Mervyn Johns
Acting
February 17, 1899
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).
Movies
Echo of Barbara
1961
Once More, with Feeling!
1960
The Next of Kin
1942
Moby Dick
1956
Captain Boycott
1947
Girl in the News
1940
The Rebel
1961
San Demetrio London
1943
The Sundowners
1960
Scrooge
1951
A Jolly Bad Fellow
1964
Night Ride
1937
Easy Money
1948
55 Days at Peking
1963
Storm in a Teacup
1937
The Day of the Triffids
1963
Dishonour Bright
1936
Saloon Bar
1940
Convoy
1940
1984
1956
