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John Dennis Johnston is an American film and television actor.

Career
He appeared in a number of feature films including Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Streets of Fire, and Flesh+Blood, as well as various TV series such as In Plain Sight and The Golden Girls. He appeared in both Twilight Zone: The Movie in 1983 and in one episode of the Twilight Zone TV series in 1987. ==Personal life==
Personal life
Johnston attended Hunter College in New York City where he studied drama under Lloyd Richards and Harold Clurman. In 1981, he married Karla Pitti, daughter of the cowboy-singer and actor Carl Pitti. They later separated. An avid cyclist, he is a cycling safety activist who has pushed for safe-driving legislation. == Selected filmography ==
Selected filmography
Captains and the Kings (1972, TV miniseries) .... Medical Orderly • Police Woman (1976–1977, TV series) .... Arky / Bishoff • Roots (1977, TV Mini-Series) .... Man At Cockfight • Annie Hall (1977) .... Police Officer • The Rockford Files (1976–1977, TV series) .... Henry Schlager / Grady Northcourt • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) .... Special Forces • Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978, TV Movie) .... 'Chopper' • The Rose (1979) .... Milledge • Knots Landing (1980, TV Series) .... Alien • ''Charlie's Angels'' (1976–1980, TV Series) .... Harley Mason / Jerry Adams • Back Roads (1981) .... Gilly • Best of the West (1982, TV Series) - Curtis • The Beast Within (1982) .... Horace Platt • ''The Executioner's Song'' (1982, TV Movie) .... Jimmy - Poker Game • The Blue and the Gray (1982, TV Mini-Series) .... Lieutenant Hardy • Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982) .... Macho Kid • 48 Hrs. (1982) .... Torchy's Patron • Reckless (1983) • Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) .... Co-Pilot (segment "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet") • The Rousters (1983, TV Movie) • The Dukes of Hazzard (1983, TV Series) .... 'Sledge' Beaudry • Lone Star Country (1983) • Streets of Fire (1984) .... Pete The Mechanic • A Breed Apart (1984) .... Miller • The A-Team (1983-1985, TV series) .... Archer / 'Snake' • Pale Rider (1985) .... Deputy Tucker • Flesh+Blood (1985) .... Summer • The New Twilight Zone (1987, TV series, episode: "The Junction") .... Charlie (segment "The Junction") • St. Elsewhere (1986–1987, TV Series) .... Nick Moats • Extreme Prejudice (1987) .... 'Merv' • Married... with Children (1987, TV series, episode: "How Do You Spell Revenge?") .... Jimmy • The Squeeze (1987) .... Nick • Sunset (1988) .... Ed • Pink Cadillac (1989) .... Waycross • Communion (1989) .... Fireman • Golden Girls (1989, TV series, episode: "Mary Has A Little Lamb") .... Merrill • Murder in Mississippi (1990, TV movie) .... Hatchet-Faced Man • Matlock (1991–1992, TV series) • In the Best Interest of the Children (1992, TV Movie) .... Harlan Pepper • Reasonable Doubts (1992, TV Series) .... Carl Lorkey / Carl Lurkee • Highlander: The Series (1992, TV series, episode: "Mountain Men") .... Carl The Hermit • Wyatt Earp (1994) .... Frank Stillwell • Wagons East! (1994) .... Cattle Rustler (uncredited) • Art Deco Detective (1994) .... Detective Arthur Decowitz • In Pursuit of Honor (1995, TV Movie) .... Sergeant Thomas Mulcahey • White Dwarf (1995, TV Movie) .... Morgus, Osh's Assistant • A Walk in the Clouds (1995) .... Lout #1 • Wild Bill (1995) .... Ed Plummer • The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996, TV Movie) .... Tony Vickers • Precious Find (1996) .... Bartender • Forest Warrior (1996) .... Williams • Millennium (1996, TV series, episode: "Broken World") - Sheriff Falkner • Snide and Prejudice (1997) .... Sheffield • ''Joseph's Gift'' (1998) .... Parker • Heartwood (1998) .... Carl Burris • Purgatory (1999, TV Movie) .... Lamb / 'Lefty' Slade • Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (2000, TV movie) • Walker, Texas Ranger (1996–2001, TV series) .... Mike Shilts / Cody Diggs • Firestarter: Rekindled (2002, TV Mini-Series) .... Joel Lowen • JAG (2003, TV Series) .... Barclay Cale • Without a Trace (2005, TV Series) .... Patrick Orton • Supernatural (2006, TV Series) .... Pa Bender • In Plain Sight (2009–2010, TV series, episodes: "Father Goes West" and "Don't Cry for Me, Albuquerque") .... Dr. Bronstein • The Gertrude Stein Mystery or Some Like It Art (2010; episode: "Deep Throat") == References ==
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