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Richard Johnson obituary by Michael Coveney

Stage and screen actor whose good looks and rich voice captivated audiences for 60 yearsRichard Johnson, who has died aged 87, was an MGM contract star and an associate artist at the Royal Shakespeare Company from its inception in 1960. In a career of astonishing range and variety, he was a handsome leading man " a 1958 Romeo, for instance, with Dorothy Tutin as Juliet " an action hero in wartime movies, a character …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:19PM on June 7, 2015

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