Acting · Liverpool, England, UK · Born February 9, 1960
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.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
2025
as Lead Vocals
MovieThe Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024
as Self
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MovieLegendary Children [All of Them Queer]
2023
MovieSounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
as Self (archive footage)
TVGeorge Michael: Outed
2023
as Self
MovieHolly Johnson - Baloise Session 2022
2022
as Self
MovieFreedom: 50 Years of Pride
2022
as Self
TVTV Story Superstar
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Holly Johnson mit der SWR1 Band beim Finale der SWR1 Hitparade 2019
2019
as Self - Performer
MovieQueer as Art
2017
as Self
MovieFrankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Greatest
2009
as Holly Johnson
TVBenidorm
2007
as Himself
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
MovieFrankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On
2000
as Holly Johnson / Self - Interviewee
TVThe Word
1990
MovieBody Double
1984
as Singing Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
The Bob Monkhouse Show
1983
as Self
TVWogan
1982
as Performer (aka Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
TVNewsnight
1980
MovieThe Sound of Protest
