Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 17, 1899
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).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | House of Mortal Sin | Father Duggan |
| 1973 | The National Health | Rees |
| 1966 | Who Killed the Cat? | Henry Fawcett |
| 1965 | The Heroes of Telemark | Col. Wilkinson |
| 1964 | A Jolly Bad Fellow | Willie Pugh-Smith |
| 1963 | The Old Dark House | Potiphar Femm |
| 1963 | 80,000 Suspects | Buckridge |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking | Clergyman |
| 1963 | The Day of the Triffids | Mr. Coker |
| 1961 | Echo of Barbara | Sam Roscoe |
| 1961 | Francis of Assisi | Brother Juniper |
| 1961 | No Love for Johnnie | Charlie Young |
| 1961 | The Rebel | Manager of Art Gallery, London |
| 1960 | Never Let Go | Alfie Barnes |
| 1960 | Once More, with Feeling! | Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr. |
| 1960 | The Sundowners | Jack Patchogue |
| 1959 | The Devil's Disciple | Rev. Maindeck Parshotter |
| 1958 | The Gypsy and the Gentleman | Brook |
| 1957 | The Counterfeit Plan | Louie Bernard |
| 1957 | Danger List | Mr. Ellis |
| 1957 | Doctor at Large | Smith |
| 1957 | The Vicious Circle | Dr. George Kimber |
| 1957 | The Surgeon's Knife | Mr. Waring |
| 1956 | Moby Dick | Peleg |
| 1956 | Finger of Guilt | Ernest Chaple |
| 1956 | 1984 | Jones |
| 1956 | Find the Lady | Hurst |
| 1955 | The Blue Peter | Captain Snow |
| 1954 | Romeo and Juliet | Friar Laurence |
| 1953 | Valley of Song | Griffiths |
| 1953 | The Master of Ballantrae | MacKellar |
| 1953 | The Oracle | Tom Mitchum |
| 1952 | Tall Headlines | Uncle Ted |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Goitz |
| 1951 | Scrooge | Bob Cratchit |
| 1950 | Tony Draws a Horse | |
| 1949 | Diamond City | Hart |
| 1949 | Edward, My Son | Harry Sempkin |
| 1949 | Helter Skelter | Ernest Bennett |
| 1948 | Easy Money | Herbert Atkins |
| 1948 | Counterblast | Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck |
| 1948 | Quartet | Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite") |
| 1947 | Captain Boycott | Watty Connell |
| 1946 | The Captive Heart | Pte. Evans |
| 1946 | They Knew Mr. Knight | Tom Blake |
| 1945 | Dead of Night | Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story") |
| 1945 | Pink String and Sealing Wax | Edward Sutton |
| 1945 | Twilight Hour | Major John Roberts |
| 1944 | The Halfway House | Rhys |
| 1943 | San Demetrio London | Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio |
| 1943 | My Learned Friend | Grimshaw |
| 1943 | The Bells Go Down | Sam |
| 1942 | Went the Day Well? | Charlie Sims |
| 1942 | The Next of Kin | No 23: Mr Davis |
| 1942 | The Foreman Went to France | Official, Passport Office |
| 1940 | Saloon Bar | Wickers |
| 1940 | Convoy | His Mate |
| 1940 | Girl in the News | James Fetherwood |
| 1939 | Jamaica Inn | Thomas |
| 1938 | Pride and Prejudice | Sir Willian Lucas |
| 1937 | Storm in a Teacup | Court Bailiff (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Night Ride | Trapped Miner |
| 1936 | In the Soup | Meakin |
| 1936 | Dishonour Bright | French Postcard Seller |
| 1935 | Foreign Affaires | Courtroom Interpreter |
| 1935 | The Guv'nor | Bank Director |
| 1934 | Lady in Danger | Reporter |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Shoestring | |
| 1976 | The New Avengers | |
| 1972 | The Adventures of Black Beauty | |
| 1972 | The Adventurer | Franz Kolmar |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Arthur Charles Parfitt |
| 1965 | Pardon the Expression | Jacob Elijah Burgess |
| 1965 | Pardon the Expression | Jeb |
| 1964 | Detective | |
| 1962 | The Saint | Dr. Davis |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Brandon Storey |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Holloway |
| 1960 | Maigret | Inspector Fumel |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Armstrong |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | |
| 1959 | The Third Man | Geoffrey Ormsby |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Prison Officer Graves |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | George Thompson |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green | Mr. Farmer |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Samuel Pepys |