Here's Johnny!

[Ashirg]

So, I watched 2 noirs recently recorded on TCM with a main character's name Johnny - Johnny Angel and Johnny O'Clock. It made me think, is Johnny the most popular film noir name? Here's other Johnnies you might know from the noirs:

Johnnie in Suspicion (1941) - Cary Grant
Johnny Eager (1942) - Robert Taylor
Johnny Angel (1945) - George Raft
Johnny Prince in Scarlet Street (1945) - Dan Duryea
Johnny Farrell in Gilda (1946) - Glenn Ford
Johnny Morrison in The Blue Dahlia (1946) - Alan Ladd
Johnny O'Clock (1947) - Dick Powell
Johnny McQueen in Odd Man Out (1947) - James Mason
Johnny Coulter in For You I Die (1947) - Paul Langton
Johnny Rocco in Key Largo (1948) - Edward G. Robinson
Johnny Allegro (1949) - George Raft
Johnny Torno in Red Light (1949) - George Raft
Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949) - Dan Duryea
Johnny' Columbo in Black Hand (1950) - Gene Kelly
Johnny' O'Hara in The People Against O'Hara (1951) - James Arness
Johnny Kelly in City That Never Sleeps (1953) - Gig Young
Johnny' Merrick in The System (1953) - Frank Lovejoy
Johnny Guitar (1954) - Sterling Hayden
Johnny McBride in The Long Wait (1954) - Anthony Quinn
Johnny Clay in The Killing (1956) - Sterling Hayden
Johnny Rocco (1958) - Richard Eyer
Johnny Cool (1963) - Henry Silva

[Steve-O]

there are many more too... Johnny -- Bogart in Marked Woman

Johnny -- was Cary Grant's name in Suspicion

I happen to know there's a lot of Steve characters too... "You know how to whistle, don't you Steve?"