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Mervyn Johns

Acting Born Feb 17, 1899 Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK 24 credits

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).

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Known for

The Avengers

as Brandon Storey

The Saint

as Dr. Davis

Crown Court

as Arthur Charles Parfitt
Film

Scrooge

as Bob Cratchit

Full filmography

  • The Avengers (1961) as Brandon Storey
  • The Saint (1962) as Dr. Davis
  • Crown Court (1972) as Arthur Charles Parfitt
  • Maigret (1960) as Inspector Fumel
  • No Hiding Place (1959)
  • Danger Man (1960) as Armstrong
  • Sunday-Night Play (1960) as Holloway
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Samuel Pepys
  • The New Avengers (1976) as Elderly Man
  • Dixon of Dock Green (1955) as Mr. Farmer
  • The Third Man (1959) as Geoffrey Ormsby
  • Shoestring (1979) as Reverend James Appleby
  • The Adventurer (1972) as Franz Kolmar
  • Drama 61-67 (1961) as Charlie Dowsett
  • Detective (1964)
  • Moby Dick (1956) as Peleg
  • 55 Days at Peking (1963) as Clergyman
  • Scrooge (1951) as Bob Cratchit
  • The Heroes of Telemark (1965) as Col. Wilkinson
  • Jamaica Inn (1939) as Thomas
  • Pardon the Expression (1965) as Jacob Elijah Burgess
  • Pardon the Expression (1965) as Jeb
  • Dead of Night (1945) as Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
  • 1984 (1956) as Jones