Mervyn Johns

Personal Info

Birthday

February 17, 1899

Day of Death

1992-09-06

(93 years old)

Place of Birth

Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

Also Known As

David Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

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

The Avengers

The Saint

Crown Court

Maigret

Sunday-Night Play

Danger Man

The Third Man

Sunday Night Theatre

Filmography

1976
House of Mortal Sin
as Father Duggan
1973
The National Health
as Rees
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
80,000 Suspects
as Buckridge
55 Days at Peking
as Clergyman
The Day of the Triffids
as Mr. Coker
1961
Francis of Assisi
as Brother Juniper
Echo of Barbara
as Sam Roscoe
The Rebel
as Manager of Art Gallery, London
No Love for Johnnie
as Charlie Young
1960
The Sundowners
as Jack Patchogue
Never Let Go
as Alfie Barnes
Once More, with Feeling!
as Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.
1959
The Devil's Disciple
as Rev. Maindeck Parshotter
1958
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
as Brook
1957
Danger List
as Mr. Ellis
The Surgeon's Knife
as Mr. Waring
The Vicious Circle
as Dr. George Kimber
Doctor at Large
as Smith
The Counterfeit Plan
as Louie Bernard
1956
Find the Lady
as Hurst
Moby Dick
as Peleg
The Intimate Stranger
as Ernest Chaple
1984
as Jones
1955
The Blue Peter
as Captain Snow
1954
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Laurence
1953
The Master of Ballantrae
as MacKellar
Valley of Song
as Griffiths
The Oracle
as Tom Mitchum
1952
Tall Headlines
as Uncle Ted
The Magic Box
as Goitz
1951
Scrooge
as Bob Cratchit
1949
Diamond City
as Hart
Edward, My Son
as Harry Sempkin
Helter Skelter
as Ernest Bennett
1948
Quartet
as Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Counterblast
as Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck
Easy Money
as Herbert Atkins
1947
Captain Boycott
as Watty Connell
1946
The Captive Heart
as Pte. Evans
They Knew Mr. Knight
as Tom Blake
1945
Pink String and Sealing Wax
as Edward Sutton
Dead of Night
as Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
Twilight Hour
as Major John Roberts
1944
The Halfway House
as Rhys
1943
San Demetrio London
as Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
My Learned Friend
as Grimshaw
The Bells Go Down
as Sam
1942
Went the Day Well?
as Charlie Sims
The Foreman Went to France
as Official, Passport Office
The Next of Kin
as No 23: Mr Davis
1940
Saloon Bar
as Wickers
Convoy
as His Mate
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
Storm in a Teacup
as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
1936
Dishonour Bright
as French Postcard Seller
In the Soup
as Meakin
1935
Foreign Affaires
as Courtroom Interpreter
The Guv'nor
as Bank Director
1934
Lady in Danger
as Reporter