Mervyn Johns
Department: Acting
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
Moby Dick
1956
Went the Day Well?
1942
Jamaica Inn
1939
Scrooge
1951
Dead of Night
1945
Never Let Go
1960
The Old Dark House
1963
Echo of Barbara
1961
San Demetrio London
1943
The Captive Heart
1946
Diamond City
1949
Romeo and Juliet
1954
The Intimate Stranger
1956
Pink String and Sealing Wax
1945
Edward, My Son
1949
The Counterfeit Plan
1957
Easy Money
1948
Francis of Assisi
1961
The Halfway House
1944
My Learned Friend
1943
Danger List
1957
Counterblast
1948
Helter Skelter
1949
The National Health
1973
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958
Once More, with Feeling!
1960
Saloon Bar
1940
The Bells Go Down
1943
They Knew Mr. Knight
1946
Captain Boycott
1947
80,000 Suspects
1963
55 Days at Peking
1963
Valley of Song
1953
In the Soup
1936
Tony Draws a Horse
1950
Storm in a Teacup
1937
Night Ride
1937
The Sundowners
1960
Tall Headlines
1952
The Blue Peter
1955
The Day of the Triffids
1963
Dishonour Bright
1936
Lady in Danger
1934
House of Mortal Sin
1976
A Jolly Bad Fellow
1964
Girl in the News
1940
Convoy
1940
Doctor at Large
1957
The Master of Ballantrae
1953
Foreign Affaires
1935
The Next of Kin
1942
1984
1956
The Heroes of Telemark
1965
The Guv'nor
1935
Find the Lady
1956
The Magic Box
1952
The Devil's Disciple
1959
The Vicious Circle
1957
The Oracle
1953
The Surgeon's Knife
1957
The Foreman Went to France
1942
The Rebel
1961
Who Killed the Cat?
1966
Pride and Prejudice
1938
Quartet
1948
Twilight Hour
1945
A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
1961
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
1961
The Last Curtain
1937
No Love for Johnnie
1961
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
The New Avengers
1976
No Hiding Place
1959
Sunday-Night Play
1960
Detective
1964
The Adventurer
1972
Maigret
1960
Crown Court
1972
The Avengers
1961
The Saint
1962
Danger Man
1960
Pardon the Expression
1965
Pardon the Expression
1965
The Third Man
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956
Armchair Theatre
1956
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Drama 61-67
1961
Shoestring
1979