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Yasmine Bleeth and Don Johnson on Nash Bridges TV showDon Johnson (born
Donnie Wayne Johnson in Flat Creek, Missouri, on December 15, 1949) is an
actor best known for his film and television appearances. Johnson, who
graduated from South High School in Wichita, Kansas in 1967, became a
household name as a result of his co-starring role in the popular 1980s cop
series, Miami Vice. He later starred in the 1996-2001 drama Nash Bridges
with Yasmine Bleeth. He is of English origin.
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In the late 1960s, he was one of the male contestants on the popular
television show The Dating Game.
He was married twice to actress Melanie Griffith (briefly in 1976 and then
from 1989-1996) and is currently married to Kelley Phleger of San Francisco.
They were married in 1998. Ms. Phleger is related to the Gettys of Getty
Oil. Mr. Johnson has a son with Patti D'Arbanville, Jesse, born in December
1982, a daughter with Griffith, Dakota Johnson, born in October 1989, and a
daughter with Phleger, Atherton Grace Johnson, born December 28, 1999 and a
son, Jasper Breckenridge Johnson, born June 6, 2002.
He once had a screaming match on the radio with the hosts of the syndicated
Ron and Ron Show, Ron Bennington (a.k.a. "Tex Bennington," now of The Ron
and Fez Show) and Ron Diaz.
In the fall of 2005, he briefly starred in The WB courtroom television show
Just Legal as a jaded lawyer with a very young and idealistic partner (Jay
Baruchel); the show was canceled in October 2005. As of December 23, 2005,
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