David Mervyn Johns (18 February 1899:– 6 September 1992) was a Welsh film and television character actor who became a star of British films during World War II. In the postwar era, he worked regularly at Ealing Studios.

Mervyn Johns started his career in the theatre in the 1920s, and then made his first film in 1935. Among his dozens of film roles were the church warden in Went the Day Well? (1942), the fearful architect Walter Craig in the mystery film Dead of Night (1945) and Bob Cratchit in Scrooge (1951) with Alastair Sim. Johns also made many television appearances, in series such as The Avengers, The Saint, Danger Man and Dixon of Dock Green. He was known for his "mostly mild-mannered, lugubrious, amusing, sometimes moving 'little men'" in over 100 film and television series.

Johns married twice. His first wife was the concert pianist Alys Steele. They had one daughter, the actress Glynis Johns, born in South Africa, with whom he appeared in The Halfway House (1944) and The Sundowners (1960). After Alice's death in 1970 he married the actress Diana Churchill in 1976.

Contents

• 1 Filmography
  • 1.1 Film
  • 1.2 Television
• 2 References
• 3 External links

Filmography

Film

• Lady in Danger (1934) as Reporter (film debut)
• The Guv'nor (1935) as Bank Director (uncredited)
• Foreign Affaires (1935) as Courtroom interpreter
• Pot Luck (1936) as Night Watchman (uncredited)
• In the Soup (1936) as Meakin (uncredited)
• Everything Is Thunder (1936) as Karl - Waiter (uncredited)
• Dishonour Bright (1936) as French Postcard Seller (uncredited)
• Song of the Forge (1937) (uncredited)
• Storm in a Teacup (1937) as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
• Night Ride (1937) as Trapped Miner (uncredited)
• The Last Curtain (1937) as Hemp
• Pride and Prejudice (1938, TV Movie) as Sir Wilfred Lucas
• Almost a Gentleman (1938) as Percival Clicker
• Jamaica Inn (1939) as Thomas - Sir Humphrey's Gang
• The Midas Touch (1940) (uncredited)
• Convoy (1940) as His Mate
• Girl in the News (1940) as James Fetherwood
• Saloon Bar (1940) as Wickers
• The Next of Kin (1942) as No 23: Mr Davis
• The Foreman Went to France (1942) as P*port Official (uncredited)
• Went the Day Well? (1942) as Charlie Sims
• The Bells Go Down (1943) as Sam
• My Learned Friend (1943) as Grimshaw
• San Demetrio London (1943) as Greaser John Boyle
• The Halfway House (1944) as Rhys
• Twilight Hour (1945) as Major John Roberts
• Dead of Night (1945) as Walter Craig
• Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) as Mr. Sutton
• They Knew Mr. Knight (1946) as Tom Blake
• The Captive Heart (1946) as Pte. Evans
• Captain Boycott (1947) as Watty Connell
• Easy Money (1948) as Herbert Atkins
• Counterblast (1948) as Dr. Bruckner the Beast of Ravensbruck
• Quartet (1948) as Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
• Edward, My Son (1949) as Harry Sempkin
• Helter Skelter (1949) as Ernest Bennett
• Diamond City (1949) as Hart
• Tony Draws a Horse (1950) as Alfred Parsons
• Scrooge (1951) as Bob Cratchit
• The Magic Box (1951) as Goitz
• The Tall Headlines (1952) as Uncle Ted
• The Oracle (1953) as Tom Mitchum
• Valley of Song (1953) as Minister Griffiths
• The Master of Ballantrae (1953) as MacKellar
• Romeo and Juliet (1954) as Friar Laurence
• The Blue Peter (1955) as Captain Snow
• 1984 (1956) as Jones
• The Intimate Stranger (1956) as Ernest Chaple
• Moby Dick (1956) as Peleg
• Find the Lady (1956) as Hurst
• The Counterfeit Plan (1957) as Louie Bernard
• Doctor at Large (1957) as Smith
• A Tale of Two Cities (1957, TV Movie) as Mr. Jarvis Lorry
• The Vicious Circle (1957) as Dr. George Kimber
• The Surgeon's Knife (1957) as Mr. Waring
• The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958) as Brook
• The Devil's Disciple (1959) as Rev. Maindeck Parshotter
• Danger List (1959) as Mr. Ellis
• Once More, with Feeling! (1960) as Mr. Wilbur Jr.
• Never Let Go (1960) as Alfie Barnes
• The Sundowners (1960) as Jack Patchogue, mayor of Cawndilla
• No Love for Johnnie (1961) as Charlie Young
• The Rebel (1961) as Manager of Art Gallery, London
• Francis of *isi (1961) as Brother Juniper
• The Keep (1962, TV Movie) as Ben Morton
• The Day of the Triffids (1963) as Mr. Coker
• 55 Days at Peking (1963) as Clergyman
• 80,000 Suspects (1963) as Buckridge
• The Old Dark House (1963) as Potiphar Femm
• The Victors (1963) as Dennis
• A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964) as Willie Pugh-Smith
• The Heroes of Telemark (1965) as Col. Wilkinson
• Who Killed the Cat? (1966) as Henry Fawcett
• The National Health (1973) as Rees
• Thinking Man As Hero (1973) as Lord Beale
• House of Mortal Sin (1976) as Father Duggan (final film)

Television

• A Tale of Two Cities (1957, 7 episodes) as Jarvis Lorry
• White Hunter (1958, 2 episodes) as Mr. Doak
• Leave It to Todhunter (1958, 6 episodes) as Lawrence Todhunter
• Knight Errant Limited (1959, 1 episode) as Harry Smith
• Boyd Q.C. (1960, 1 episode) as John Parsons
• Probation Officer (1962, 1 episode) as Mr. Todd
• Maigret (1962, 1 episode) as Inspector Fumel
• The Third Man (1963, 1 episode) as Geoffrey Ormsby
• Detective (1964, 1 episode) as Father Brown
• No Hiding Place (1964, 1 episode) as Alf Turnball
• Danger Man (1964, 1 episode) as Armstrong
• The Sullavan Brothers (1965, 1 episode) as Benjamin Greenfield
• Knock on Any Door (1965, 1 episode) as Mr. Prubright
• The Avengers (1965, 1 episode) as Brandon Storey
• Pardon the Expression (1965–1966, 2 episodes as Jacob Elijah Burgess/Jeb
• The Saint (1966, 1 episode) as Doctor Davis
• Kate (1972, 1 episode) as Mr. Norris
• The Adventurer (1972, 1 episode) as Franz Kolmar
• Dixon of Dock Green (1972, 1 episode) as Mr. Farmer
• The Strauss Family (1972, 1 episode) as Doctor Sarner
• The Adventures of Black Beauty (1973, 1 episode) as Silas Surtees
• Crown Court (1973–1975, 5 episodes) as Edward Lumsden/Arthur Charles Parfitt
• QB VII (1974, 1 episode) as Mr. Evans
• The New Avengers (1977, 1 episode) as Elderly man
• Kilvert's Diary (1977, 1 episode) as James Jones
• Shoestring (1979, 1 episode) as Reverend James Appleby

References

External links

• Mervyn Johns at IMDb