Troy Donahue
Actor
Born January 27, 1936 in New York City, New York, U.S.
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 attended Columbia University and studied journalism. He trained briefly with Ezra Stone, and then moved to Hollywood.
Filmography
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Merle Johnson
Legion
Flemming
Merchants of Venus
FBI Agent
Bimbo Movie Bash
Dr. Ackerman (archive footage)
Showdown
Police Captain
The Pamela Principle
Troy
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Merle Johnson
Double Trouble
Leonard
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Rob Kamen
Deadly Diamonds
Matt Plimpton
Shock 'Em Dead
Record Exec
Nudity Required
Jack
Sexpot
Phillip
Omega Cop
Slim
Cry-Baby
Hatchet's Father
Click: The Calendar Girl Killer
Alan
The Platinum Triangle
Harold Farber
Hot Times at Montclair High
Mr. Nichols
Dr. Alien
Dr. Ackerman
Assault of the Party Nerds
Sid Witherspoon
Terminal Force
Slim
Blood Nasty
Barry Hefna
Sounds of Silence
Larry Haughton
American Rampage
Police Psychiatrist
The Chilling
Dr. Miller
Deadly Spygames
Python
Hawkeye
Mayor
Bad Blood
Jack Barnes
Monsters
Dr. Thomas Becker
Hard Rock Nightmare
Uncle Gary
Deadly Prey
Don Michaelson
Hollywood Cop
Lt Maxwell
The Drifting Classroom
Taggart
Cyclone
Bob Jenkins
Fight to Win
Rosenberg
Low Blow
John Templeton
Grandview, U.S.A.
Donny Vinton
Lover, Come Back to Me
Malibu
Clint Redman
Matt Houston
Vega$
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Fantasy Island
Jack Terry
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Merle Johnson
Outrage
Daniel
The Love Boat
Mr. Clark
CHiPs
The Legend of Frank Woods
Sheriff John Baxom
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Laverne & Shirley
Ellery Queen
Gilbert Mallory
The Godfather Part II
Merle Johnson
Seizure
Mark Frost
South Seas
Steve
Cockfighter
Randall Mansfield
Sweet Savior
Moon
The Phantom Gunslinger
Bill
The Lonely Profession
Julian Thatcher
Split Second to an Epitaph
Father Dugan
The Name of the Game
Norman Hoak
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Gaylord Sullivan
Mondo Hollywood
Ironside
Father Dugan
Come Spy with Me
Jill Parsons
My Blood Runs Cold
Ben Gunther
A Distant Trumpet
2nd Lt. Matthew 'Matt' Hazard
Palm Springs Weekend
Jim Munroe
The Patty Duke Show
Rome Adventure
Don Porter
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Susan Slade
Hoyt Brecker
Parrish
Parrish McLean
Surfside 6
Sandy Winfield II
The Crowded Sky
McVey
A Summer Place
Johnny Hunter
Hawaiian Eye
Bourbon Street Beat
Man on Phone (voice)
The Alaskans
Imitation of Life
Frankie
Rawhide
Buzz Travis
The Perfect Furlough
Sgt. Nickles
Monster on the Campus
Jimmy Flanders
77 Sunset Strip
Bronco
Voice in the Mirror
Paul Cunningham
Wild Heritage
Jesse Bascomb
This Happy Feeling
Tony Manza
Live Fast, Die Young
Artie Sanders / Artie Smith
Summer Love
Sax Lewis
The Monolith Monsters
Hank Jackson
The Tarnished Angels
Frank Burnham
Maverick
Dan Jamison
Sugarfoot
Ken Savage
Man of a Thousand Faces
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Man Afraid
Reporter (uncredited)
The Bob Hope Show
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee