Mervyn Johns

ActingBorn 1899-02-17Died 1992-09-06 (93)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).

Mervyn Johns

Known For

Pride and Prejudice

The Rebel

The Avengers

Francis of Assisi

Storm in a Teacup

Scrooge

The Saint

The Guv'nor

Danger Man

Dead of Night

Filmography

Shoestring

The New Avengers

House of Mortal Sin

The National Health

Crown Court

The Adventurer

Who Killed the Cat?

The Heroes of Telemark

Detective

A Jolly Bad Fellow

The Old Dark House

80,000 Suspects

55 Days at Peking

The Day of the Triffids

The Saint

Francis of Assisi

Echo of Barbara

The Rebel

No Love for Johnnie

The Avengers

The Sundowners

Maigret

Danger Man

Never Let Go

Once More, with Feeling!

The Third Man

No Hiding Place

The Devil's Disciple

The Gypsy and the Gentleman

The Surgeon's Knife

The Vicious Circle

Doctor at Large

The Counterfeit Plan

Find the Lady

Armchair Theatre

Moby Dick

The Intimate Stranger

1984

The Blue Peter

Dixon of Dock Green

Romeo and Juliet

The Master of Ballantrae

Valley of Song

The Oracle

Tall Headlines

The Magic Box

Scrooge

Sunday Night Theatre

Diamond City

Helter Skelter

Edward, My Son

Quartet

Counterblast

Easy Money

Captain Boycott

The Captive Heart

They Knew Mr. Knight

Pink String and Sealing Wax

Dead of Night

Twilight Hour

The Halfway House

San Demetrio London

My Learned Friend

The Bells Go Down

Went the Day Well?

The Foreman Went to France

The Next of Kin