DEADWOOD Character: Johnny Burns

Johnny Burns Profile

From Wikipedia: John “Johnny” Burns (Sean Bridgers) is a worker at the Gem Saloon and one of Al’s lackeys. His main jobs are tending bar, cleaning, and hauling corpses to Wu’s pigsty. Young and ambitious, Johnny is also not too bright, leading Al to continually abuse him verbally and physically. He shoots Charlie Utter and Sol Star in the second season but does not kill them and expresses severe remorse, unlike Adams and Dority. Though he is very loyal to Al, he refuses to kill the prostitute Jen whom Al is trying to trick Hearst into thinking is Trixie. Johnny tries but can’t put himself up to the deed and tells Al he won’t do it. Therefore, Al knocks him out, and they tie him up. Later Dan frees him, and Johnny asks Al if Jen suffered. Al says he tried to do it as painlessly as possible. When Johnny leaves the room, Al adds the comment, “Wants me to tell him something pretty”… Read More

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