Name
Johnny Mathis
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1935-09-30 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Gilmer, Texas, USA
Biography
Johnny Mathis is an American singer of popular music, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status and 73 making the Billboard charts. Guinness world records and music charts historian Paul Gambaccini confirms Mathis record sales have surpassed well over 360 million worldwide. This makes Johnny Mathis the 3rd biggest selling artist of the 20th century after Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra (as for 2018).
Although he is frequently described as a romantic singer, his discography includes traditional pop, Brazilian, Spanish, soul, rhythm and blues, soft rock, show tunes, blues, country, and even a few disco songs for his album Mathis Magic in 1979. Mathis has also recorded six albums of Christmas music.
In 2014, Mathis was inducted into the Great American Songbook Hall Of Fame. In 2017, Mathis' alma mater San Francisco State University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree. Mathis attended San Francisco State for three semesters before withdrawing in 1956 to pursue his music career.
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- 1992 Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' as Self
- 2007 Johnny Mathis - Gold as Himself
- 1958 A Certain Smile as Johnny Mathis
- 1979 The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
- 1957 Lizzie as Piano Singer
- 1990 You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self
- 2014 Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story as Self
- 2023 The Philly Sound... Heard 'Round the World as Self
- 2001 Johnny Mathis: Live By Request as Himself
- 2019 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Self - Singer (archive footage)
- 2011 Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television as Self
- 2014 Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark as Self
- 1978 The Natalie Cole Special as Himself
- 2017 Just Getting Started as Johnny Mathis
- 2019 My Music: A Classic Christmas as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 The 7th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest as Self
- 2014 '51 Dons as Narrator
- 1995 Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
- 2024 I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story as Self
- 1992 A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 2004 Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's First Movie
- 2025 Johnny Mathis At The BBC
- 1993 David Foster's Christmas Album as Self
- 1984 Olympic Gala
- 1957 American Bandstand ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1964 Top of the Pops ( 1 episode )
- 1976 Mike Yarwood In Persons ( 1 episode )
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1968 Cilla ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1996 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ( 1 episode ) as Johnny Mathis
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 17 episodes ) as Self
- 1979 Presenting Susan Anton ( 1 episode )
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 9 episodes ) as Self
- 1996 Muppets Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 Wogan ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1970 The Flip Wilson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1964 Shindig! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Singer
- 1964 The Hollywood Palace ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1952 This Is Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1974 Dinah! ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Himself
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 Numéro un ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 Numéro un ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Johnny Mathis (voice)
- 1971 The Pet Set ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 Night-Club ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1958 Kraft Music Hall ( 1 episode ) as Self
