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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 9, 1960
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
Also Known As
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- William Holly Johnson
- William Johnson
Holly Johnson
0.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.0
Self
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
2024
![Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/zK3IyPRrNTy9sCy09O5mxqrXB2p.jpg)
0.0
Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]
2023
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
4.3
Self
George Michael: Outed
2023
8.0
Self
Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022
2022
8.0
Self
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
2022
0.0
Self (archive footage)
TV Story Superstar
2020
🎬
0.0
Self - Performer
Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019
2019
4.0
Self
Queer as Art
2017
0.0
Holly Johnson
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest
2009
Credits
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
as Self
2024
8.0
![Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/zK3IyPRrNTy9sCy09O5mxqrXB2p.jpg)
Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]
2023
0.0
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2023
9.0
George Michael: Outed
as Self
2023
4.3
Holly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022
as Self
2022
8.0
Freedom: 50 Years of Pride
as Self
2022
8.0
TV Story Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
2020
0.0
🎬
Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019
as Self - Performer
2019
0.0
Queer as Art
as Self
2017
4.0
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest
as Holly Johnson
2009
0.0
Benidorm
as Himself
2007
7.5
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On
as Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee
2000
8.0
Body Double
as Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
1984
6.8
🎬
The Bob Monkhouse Show
as Self
1983
6.0
Wogan
as Performer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
1982
4.5
Newsnight
1980
6.2