Mervyn Johns

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1899-02-17

Place of Birth

Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
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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).

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Acting History

1979
Shoestring
1976
The New Avengers as Elderly Man
1976
House of Mortal Sin as Father Duggan
1973
The National Health as Rees
1972
Crown Court as Arthur Charles Parfitt
1972
The Adventurer as Franz Kolmar
1966
Who Killed the Cat? as Henry Fawcett
1965
The Heroes of Telemark as Col. Wilkinson
1965
Pardon the Expression as Jacob Elijah Burgess
1965
Pardon the Expression as Jeb
1964
Detective
1964
A Jolly Bad Fellow as Willie Pugh-Smith
1963
The Old Dark House as Potiphar Femm
1963
80,000 Suspects as Buckridge
1963
55 Days at Peking as Clergyman
1963
The Day of the Triffids as Mr. Coker
1962
The Saint as Dr. Davis
1961
Francis of Assisi as Brother Juniper
1961
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 as Holloway
1961
A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 as Holloway
1961
Echo of Barbara as Sam Roscoe
1961
The Rebel as Manager of Art Gallery, London
1961
No Love for Johnnie as Charlie Young
1961
The Avengers as Brandon Storey
1960
The Sundowners as Jack Patchogue
1960
Maigret as Inspector Fumel
1960
Sunday-Night Play as Holloway
1960
Danger Man as Armstrong
1960
Never Let Go as Alfie Barnes
1960
Once More, with Feeling! as Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.
1959
The Third Man as Geoffrey Ormsby
1959
No Hiding Place
1959
The Devil's Disciple as Rev. Maindeck Parshotter
1958
The Gypsy and the Gentleman as Brook
1957
Danger List as Mr. Ellis
1957
The Surgeon's Knife as Mr. Waring
1957
The Vicious Circle as Dr. George Kimber
1957
Doctor at Large as Mr. Smith
1957
The Counterfeit Plan as Louie Bernard
1956
Find the Lady as Hurst
1956
Armchair Theatre as Prison Officer Graves
1956
Armchair Theatre as George Thompson
1956
Moby Dick as Peleg
1956
The Intimate Stranger as Ernest Chaple
1956
1984 as Jones
1955
The Blue Peter as Captain Snow
1955
Dixon of Dock Green as Mr. Farmer
1954
Romeo and Juliet as Friar Laurence
1953
The Master of Ballantrae as MacKellar
1953
Valley of Song as Griffiths
1953
The Oracle as Tom Mitchum
1952
Tall Headlines as Uncle Ted
1952
The Magic Box as Goitz
1951
Scrooge as Bob Cratchit
1950
Tony Draws a Horse
1950
Sunday Night Theatre as Samuel Pepys
1949
Diamond City as Hart
1949
Helter Skelter as Ernest Bennett
1949
Edward, My Son as Harry Sempkin
1948
Quartet as Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
1948
Counterblast as Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck
1948
Easy Money as Herbert Atkins
1947
Captain Boycott as Watty Connell
1946
The Captive Heart as Pte. Evans
1946
They Knew Mr. Knight as Tom Blake
1945
Pink String and Sealing Wax as Edward Sutton
1945
Dead of Night as Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
1945
Twilight Hour as Major John Roberts
1944
The Halfway House as Rhys
1943
San Demetrio London as Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
1943
My Learned Friend as Grimshaw
1943
The Bells Go Down as Sam
1942
Went the Day Well? as Charlie Sims
1942
The Foreman Went to France as Official, Passport Office
1942
The Next of Kin as No 23: Mr Davis
1940
Saloon Bar as Wickers
1940
Convoy as His Mate
1940
Girl in the News as James Fetherwood
1939
Jamaica Inn as Thomas
1938
Pride and Prejudice as Sir Willian Lucas
1937
The Last Curtain as Hemp
1937
Night Ride as Trapped Miner
1937
Storm in a Teacup as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
1936
Dishonour Bright as French Postcard Seller
1936
In the Soup as Meakin
1935
Foreign Affaires as Courtroom Interpreter (uncredited)
1935
The Guv'nor as Bank Director
1934
Lady in Danger as Reporter