Mervyn Johns
Actor
- Born
- February 17, 1899 · Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
- Died
- September 6, 1992 (age 93)
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
Moby Dick
June 27, 1956
Scrooge
November 30, 1951
Dead of Night
September 9, 1945
Jamaica Inn
May 11, 1939
The Day of the Triffids
April 24, 1963
55 Days at Peking
May 6, 1963
The Heroes of Telemark
November 12, 1965
1984
March 6, 1956
Went the Day Well?
December 7, 1942
The Old Dark House
October 30, 1963
The Sundowners
December 8, 1960
House of Mortal Sin
February 3, 1976
Acting71
- 1976House of Mortal Sin as Father Duggan
- 1973The National Health as Rees
- 1973A Thinking Man as Hero as Lord Beale
- 1966Who Killed the Cat? as Henry Fawcett
- 1965The Heroes of Telemark as Col. Wilkinson
- 1964A Jolly Bad Fellow as Willie Pugh-Smith
- 1963The Old Dark House as Potiphar Femm
- 196380,000 Suspects as Buckridge
- 196355 Days at Peking as Clergyman
- 1963The Day of the Triffids