Mervyn Johns

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-02-17 (93 years old)

Deathday

1992-09-06

Place of Birth

Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

Mervyn Johns

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).

Acting

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

1954

Romeo and Juliet

as Friar Laurence

1956

The Intimate Stranger

as Ernest Chaple

1945

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

1943

1957

Danger List

as Mr. Ellis

1948

Counterblast

as Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck

1949

Helter Skelter

as Ernest Bennett

1961

No Love for Johnnie

as Charlie Young

1960

Once More, with Feeling!

as Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.

1940

Saloon Bar

as Wickers

1946

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

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

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

Girl in the News

as James Fetherwood

1940

Convoy

as His Mate

1957

1953

1935

Foreign Affaires

as Courtroom Interpreter

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

1952

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

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