Mervyn Johns

Actor

Born: February 17, 1899 (93 years old)

Died: September 6, 1992

Place of birth: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

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).

Filmography (54)

• Moby Dick (1956, ★ 7)
• Went the Day Well? (1942, ★ 7.2)
• Scrooge (1951, ★ 7.4)
• Dead of Night (1945, ★ 7.2)
• San Demetrio London (1943, ★ 7)
• Francis of Assisi (1961, ★ 7.6)
• The National Health (1973, ★ 6.8)
• The Bells Go Down (1943, ★ 7)
• Captain Boycott (1947, ★ 6.8)
• 80,000 Suspects (1963, ★ 6.9)
• 55 Days at Peking (1963, ★ 6.9)
• Storm in a Teacup (1937, ★ 7.5)
• The Rebel (1961, ★ 7.8)
• The Avengers (1961, ★ 7.7)
• Jamaica Inn (1939, ★ 6.1)
• The Old Dark House (1963, ★ 5.9)
• Never Let Go (1960, ★ 6.5)
• The Captive Heart (1946, ★ 6.2)
• The Intimate Stranger (1956, ★ 5.8)
• Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945, ★ 6)
• Edward, My Son (1949, ★ 6.4)
• Easy Money (1948, ★ 6)
• The Halfway House (1944, ★ 6.4)
• My Learned Friend (1943, ★ 6)
• Counterblast (1948, ★ 6)
• Once More, with Feeling! (1960, ★ 5.9)
• Saloon Bar (1940, ★ 6.4)
• The Sundowners (1960, ★ 6.7)
• They Knew Mr. Knight (1946, ★ 5.7)
• The Day of the Triffids (1963, ★ 6.1)