Arthur Stanton Eric "Arte" Johnson was an American comic actor who was a regular on television's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. His best-remembered character was that of a German soldier with the catchphrase "Verrrry interesting".
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992)
Guest starring as Albert Einstein
- Episode 1x07: Stand Up Guy (Aug 9, 1992)
Alice in Wonderland (1985)
Guest starring as The Dormouse
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Part 2 – Through the Looking-Glass (Dec 10, 1985)
- Episode 1x01: Part 1 – Alice in Wonderland (Dec 9, 1985)
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985)
Starring as Weerd
- Episode 1x01: To All the Ghouls I've Loved Before (Sep 7, 1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Guest starring as Phil Rinker
- Episode 3x18: No Laughing Murder (Mar 15, 1987)
Glitter (1984)
Starring as Clive Richlin
(14 episodes)
- Episode 1x14: Suddenly Innocent (Dec 27, 1985)
- Episode 1x13: Rock 'n' Roll Heaven (Dec 26, 1985)
- Episode 1x12: The Runaway (Dec 25, 1985)
- Episode 1x11: Fathers and Children (Dec 20, 1985)
- Episode 1x10: The Matriarch (Dec 19, 1985)
- Episode 1x09: Nightfall (Dec 18, 1985)
- Episode 1x08: The Covergirl (Dec 17, 1985)
- Episode 1x07: The Tribute (Dec 13, 1985)
- Episode 1x06: Illusions (Dec 25, 1984)
- Episode 1x05: A Minor Miracle (Dec 18, 1984)
- Episode 1x04: On Your Toes (Dec 11, 1984)
- Episode 1x03: In Tennis, Love Means Nothing (Sep 27, 1984)
- Episode 1x02: Trouble in Paradise (Sep 20, 1984)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 13, 1984)
Night Court (1984)
Guest starring as Gregor Korolenko
- Episode 7x19: The Glasnost Menagerie (Mar 7, 1990)
The A-Team (1983)
Guest starring as Sydney / Uncle Buckle-Up
- Episode 4x12: Uncle Buckle-Up (Dec 17, 1985)
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Henry Greg
- Episode 6x15: The Captain's Replacement / Sly As A Fox / Here Comes The Bride - Maybe (Jan 15, 1983)
Guest starring as Orville Trout
- Episode 5x29: Mothers Don't Do That / Marrying for Money / Substitute Lover (May 15, 1982)
Guest starring as Dr. Wilfred Jones
- Episode 3x23: Another Time, Another Place / Doctor Who / Gopher's Engagement (Mar 1, 1980)
Guest starring as Marty Austin
- Episode 2x25: Sounds of Silence / Cyrano de Bricker / Murder on the High Seas (Mar 17, 1979)
Guest starring as Ronald
- Episode 1x12: Old Man and the Runaway / A Fine Romance / The Painters (Dec 24, 1977)
Guest starring as Radford Harcourt
- Episode 7x24: A Rose is Not a Rose / Novelties / Too Rich and Too Thin (Mar 17, 1984)
Guest starring as Ralph Dooley
- Episode 8x01: The Crew's Cruise Director / What a Drag / Doc's Slump (Sep 22, 1984)
Guest starring as Repairer #2
- Episode S09 Special: Who Killed Maxwell Thorn? (Feb 27, 1987) [Co-Star]
Fantasy Island (1977)
Guest starring as Professor Dwayne Clebe
- Episode 3x13: The Inventor / On the Other Side (Dec 15, 1979)
Guest starring as Ned Plummer
- Episode 5x02: The Devil and Mr. Roarke / Ziegfeld Girls / Kid Corey Rides Again (Oct 17, 1981)
Guest starring as Professor Edgar Breen
- Episode 2x01: The Homecoming / The Sheikh (Sep 16, 1978)
Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
Guest starring as Arte Johnson
- Episode 1x04: Special #4 (May 7, 1978)
Guest starring as NBC Captain
- Episode 1x09: Special #9 (Dec 5, 1980)
The Partridge Family (1970)
Guest starring as Nicholas Minsky Pushkin
- Episode 2x19: My Heart Belongs to a Two-Car Garage (Feb 4, 1972)
Guest starring as Morris Tinkler
- Episode 3x15: For Whom the Bell Tolls...and Tolls...and Tolls (Jan 12, 1973)
Night Gallery (1969)
Guest starring as J.J. Wilson
- Episode 2x11: The Flip-Side of Satan (Sep 29, 1971)
Love, American Style (1969)
Guest starring as Harvey
- Episode 1x04: Love and the Living Doll (Oct 6, 1969)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
Guest starring as Arte Johnson
(41 episodes)
- Episode 5x08: Teresa Graves, Tiny Tim, John Wayne, Jo Anne Worley (Nov 1, 1971)
- Episode 4x26: Fernando Lamas, Dinah Shore (Mar 15, 1971)
- Episode 4x23: Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford (Feb 22, 1971)
- Episode 4x17: Johnny Carson, Gore Vidal, Sam Yorty (Jan 11, 1971)
- Episode 4x15: William F. Buckley, Jr., Rich Little (Dec 28, 1970)
- Episode 4x14: Bing Crosby, Phyllis Diller, Rich Little, Debbie Reynolds, Jilly Rizzo (Dec 14, 1970)
- Episode 4x11: Desi Arnaz (Nov 23, 1970)
- Episode 4x07: Vincent Price, Rod Serling, Orson Welles (Oct 26, 1970)
- Episode 3x25: Buddy Hackett, Billy Barnes, Edgar Bergen, Mickey Rooney, Nancy Sinatra, Jill St. John, Andy Williams, Agatha Grunt (Mar 9, 1970)
- Episode 3x23: Carol Channing, Wally Cox, Sheldon Leonard, Ringo Starr (Feb 23, 1970)
- Episode 3x22: Dan Blocker, Perry Como, Tom Smothers, Flip Wilson (Feb 16, 1970)
- Episode 3x19: Jack Benny, Tony Curtis, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jill St. John (Jan 26, 1970)
- Episode 3x18: Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Ed McMahon (Jan 19, 1970)
- Episode 3x16: James Garner, Engelbert Humperdinck, Roger Moore (Jan 5, 1970)
- Episode 3x13: Phyllis Diller, Roger Moore, Romy Schneider, Jacqueline Susann (Dec 8, 1969)
- Episode 3x11: Michael Caine, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Debbie Reynolds (Nov 24, 1969)
- Episode 3x07: Sammy Davis, Jr., Jack Riley (Oct 27, 1969)
- Episode 3x06: Anne Jackson, Romy Schneider, Eli Wallach (Oct 20, 1969)
- Episode 3x04: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith (The Monkees) (Oct 6, 1969)
- Episode 2x25: Tony Curtis, Perry Como, Laurence Harvey, Flip Wilson, Stu Gilliam (Mar 24, 1969)
- Episode 2x22: Tony Curtis, Ann Miller, Smothers Brothers, James Garner, Forrest Tucker, Robert Wagner, Shelley Winters (Mar 3, 1969)
- Episode 2x21: Mel Brooks, Peter Falk, Lena Horne, Rock Hudson, Peter Lawford, Bob Newhart, Connie Stevens, Tiny Tim (Feb 24, 1969)
- Episode 2x20: Jack Benny, James Drury, James Garner, Guy Lombardo, Gina Lollobrigida, Doug McClure, Tiny Tim (Feb 17, 1969)
- Episode 2x16: George Gobel, Guy Lombardo, Pat Nixon, Richard Nixon, Nancy Sinatra, Smothers Brothers (Jan 20, 1969)
- Episode 2x14: Jack Benny, Peter Falk, Marcel Marceau, Garry Moore, Flip Wilson, Henry Youngman (Jan 6, 1969)
- Episode 2x13: Sally Field, Rich Little, Vincent Price, Don Rickles, Bill Dana, Nanette Fabray, Lena Horne, George Jessel, Bob Newhart, Kate Smith (Dec 30, 1968)
- Episode 2x12: Barbara Bain, Billy Barty, Jack Benny, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Rock Hudson, Martin Landau, Guy Lombardo, Otto Preminger (Dec 16, 1968)
- Episode 2x10: Perry Como, Joseph Cotten, Arlene Dahl, Phyllis Diller, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Otto Preminger, Vincent Price, Tiny Tim, Henny Youngman (Nov 25, 1968)
- Episode 2x08: George Gobel, Dick Gregory, Rock Hudson, Rod Serling (Nov 11, 1968)
- Episode 2x07: Bill Dana, Jimmy Dean, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lena Horne, Marcel Marceau, Sonny Tufts (Oct 28, 1968)
- Episode 2x02: Herb Alpert, Eve Arden, Arlene Dahl, Zsa Zsa Gabor, George Kirby, Jack Lemmon, John Wayne, Patrick Wayne (Sep 23, 1968)
- Episode 1x12: Kaye Ballard, Harry Belafonte, Shelley Berman, John Byner, James Garner, John Wayne, Flip Wilson The Curtain Callers (Apr 15, 1968)
- Episode 1x11: John Byner, Hugh Downs, James Garner, Flip Wilson, Paul Winchell, Pamela Austin, David Lipp (Apr 8, 1968)
- Episode 1x10: The Bee Gees, Johnny Carson, Barbara Feldon, Harry Belafonte, Ed McMahon, Flip Wilson, Sivi Aberg (Apr 1, 1968)
- Episode 1x09: Elgin Baylor, Harry Belafonte, Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis, Jr., Regis Philbin, John Wayne, Pamela Austin (Mar 25, 1968)
- Episode 1x08: Barbara Feldon, Anissa Jones, Jerry Lewis, Pat Morita, Dinah Shore, Sonny & Cher, John Wayne, Paul Winchell (Mar 11, 1968)
- Episode 1x06: Nancy Ames, Buddy Hackett, Jerry Lewis, Leonard Nimoy, Edward Platt, Connie Stevens, Larry Storch, The Temptations, (Feb 26, 1968)
- Episode 1x05: Kaye Ballard, Richard Dawson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Larry Hovis, Peter Lawford, Dinah Shore, Walter Slezak (Feb 19, 1968)
- Episode 1x04: Don Adams, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jack Riley, Walter Slezak, David Watson, Pamela Austin, Paul Gilbert (Feb 12, 1968)
- Episode 1x03: Tim Conway, Cher, Sheldon Leonard, Tiny Tim, Flip Wilson, Paul Gilbert (Feb 5, 1968)
- Episode 1x00: Pilot Special (Sep 9, 1967)
The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Guest starring as Center Square
(2 episodes)
- Episode 9x76: May 26-30, 1975 (DT) (May 26, 1975)
- Episode 3x18: December 23-27, 1968 (Dec 23, 1968)
Guest starring as Panelist
(15 episodes)
- Episode 14x18: November 12-16, 1979 (DT) (Nov 12, 1979)
- Episode 12x36: January 9-13, 1978 (DT) (Jan 9, 1978)
- Episode 11x91: August 22-26, 1977 (Aug 22, 1977)
- Episode 11x86: July 18-22, 1977 (Jul 18, 1977)
- Episode 9x57: March 17-23, 1975 (NT) (Mar 17, 1975)
- Episode 8x52: March 4-8, 1974 (DT) (Mar 4, 1974)
- Episode 7x109: August 27-31, 1973 (Aug 27, 1973)
- Episode 7x106: August 6-10, 1973 (Aug 6, 1973)
- Episode 7x78: April 9-13, 1973 (Apr 9, 1973)
- Episode 7x74: March 26-30, 1973 (DT) (Mar 26, 1973)
- Episode 5x34: April 26-30, 1971 (Apr 26, 1971)
- Episode 5x12: November 23-27, 1970 (Nov 23, 1970)
- Episode 4x16: December 15-19, 1969 (Dec 15, 1969)
- Episode 4x13: November 24-28, 1969 (Nov 24, 1969)
- Episode 3x49: July 28-August 1, 1969 (Jul 28, 1969)
The Pruitts of Southampton (1966)
Guest starring as Ahmed
- Episode 1x09: Phyllis Entertains Royalty (Nov 1, 1966)
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
Guest starring as Arte Johnson
- Episode 4x19: The Biggest Star in Hollywood (Feb 24, 1969)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Guest starring as Chip Broadwater
- Episode 1x26: The Game with Glass Pieces (May 1, 1964)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
Guest starring as Mario
- Episode 1x20: Man in a Hole (Feb 18, 1964)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Guest starring as Arte Johnson
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1979-04-24: Apr 24, 1979 (Apr 24, 1979)
- Episode 1978-11-28: Nov 27, 1978 (Nov 28, 1978)
Merv Griffin Show (1962)
Guest starring as Arte Johnson
- Episode 1976-02-03: Barry Newman, Cliff De Young, Arte Johnson, Pamela Grier, Joyce Jillson (Feb 3, 1976)
Don't Call Me Charlie! (1962)
Starring as Cpl. Lefkowitz
(14 episodes)
- Episode 1x14: Take My Hand (Dec 28, 1962)
- Episode 1x13: Build a Better Mousetrap (Dec 21, 1962)
- Episode 1x12: Play It Sam (Dec 14, 1962)
- Episode 1x11: Poor Little Hilda (Dec 7, 1962)
- Episode 1x10: A Visit from Amos Doolittle (Nov 30, 1962)
- Episode 1x09: Who Stole My Boots? (Nov 23, 1962)
- Episode 1x08: Hello Miss Yossarian (Nov 16, 1962)
- Episode 1x07: School Days (Nov 9, 1962)
- Episode 1x06: The Dog Show (Nov 2, 1962)
- Episode 1x05: Only the Lonely (Oct 19, 1962)
- Episode 1x04: A Friend in Need (Oct 12, 1962)
- Episode 1x03: The Man Who Cried Wolf (Oct 5, 1962)
- Episode 1x02: No Vacancy (Sep 28, 1962)
- Episode 1x01: Vive Judson McKay (Sep 21, 1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Arte Johnson
(2 episodes)
- Episode 16x55: Nov 19, 1976 (Nov 19, 1976)
- Episode 14x59: Nov 21, 1974 (Nov 21, 1974)
Guest starring as Co-Host
- Episode 10x140: Mar 26, 1971 (Mar 26, 1971)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Guest starring as Bill Schermerhorn
- Episode 5x17: I Do Not Choose to Run (Jan 19, 1966)
Peter Loves Mary (1960)
Guest starring as Clothing Salesman
- Episode 1x22: Getting Peter's Putter (Mar 22, 1961)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Guest starring as Hotel Clerk
- Episode 2x25: Andy and Barney in the Big City (Mar 26, 1962)
Make Room for Daddy (1953)
Guest starring as Bob Martin
- Episode 3x22: Who Can Figure Kids? (Feb 21, 1956)