Name
Mervyn Johns
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1899-02-17
Deathday
1992-09-06 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Biography
Father of actress Glynis Johns, who appeared with him in The Halfway House (1944) and The Sundowners (1960). Stocky, benevolent-looking Welsh character who became an unexpected star of British movies during WWII, then moved quickly into post-war supports, with one of his fondly-remembered parts being that of the cowering "Bob Cratchit" to Alastair Sim's cold-hearted "Ebenezer Scrooge" in the definitive film version of A Christmas Carol (1951).
Known For
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Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the...
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In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revol...
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Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospital...
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Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physic...
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Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, ...
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An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar fr...
- 1956 Moby Dick as Peleg
- 1942 Went the Day Well? as Charlie Sims
- 1939 Jamaica Inn as Thomas
- 1951 Scrooge as Bob Cratchit
- 1945 Dead of Night as Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
- 1963 The Old Dark House as Potiphar Femm
- 1960 Never Let Go as Alfie Barnes
- 1961 Echo of Barbara as Sam Roscoe
- 1943 San Demetrio London as Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
- 1946 The Captive Heart as Pte. Evans
- 1949 Diamond City as Hart
- 1954 Romeo and Juliet as Friar Laurence
- 1956 The Intimate Stranger as Ernest Chaple
- 1945 Pink String and Sealing Wax as Edward Sutton
- 1949 Edward, My Son as Harry Sempkin
- 1957 The Counterfeit Plan as Louie Bernard
- 1948 Easy Money as Herbert Atkins
- 1961 Francis of Assisi as Brother Juniper
- 1944 The Halfway House as Rhys
- 1943 My Learned Friend as Grimshaw
- 1957 Danger List as Mr. Ellis
- 1948 Counterblast as Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck
- 1949 Helter Skelter as Ernest Bennett
- 1973 The National Health as Rees
- 1958 The Gypsy and the Gentleman as Brook
- 1960 Once More, with Feeling! as Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.
- 1940 Saloon Bar as Wickers
- 1943 The Bells Go Down as Sam
- 1946 They Knew Mr. Knight as Tom Blake
- 1947 Captain Boycott as Watty Connell
- 1963 80,000 Suspects as Buckridge
- 1963 55 Days at Peking as Clergyman
- 1953 Valley of Song as Griffiths
- 1936 In the Soup as Meakin
- 1950 Tony Draws a Horse
- 1937 Storm in a Teacup as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
- 1937 Night Ride as Trapped Miner
- 1960 The Sundowners as Jack Patchogue
- 1952 Tall Headlines as Uncle Ted
- 1955 The Blue Peter as Captain Snow
- 1963 The Day of the Triffids as Mr. Coker
- 1936 Dishonour Bright as French Postcard Seller
- 1934 Lady in Danger as Reporter
- 1976 House of Mortal Sin as Father Duggan
- 1964 A Jolly Bad Fellow as Willie Pugh-Smith
- 1940 Convoy as His Mate
- 1940 Girl in the News as James Fetherwood
- 1957 Doctor at Large as Mr. Smith
- 1953 The Master of Ballantrae as MacKellar
- 1935 Foreign Affaires as Courtroom Interpreter (uncredited)
- 1942 The Next of Kin as No 23: Mr Davis
- 1956 1984 as Jones
- 1965 The Heroes of Telemark as Col. Wilkinson
- 1935 The Guv'nor as Bank Director
- 1956 Find the Lady as Hurst
- 1952 The Magic Box as Goitz
- 1959 The Devil's Disciple as Rev. Maindeck Parshotter
- 1957 The Vicious Circle as Dr. George Kimber
- 1953 The Oracle as Tom Mitchum
- 1957 The Surgeon's Knife as Mr. Waring
- 1942 The Foreman Went to France as Official, Passport Office
- 1961 The Rebel as Manager of Art Gallery, London
- 1966 Who Killed the Cat? as Henry Fawcett
- 1938 Pride and Prejudice as Sir Willian Lucas
- 1948 Quartet as Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
- 1945 Twilight Hour as Major John Roberts
- 1961 A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 as Holloway
- 1961 A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 as Holloway
- 1937 The Last Curtain as Hemp
- 1961 No Love for Johnnie as Charlie Young
- 1973 A Thinking Man as Hero as Lord Beale
- 1955 Dixon of Dock Green ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Farmer
- 1976 The New Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Elderly Man
- 1959 No Hiding Place ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Sunday-Night Play ( 2 episodes ) as Holloway
- 1964 Detective ( 1 episode )
- 1972 The Adventurer ( 1 episode ) as Franz Kolmar
- 1960 Maigret ( 1 episode ) as Inspector Fumel
- 1972 Crown Court ( 3 episodes ) as Arthur Charles Parfitt
- 1965 Pardon the Expression ( 1 episode ) as Jacob Elijah Burgess
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Prison Officer Graves
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Davis
- 1960 Danger Man ( 1 episode ) as Armstrong
- 1959 The Third Man ( 1 episode ) as Geoffrey Ormsby
- 1961 The Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Brandon Storey
- 1965 Pardon the Expression ( 1 episode ) as Jeb
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as George Thompson
- 1950 Sunday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Samuel Pepys
- 1961 Drama 61-67 ( 1 episode ) as Charlie Dowsett
- 1979 Shoestring ( 1 episode ) as Reverend James Appleby
