- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 9, 1960
- Place of Birth
- Liverpool, England, UK
Holly Johnson
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
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
movieFrankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
2025 · Lead Vocals
movieThe Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024 · Self
![Legendary Children [All of Them Queer]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/zK3IyPRrNTy9sCy09O5mxqrXB2p.jpg)
movieLegendary Children [All of Them Queer]
2023
movieSounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023 · Self (archive footage)
tvGeorge Michael: Outed
2023 · Self
movieHolly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022
2022 · Self
movieFreedom: 50 Years of Pride
2022 · Self
tvTV Story Superstar
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019
movieHolly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019
2019 · Self - Performer
movieQueer as Art
2017 · Self
movieFrankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest
2009 · Holly Johnson
tvBenidorm
2007 · Himself
tvThe One Show
2006 · Self
movieFrankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On
2000 · Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee
movieBody Double
1984 · Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
The Bob Monkhouse Show
tvThe Bob Monkhouse Show
1983 · Self
tvWogan
1982 · Performer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
tvNewsnight
1980
movieThe Sound of Protest
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