Sammy Johnson
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| Birth name | Ronald Samuel Johnson |
| Born | June 14, 1949 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England |
| Died | November ?, 1998 (age 49) Malaga, Spain |
| Notable roles | Stick in Spender |
Sammy Johnson was an English actor (born May 14th 1949, Gateshead).
[edit] Biography
The son of Samuel Johnson and Thomasina (Tina) Scott, his birth name was Ronald Samuel Johnson. He was brother to two brothers Kenneth (who died in September 1964), Raymond (Jimmy) and two sisters Valerie and Catherine. He has two children Lorraine and Lynn.
Johnson was raised in Gateshead and lived on the Springwell Estate. From an early age he was interested in music and played guitar, which he wore around his neck. Later he became a member of the band Pigmeat along with Jim Murray and Ray Stubbs. After playing bass guitar at Live Theatre in a panto he was asked to act in the show. He applied for Equity membership but they already had a 'Ron Johnson' so he used his father's name of 'Sammy'. He appeared in several TV productions and often worked with local writers like CP Taylor, Tom Hadaway, Leonard Barras and Arthur McKenzie but continued to be a musician with the 'Ray Stubbs R&B Allstars' as well as forming 'Matt Vinyl and the Decorators'.
He was then chosen by Jimmy Nail to play 'Stick' in Spender, which was written by Jimmy Nail and Ian La Frenais. Other famous roles he played were in VIZ's Sid the Sexist and in ITV's adaptation of Catherine Cookson's The Gambling Man as Victor Pittie. He then turned to scriptwriting and moved to Spain in the hills above Malaga which is where he died while out jogging in 1998 at the age of 49.
After his death, the Sammy Johnson Memorial Fund was set up.
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