Mervyn Johns

Acting

Born February 17, 1899, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

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

• Shoestring — Reverend James Appleby
• 1976House of Mortal Sin — Father Duggan
• The New Avengers — Elderly Man
• 1973A Thinking Man as Hero — Lord Beale
• 1973The National Health — Rees
• Crown Court — Arthur Charles Parfitt
• The Adventurer — Franz Kolmar
• 1966Who Killed the Cat? — Henry Fawcett
• Pardon the Expression — Jacob Elijah Burgess, Jeb
• 1965The Heroes of Telemark — Col. Wilkinson
• 1964A Jolly Bad Fellow — Willie Pugh-Smith
• Detective
• 196355 Days at Peking — Clergyman
• 196380,000 Suspects — Buckridge
• 1963The Day of the Triffids — Mr. Coker
• 1963The Old Dark House — Potiphar Femm
• The Saint — Dr. Davis
• 1961A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 — Holloway
• 1961A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 — Holloway
• Drama 61-67 — Charlie Dowsett
• 1961Echo of Barbara — Sam Roscoe
• 1961Francis of Assisi — Brother Juniper
• 1961No Love for Johnnie — Charlie Young
• The Avengers — Brandon Storey
• 1961The Rebel — Manager of Art Gallery, London
• Danger Man — Armstrong
• Maigret — Inspector Fumel
• 1960Never Let Go — Alfie Barnes
• 1960Once More, with Feeling! — Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.
• Sunday-Night Play — Holloway
• 1960The Sundowners — Jack Patchogue
• No Hiding Place
• 1959The Devil's Disciple — Rev. Maindeck Parshotter
• The Third Man — Geoffrey Ormsby
• 1958The Gypsy and the Gentleman — Brook
• 1957Danger List — Mr. Ellis
• 1957Doctor at Large — Mr. Smith
• 1957The Counterfeit Plan — Louie Bernard
• 1957The Surgeon's Knife — Mr. Waring
• 1957The Vicious Circle — Dr. George Kimber
• 19561984 — Jones
• Armchair Theatre — Prison Officer Graves, George Thompson
• 1956Find the Lady — Hurst
• 1956Moby Dick — Peleg
• 1956The Intimate Stranger — Ernest Chaple
• Dixon of Dock Green — Mr. Farmer
• 1955The Blue Peter — Captain Snow
• 1954Romeo and Juliet — Friar Laurence
• 1953The Master of Ballantrae — MacKellar
• 1953The Oracle — Tom Mitchum
• 1953Valley of Song — Griffiths
• 1952Tall Headlines — Uncle Ted
• 1952The Magic Box — Goitz
• 1951Scrooge — Bob Cratchit
• Sunday Night Theatre — Samuel Pepys
• 1950Tony Draws a Horse
• 1949Diamond City — Hart
• 1949Edward, My Son — Harry Sempkin
• 1949Helter Skelter — Ernest Bennett
• 1948Counterblast — Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck
• 1948Easy Money — Herbert Atkins
• 1948Quartet — Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
• 1947Captain Boycott — Watty Connell
• 1946The Captive Heart — Pte. Evans
• 1946They Knew Mr. Knight — Tom Blake
• 1945Dead of Night — Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
• 1945Pink String and Sealing Wax — Edward Sutton
• 1945Twilight Hour — Major John Roberts
• 1944The Halfway House — Rhys
• 1943My Learned Friend — Grimshaw
• 1943San Demetrio London — Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
• 1943The Bells Go Down — Sam
• 1942The Foreman Went to France — Official, Passport Office
• 1942The Next of Kin — No 23: Mr Davis
• 1942Went the Day Well? — Charlie Sims
• 1940Convoy — His Mate
• 1940Girl in the News — James Fetherwood
• 1940Saloon Bar — Wickers
• 1939Jamaica Inn — Thomas
• 1938Pride and Prejudice — Sir Willian Lucas
• 1937Night Ride — Trapped Miner
• 1937Storm in a Teacup — Court Bailiff (uncredited)
• 1937The Last Curtain — Hemp
• 1936Dishonour Bright — French Postcard Seller
• 1936In the Soup — Meakin
• 1935Foreign Affaires — Courtroom Interpreter (uncredited)
• 1935The Guv'nor — Bank Director
• 1934Lady in Danger — Reporter