it tells the story of Pride primarily through first-person testimony and archive footage.

Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019
Movie 2019

Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019

Queer as Art
1h 0m
Movie 2017

Queer as Art

Documentary celebrating the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decriminalisation. It features interviews with leading figures from right across the arts in Britain, including Stephen Fry, David Hockney, Sir Antony Sher, Alan Cumming, Sandi Toksvig, Jeanette Winterson, Will Young and Alan Hollinghurst, and it explores the distinctive perspectives and voices that LGBT artists have brought to British cultural life.

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.

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