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