Mervyn Johns
- Acting
- February 17, 1899 · Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
- September 6, 1992
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
- Shoestring · Reverend James Appleby
- The New Avengers · Elderly Man
- House of Mortal Sin · Father Duggan
- The National Health · Rees
- A Thinking Man as Hero · Lord Beale
- Crown Court · Arthur Charles Parfitt
- The Adventurer · Franz Kolmar
- Who Killed the Cat? · Henry Fawcett
- The Heroes of Telemark · Col. Wilkinson
- Pardon the Expression · Jacob Elijah Burgess, Jeb
- Detective
- A Jolly Bad Fellow · Willie Pugh-Smith
- The Old Dark House · Potiphar Femm
- 80,000 Suspects · Buckridge
- 55 Days at Peking · Clergyman
- The Day of the Triffids · Mr. Coker
- The Saint · Dr. Davis
- Francis of Assisi · Brother Juniper
- A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 · Holloway
- A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 · Holloway
- Echo of Barbara · Sam Roscoe
- Drama 61-67 · Charlie Dowsett
- The Rebel · Manager of Art Gallery, London
- No Love for Johnnie · Charlie Young
- The Avengers · Brandon Storey
- The Sundowners · Jack Patchogue
- Maigret · Inspector Fumel
- Sunday-Night Play · Holloway
- Danger Man · Armstrong
- Never Let Go · Alfie Barnes
- Once More, with Feeling! · Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.
- The Third Man · Geoffrey Ormsby
- No Hiding Place
- The Devil's Disciple · Rev. Maindeck Parshotter
- The Gypsy and the Gentleman · Brook
- Danger List · Mr. Ellis
- The Surgeon's Knife · Mr. Waring
- The Vicious Circle · Dr. George Kimber
- Doctor at Large · Mr. Smith
- The Counterfeit Plan · Louie Bernard
- Find the Lady · Hurst
- Armchair Theatre · Prison Officer Graves, George Thompson
- Moby Dick · Peleg
- The Intimate Stranger · Ernest Chaple
- 1984 · Jones
- The Blue Peter · Captain Snow
- Dixon of Dock Green · Mr. Farmer
- Romeo and Juliet · Friar Laurence
- The Master of Ballantrae · MacKellar
- Valley of Song · Griffiths
- The Oracle · Tom Mitchum
- Tall Headlines · Uncle Ted
- The Magic Box · Goitz
- Scrooge · Bob Cratchit
- Tony Draws a Horse
- Sunday Night Theatre · Samuel Pepys
- Diamond City · Hart
- Helter Skelter · Ernest Bennett
- Edward, My Son · Harry Sempkin
- Quartet · Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
- Counterblast · Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck
- Easy Money · Herbert Atkins
- Captain Boycott · Watty Connell
- The Captive Heart · Pte. Evans
- They Knew Mr. Knight · Tom Blake
- Pink String and Sealing Wax · Edward Sutton
- Dead of Night · Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
- Twilight Hour · Major John Roberts
- The Halfway House · Rhys
- San Demetrio London · Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
- My Learned Friend · Grimshaw
- The Bells Go Down · Sam
- Went the Day Well? · Charlie Sims
- The Foreman Went to France · Official, Passport Office
- The Next of Kin · No 23: Mr Davis
- Saloon Bar · Wickers
- Convoy · His Mate
- Girl in the News · James Fetherwood
- Jamaica Inn · Thomas
- Pride and Prejudice · Sir Willian Lucas