Bill Johnson (i) (1915-1967) James Gleason, This Man’s Navy, 1944.     The Broadway singer was due to make his screen debut as Shannon in what has been hailed as best movie made about US Navy Blimps. In fact, it is the only film made about America’s WWII airships. Copyright © 2023 Crawley's Casting Calls. All Rights Reserved. Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU General Public License.