Johnathan Walton

Not to be confused with Jonathan Walton.
Johnathan Walton
Occupation(s)Journalist and podcaster
Websitehttps://johnathanwalton.com/

Johnathan Walton is the host of the podcast "Queen of the Con: The Irish Heiress" and is a vigilante who hunts down con artists. The first con artist Walton put in jail was Marianne Smyth aka Mair Smyth aka Marianne Clark,[1] who scammed hundreds of thousands of dollars from 43 victims, including Walton himself,[2] in the United States and Europe, using an elaborate series of confidence tricks.[3][4] She was convicted of stealing money from him and spent about two years in jail.[5]

Walton also works as a producer on reality television shows like American Ninja Warrior for NBC, Shark Tank for ABC and Savage Builds for the Discovery Channel.[6] His career in unscripted television was preceded by a 10-year stint as an Emmy Award-winning TV news reporter and producer at local stations KHOU-TV in Houston, Texas, KABB-TV in San Antonio, Texas and WSVN-TV in Miami, Florida.[7][8]

Awards

  • Has won four Regional Emmys for his primetime television specials for CBS Houston (KHOU-TV).
    • 2006 Emmy for Walton's World Gone Wild aired Dec. 2005. KHOU-TV Houston Johnathan Walton, Reporter[9]
    • 2005 Emmy for The Best of Walton's World Strikes Back aired Dec. 2004.
    • 2004 Emmy for The Best of Walton's World Gone Wild[10]
    • 2003 Emmy for Christmas in Walton's World show.[11][12]
  • 2004 Texas Associated Press Broadcasters First Place Light Feature.[13]
  • Numerous Houston Press Club Lone Star Awards
  • 2003 Houston Chronicle Award for "Baffoon". Described as "A pudgy, puckish clown for the 21st century,"[14]
  • 2006 Houston Chronicle Award for Funny Person on Local TV. Described as "tickles us best"[15]

References

  1. ^ "Suspected con artist heads to DTLA court over grand theft charges". ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  2. ^ Walton, Johnathan. "Official website". Johnathan Walton. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  3. ^ Cunningham, Waylon (2019-01-11). "Maryville-raised con artist convicted in Los Angeles". The Daily Times. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  4. ^ Kilkenney, Katie. "The Hollywood Producer, the "Heiress" and a Very Personal Quest for Justice". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  5. ^ Whittle, Patrick (2024-05-09). "Scammer who claimed to be an Irish heiress should be extradited to UK, judge rules". AP News. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  6. ^ "Johnathan Walton | Producer, Writer, Director". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
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  8. ^ [2]
  9. ^ "Lone Star Chapter of NATAS - Emmy Awards". Archived from the original on 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2006-10-25.2006 Lone Star Emmy
  10. ^ [3] Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine2005 Lone Star Emmy
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2007-06-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)2004 Lone Star Emmy
  12. ^ [4]Belo Press Release
  13. ^ "Belo Corp. | Press Releases". Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2006-09-12.Walton wins First Place Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Award for Light Feature
  14. ^ [5] 2003 Houston Chronicle calls Walton "Funny and smart"
  15. ^ [6]2006 Houston Chronicle says that Walton "tickles us best"