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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 17, 1899
Died
September 6, 1992
Place of Birth
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Also Known As
- David Mervyn Johns
Mervyn Johns
0.9 Popularity
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).
Known For
6.8
Shoestring
1979
7.0
Elderly Man
The New Avengers
1976
6.4
Father Duggan
House of Mortal Sin
1976
6.8
Rees
The National Health
1973
5.4
Arthur Charles Parfitt
Crown Court
1972
5.5
Franz Kolmar
The Adventurer
1972
7.0
Henry Fawcett
Who Killed the Cat?
1966
6.9
Col. Wilkinson
The Heroes of Telemark
1965
🎬
6.0
Jacob Elijah Burgess
Pardon the Expression
1965
🎬
6.0
Jeb
Pardon the Expression
1965
Credits
Shoestring
1979
6.8
The New Avengers
as Elderly Man
1976
7.0
House of Mortal Sin
as Father Duggan
1976
6.4
The National Health
as Rees
1973
6.8
Crown Court
as Arthur Charles Parfitt
1972
5.4
The Adventurer
as Franz Kolmar
1972
5.5
Who Killed the Cat?
as Henry Fawcett
1966
7.0
The Heroes of Telemark
as Col. Wilkinson
1965
6.9
🎬
Pardon the Expression
as Jacob Elijah Burgess
1965
6.0
🎬
Pardon the Expression
as Jeb
1965
6.0
Detective
1964
0.0
A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Willie Pugh-Smith
1964
4.0
The Old Dark House
as Potiphar Femm
1963
5.9
80,000 Suspects
as Buckridge
1963
6.9
55 Days at Peking
as Clergyman
1963
7.0
The Day of the Triffids
as Mr. Coker
1963
6.1
The Saint
as Dr. Davis
1962
7.4
Francis of Assisi
as Brother Juniper
1961
7.6
🎬
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
as Holloway
1961
0.0
🎬
A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
as Holloway
1961
0.0
Echo of Barbara
as Sam Roscoe
1961
0.0
🎬
Drama 61-67
as Charlie Dowsett
1961
0.0
The Rebel
as Manager of Art Gallery, London
1961
7.8
No Love for Johnnie
as Charlie Young
1961
6.2
The Avengers
as Brandon Storey
1961
7.7
The Sundowners
as Jack Patchogue
1960
6.7
Maigret
as Inspector Fumel
1960
7.2
🎬
Sunday-Night Play
as Holloway
1960
0.0
Danger Man
as Armstrong
1960
7.3
Never Let Go
as Alfie Barnes
1960
6.5
Once More, with Feeling!
as Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.
1960
5.9
The Third Man
as Geoffrey Ormsby
1959
7.1
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
The Devil's Disciple
as Rev. Maindeck Parshotter
1959
6.6
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
as Brook
1958
5.5
🎬
Danger List
as Mr. Ellis
1957
0.0
The Surgeon's Knife
as Mr. Waring
1957
0.0
The Vicious Circle
as Dr. George Kimber
1957
6.4
Doctor at Large
as Mr. Smith
1957
5.6
The Counterfeit Plan
as Louie Bernard
1957
5.2
Find the Lady
as Hurst
1956
3.5
Armchair Theatre
as Prison Officer Graves
1956
5.8
Armchair Theatre
as George Thompson
1956
5.8
Moby Dick
as Peleg
1956
7.0
The Intimate Stranger
as Ernest Chaple
1956
5.8
1984
as Jones
1956
6.5
The Blue Peter
as Captain Snow
1955
6.0
Dixon of Dock Green
as Mr. Farmer
1955
5.3
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Laurence
1954
5.2
The Master of Ballantrae
as MacKellar
1953
5.5
Valley of Song
as Griffiths
1953
0.0
The Oracle
as Tom Mitchum
1953
5.0
Tall Headlines
as Uncle Ted
1952
5.8
The Magic Box
as Goitz
1952
6.4
Scrooge
as Bob Cratchit
1951
7.4
🎬
Tony Draws a Horse
1950
0.0
Sunday Night Theatre
as Samuel Pepys
1950
3.5
Diamond City
as Hart
1949
5.2
Helter Skelter
as Ernest Bennett
1949
6.2
Edward, My Son
as Harry Sempkin
1949
6.4
Quartet
as Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
1948
6.2
Counterblast
as Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck
1948
6.0
Easy Money
as Herbert Atkins
1948
6.0
Captain Boycott
as Watty Connell
1947
6.8
The Captive Heart
as Pte. Evans
1946
6.2
They Knew Mr. Knight
as Tom Blake
1946
5.7
Pink String and Sealing Wax
as Edward Sutton
1945
6.0
Dead of Night
as Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
1945
7.2
Twilight Hour
as Major John Roberts
1945
0.0
The Halfway House
as Rhys
1944
6.5
San Demetrio London
as Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
1943
7.0
My Learned Friend
as Grimshaw
1943
6.0
The Bells Go Down
as Sam
1943
7.1
Went the Day Well?
as Charlie Sims
1942
7.2
The Foreman Went to France
as Official, Passport Office
1942
6.6
The Next of Kin
as No 23: Mr Davis
1942
5.1
Saloon Bar
as Wickers
1940
6.4
Convoy
as His Mate
1940
5.4
Girl in the News
as James Fetherwood
1940
6.4
Jamaica Inn
as Thomas
1939
6.1
Pride and Prejudice
as Sir Willian Lucas
1938
10.0
🎬
The Last Curtain
as Hemp
1937
5.0
Night Ride
as Trapped Miner
1937
6.0
Storm in a Teacup
as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
1937
7.5
Dishonour Bright
as French Postcard Seller
1936
5.0
In the Soup
as Meakin
1936
3.5
🎬
Foreign Affaires
as Courtroom Interpreter (uncredited)
1935
0.0
The Guv'nor
as Bank Director
1935
7.3
Lady in Danger
as Reporter
1934
5.6