Portrait of Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

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).

Born: February 17, 1899

Place of Birth: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

Filmography

1976
The New Avengers

as Elderly Man

1976
House of Mortal Sin

as Father Duggan

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

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
1962
The Saint

as Dr. Davis

1961
Francis of Assisi

as Brother Juniper

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
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
The Devil's Disciple

as Rev. Maindeck Parshotter

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
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
1953
Valley of Song

as Griffiths

1953
The Oracle

as Tom Mitchum

1952
Tall Headlines

as Uncle Ted

1952
1951
Scrooge

as Bob Cratchit

1950
Sunday Night Theatre

as Samuel Pepys

1949
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
1945
1945
Dead of Night

as Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

1945
Twilight Hour

as Major John Roberts

1943
San Demetrio London

as Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio

1943
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
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
The Guv'nor

as Bank Director

1934
Lady in Danger

as Reporter