Acting

Mervyn Johns

Born 1899-02-17 · Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

Died 1992-09-06

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).

Credits

Newest first

Shoestring
as Reverend James Appleby
1979
The New Avengers
as Elderly Man
1976
House of Mortal Sin
as Father Duggan
1976
The National Health
as Rees
1973
A Thinking Man as Hero
as Lord Beale
1973
Crown Court
as Arthur Charles Parfitt
1972
The Adventurer
as Franz Kolmar
1972
Who Killed the Cat?
as Henry Fawcett
1966
The Heroes of Telemark
as Col. Wilkinson
1965
Pardon the Expression
as Jacob Elijah Burgess
1965
Pardon the Expression
as Jeb
1965
Detective
1964
A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Willie Pugh-Smith
1964
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
1963
The Saint
as Dr. Davis
1962
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
Drama 61-67
as Charlie Dowsett
1961
The Rebel
as Manager of Art Gallery, London
1961
No Love for Johnnie
as Charlie Young
1961
The Avengers
as Brandon Storey
1961
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.
1960
The Third Man
as Geoffrey Ormsby
1959
No Hiding Place
1959
The Devil's Disciple
as Rev. Maindeck Parshotter
1959
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
as Brook
1958
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
1957
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
1956
The Blue Peter
as Captain Snow
1955
Dixon of Dock Green
as Mr. Farmer
1955
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Laurence
1954
The Master of Ballantrae
as MacKellar
1953
Valley of Song
as Griffiths
1953
The Oracle
as Tom Mitchum
1953
Tall Headlines
as Uncle Ted
1952
The Magic Box
as Goitz
1952
Scrooge
as Bob Cratchit
1951
Tony Draws a Horse
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
as Samuel Pepys
1950
Diamond City
as Hart
1949
Helter Skelter
as Ernest Bennett
1949
Edward, My Son
as Harry Sempkin
1949
Quartet
as Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
1948
Counterblast
as Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck
1948
Easy Money
as Herbert Atkins
1948
Captain Boycott
as Watty Connell
1947
The Captive Heart
as Pte. Evans
1946
They Knew Mr. Knight
as Tom Blake
1946
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
1945
The Halfway House
as Rhys
1944
San Demetrio London
as Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
1943
My Learned Friend
as Grimshaw
1943
The Bells Go Down
as Sam
1943
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
1942
Saloon Bar
as Wickers
1940
Convoy
as His Mate
1940
Girl in the News
as James Fetherwood
1940