Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/27/1936
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S.
Also Known As
Merle Johnson Jr.Трой Донахʼю
Troy Donahue
Biography
Troy Donahue (born Merle Johnson Jr., January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American film and television actor and singer. He was a popular sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s.
His father was Merle Johnson, the manager of the motion-picture department of General Motors. His mother, Edith Johnson, was a retired stage actress. Donahue attended a New York military academy, where he met Francis Ford Coppola. When Donahue was 18, he moved to New York and got a job as a messenger in a film company founded by his father. He was fired, he says, because he was too young to join the union. He atte...
Known For
The Godfather Part II
as Merle Johnson
Cyclone
as Bob Jenkins
Parrish
as Parrish McLean
Wild Heritage
as Jesse Bascomb
Dr. Alien
as Dr. Ackerman
Terminal Force
as Slim
Susan Slade
as Hoyt Brecker
Malibu
as Clint Redman
Sexpot
as Phillip
Showdown
as Police Captain
The Monolith Monsters
as Hank Jackson
Bad Blood
as Jack Barnes
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
as Merle Johnson
Deadly Prey
as Don Michaelson
The Chilling
as Dr. Miller
The Perfect Furlough
as Sgt. Nickles
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
American Rampage
as Police Psychiatrist
Hollywood Cop
as Lt Maxwell
Monster on the Campus
as Jimmy Flanders
Career Timeline
1991
1990
1989
The Platinum Triangle
as Harold Farber
Hot Times at Montclair High
as Mr. Nichols
Dr. Alien
as Dr. Ackerman
Assault of the Party Nerds
as Sid Witherspoon
Terminal Force
as Slim
Blood Nasty
as Barry Hefna
Sounds of Silence
as Larry Haughton
American Rampage
as Police Psychiatrist
The Chilling
as Dr. Miller
Deadly Spygames
as Python
1988
1987
1977
1974
1967
1959
1958
Monster on the Campus
as Jimmy Flanders
The Perfect Furlough
as Sgt. Nickles
77 Sunset Strip
Role unknown
77 Sunset Strip
as Sandy Winfield II
Bronco
Role unknown
Voice in the Mirror
as Paul Cunningham
Wild Heritage
as Jesse Bascomb
This Happy Feeling
as Tony Manza
Live Fast, Die Young
as Artie Sanders / Artie Smith
Summer Love
as Sax Lewis