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