Mervyn Johns
Acting • Born 1899-02-17 – Died 1992-09-06
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).
Filmography
89 credits
Moby Dick
Movie • 1956
Peleg
Went the Day Well?
Movie • 1942
Charlie Sims
Jamaica Inn
Movie • 1939
Thomas
Scrooge
Movie • 1951
Bob Cratchit
Dead of Night
Movie • 1945
Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
The Old Dark House
Movie • 1963
Potiphar Femm
Never Let Go
Movie • 1960
Alfie Barnes
Echo of Barbara
Movie • 1961
Sam Roscoe
San Demetrio London
Movie • 1943
Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
The Captive Heart
Movie • 1946
Pte. Evans
Diamond City
Movie • 1949
Hart
Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 1954
Friar Laurence
The Intimate Stranger
Movie • 1956
Ernest Chaple
Pink String and Sealing Wax
Movie • 1945
Edward Sutton
Edward, My Son
Movie • 1949
Harry Sempkin
The Counterfeit Plan
Movie • 1957
Louie Bernard
Easy Money
Movie • 1948
Herbert Atkins
Francis of Assisi
Movie • 1961
Brother Juniper
The Halfway House
Movie • 1944
Rhys
My Learned Friend
Movie • 1943
Grimshaw
Danger List
Movie • 1957
Mr. Ellis
Counterblast
Movie • 1948
Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck
Helter Skelter
Movie • 1949
Ernest Bennett
The National Health
Movie • 1973
Rees
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Movie • 1958
Brook
Once More, with Feeling!
Movie • 1960
Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.
Saloon Bar
Movie • 1940
Wickers
The Bells Go Down
Movie • 1943
Sam
They Knew Mr. Knight
Movie • 1946
Tom Blake
Captain Boycott
Movie • 1947
Watty Connell
80,000 Suspects
Movie • 1963
Buckridge
55 Days at Peking
Movie • 1963
Clergyman
Valley of Song
Movie • 1953
Griffiths
In the Soup
Movie • 1936
Meakin
Tony Draws a Horse
Movie • 1950
Storm in a Teacup
Movie • 1937
Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Night Ride
Movie • 1937
Trapped Miner
The Sundowners
Movie • 1960
Jack Patchogue
Tall Headlines
Movie • 1952
Uncle Ted
The Blue Peter
Movie • 1955
Captain Snow
The Day of the Triffids
Movie • 1963
Mr. Coker
Dishonour Bright
Movie • 1936
French Postcard Seller
Lady in Danger
Movie • 1934
Reporter
House of Mortal Sin
Movie • 1976
Father Duggan
A Jolly Bad Fellow
Movie • 1964
Willie Pugh-Smith
Girl in the News
Movie • 1940
James Fetherwood
Convoy
Movie • 1940
His Mate
Doctor at Large
Movie • 1957
Mr. Smith
The Master of Ballantrae
Movie • 1953
MacKellar
Foreign Affaires
Movie • 1935
Courtroom Interpreter (uncredited)
The Next of Kin
Movie • 1942
No 23: Mr Davis
1984
Movie • 1956
Jones
The Heroes of Telemark
Movie • 1965
Col. Wilkinson
The Guv'nor
Movie • 1935
Bank Director
Find the Lady
Movie • 1956
Hurst
The Magic Box
Movie • 1952
Goitz
The Devil's Disciple
Movie • 1959
Rev. Maindeck Parshotter
The Vicious Circle
Movie • 1957
Dr. George Kimber
The Oracle
Movie • 1953
Tom Mitchum
The Surgeon's Knife
Movie • 1957
Mr. Waring
The Foreman Went to France
Movie • 1942
Official, Passport Office
The Rebel
Movie • 1961
Manager of Art Gallery, London
Who Killed the Cat?
Movie • 1966
Henry Fawcett
Pride and Prejudice
Movie • 1938
Sir Willian Lucas
Quartet
Movie • 1948
Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Twilight Hour
Movie • 1945
Major John Roberts
A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
Movie • 1961
Holloway
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Movie • 1961
Holloway
The Last Curtain
Movie • 1937
Hemp
No Love for Johnnie
Movie • 1961
Charlie Young
Dixon of Dock Green
TV • 1955
Mr. Farmer
The New Avengers
TV • 1976
Elderly Man
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Sunday-Night Play
TV • 1960
Holloway
Detective
TV • 1964
The Adventurer
TV • 1972
Franz Kolmar
Maigret
TV • 1960
Inspector Fumel
Crown Court
TV • 1972
Arthur Charles Parfitt
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Brandon Storey
The Saint
TV • 1962
Dr. Davis
Danger Man
TV • 1960
Armstrong
Pardon the Expression
TV • 1965
Jacob Elijah Burgess
Pardon the Expression
TV • 1965
Jeb
The Third Man
TV • 1959
Geoffrey Ormsby
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Prison Officer Graves
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
George Thompson
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Samuel Pepys
Drama 61-67
TV • 1961
Charlie Dowsett
Shoestring
TV • 1979
Reverend James Appleby