Actor
Troy Donahue
January 27, 1936 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Al Pacino
3 titles together
The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980, Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Robert Duvall
3 titles together
The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980, Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Diane Keaton
3 titles together
The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980, Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Robert De Niro
3 titles together
The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980, Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
John Cazale
3 titles together
The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980, Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Talia Shire
3 titles together
The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980, Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Full filmography · 94
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
as Merle Johnson
2016The Boys Behind the Desk
cast
2000
Legion
as Flemming
1998
Merchants of Venus
as FBI Agent
1998
Bimbo Movie Bash
as Dr. Ackerman (archive footage)
1997
Showdown
as Police Captain
1993
The Pamela Principle
as Troy
1992
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Merle Johnson
19928.9
Double Trouble
as Leonard
19924.8
Deadly Diamonds
as Matt Plimpton
1991
Shock 'Em Dead
as Record Exec
19914.2
Sexpot
as Phillip
1990