ViceFanMan Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 (edited) This is a clip I found on YouTube of Don Johnson guest-starring in a 1972 episode (“Endtheme”) of The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969-1973). I’ve never seen the show before (although I’ve heard of it), nor this full episode. But Don is pretty young...and singing! Edited August 1, 2020 by ViceFanMan 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators timm525 Posted August 1, 2020 Administrators Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 I saw him at about 14-15 in a Kung Fu episode. Surprised me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahonu Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 8 hours ago, timm525 said: I saw him at about 14-15 in a Kung Fu episode. Surprised me. Yes, he played a Native American boy. I’ve seen it, but he wasn’t that young. The episode was in the early 70’s and he was born at the end of 1949. He did look quite young though. I don’t believe he acted in anything in Hollywood until after a year at KU then studying acting in San Francisco. So maybe when he was 20, about 1970. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewRemington Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 Awesome! Thanks for sharing! I’m not a big fan of that folky 60s-70s style music, but some is good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pahonu Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 I just looked it up on IMDB. His first role was the lead in a 1970 film called The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart. It’s apparently based on a 60’s novel about the sexual coming of age of a young film school dropout in New York. The Bold Ones episode was his 5th role and the Kung Fu episode in 1973 was shortly after that. He was almost 24. He really did look young! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViceFanMan Posted August 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, pahonu said: Yes, he played a Native American boy. I’ve seen it, but he wasn’t that young. The episode was in the early 70’s and he was born at the end of 1949. He did look quite young though. I don’t believe he acted in anything in Hollywood until after a year at KU then studying acting in San Francisco. So maybe when he was 20, about 1970. Yes, his family moved to Wichita, Kansas when he was little, and I think he was raised there...graduating from Wichita South High. He then went to KU in Lawrence for a year or two. Although Don rarely acknowledges his Kansas ties anymore (not that I’ve heard anyway), in the past I’ve read he credited a drama professor/coach at KU back then for getting him truly interested & acclimated into acting...& basically started in the acting profession. A few times the city of Wichita (as was Salina once if I remember correctly) was mentioned in MV, but usually in a joking or sarcastic way. But, Don did wear a KU shirt in the Freefall finale. Edited August 1, 2020 by ViceFanMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators timm525 Posted August 1, 2020 Administrators Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 24! I thought he was about 14 in the ep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrockettOnTheShore Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 Amazing! Never seen DJ from this era before! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie1996 Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 On 12/22/2020 at 7:48 PM, CrockettOnTheShore said: Amazing! Never seen DJ from this era before! "Wankers....the BBC is full of them" said Terry Wogan and he never spoke a truer word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augusta Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 ..... EEwwww--ugh. That outfit, the hair---that's just a yucky role. How did I get through the 70's with so much yuck. Oh, my eyes! No, stop---Don hurry up and take this gun. Here! Practice with it. It's empty, so it's alright----you're too young to understand now, but you NEED this. It's going to make you famous one day. Take it NOW--trust me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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