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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2024
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Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]
Character:
MOVIE • 2023
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2023
George Michael: Outed
Character: Self
TV • 2023
Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2022
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2022
TV Story Superstar
Character: Self (archive footage)
TV • 2020
Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019
Character: Self - Performer
MOVIE • 2019
Queer as Art
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2017
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest
Character: Holly Johnson
MOVIE • 2009
Benidorm
Character: Himself
TV • 2007
The One Show
Character: Self
TV • 2006
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On
Character: Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee
MOVIE • 2000
Body Double
Character: Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1984
The Bob Monkhouse Show
Character: Self
TV • 1983
Wogan
Character: Performer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
TV • 1982
Newsnight
Character:
TV • 1980