Cast & creator
Mervyn Johns
Best known for The Avengers, Crown Court, The Saint
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).
Also known as: David Mervyn Johns
71
film credits
19
television credits
90
1934–1979 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (90)
Showing 90 of 90 credits
The Avengers
Brandon Storey
1961
Crown Court
Arthur Charles Parfitt
1972
The Saint
Dr. Davis
1962
No Hiding Place
1959
Sunday Night Theatre
Samuel Pepys
1950
Danger Man
Armstrong
1960Sunday-Night Play
Holloway
1960
Maigret
Inspector Fumel
1960
Dixon of Dock Green
Mr. Farmer
1955
The New Avengers
Elderly Man
1976
The Third Man
Geoffrey Ormsby
1959Drama 61-67
Charlie Dowsett
1961
Shoestring
Reverend James Appleby
1979
The Adventurer
Franz Kolmar
1972
Detective
1964
Moby Dick
Peleg
1956
Armchair Theatre
Prison Officer Graves
1956Armchair Theatre
George Thompson
1956
Dead of Night
Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
1945
55 Days at Peking
Clergyman
1963
The Heroes of Telemark
Col. Wilkinson
1965
Scrooge
Bob Cratchit
1951
Went the Day Well?
Charlie Sims
1942
The Devil's Disciple
Rev. Maindeck Parshotter
1959Pardon the Expression
Jacob Elijah Burgess
1965Pardon the Expression
Jeb
1965
Jamaica Inn
Thomas
1939
The Day of the Triffids
Mr. Coker
1963
1984
Jones
1956
Never Let Go
Alfie Barnes
1960
Francis of Assisi
Brother Juniper
1961
The Master of Ballantrae
MacKellar
1953
Girl in the News
James Fetherwood
1940
House of Mortal Sin
Father Duggan
1976
The Old Dark House
Potiphar Femm
1963
Helter Skelter
Ernest Bennett
1949
Storm in a Teacup
Court Bailiff (uncredited)
1937
A Jolly Bad Fellow
Willie Pugh-Smith
1964
No Love for Johnnie
Charlie Young
1961
The Foreman Went to France
Official, Passport Office
1942
Convoy
His Mate
1940
The Sundowners
Jack Patchogue
1960
Romeo and Juliet
Friar Laurence
1954
Once More, with Feeling!
Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.
1960
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Brook
1958
Counterblast
Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck
1948
The National Health
Rees
1973
The Vicious Circle
Dr. George Kimber
1957
Captain Boycott
Watty Connell
1947
The Next of Kin
No 23: Mr Davis
1942
Pink String and Sealing Wax
Edward Sutton
1945
The Captive Heart
Pte. Evans
1946
Doctor at Large
Mr. Smith
1957
The Magic Box
Goitz
1952
The Halfway House
Rhys
1944
The Bells Go Down
Sam
1943
The Rebel
Manager of Art Gallery, London
1961
Edward, My Son
Harry Sempkin
1949
The Surgeon's Knife
Mr. Waring
1957
Valley of Song
Griffiths
1953
Pride and Prejudice
Sir Willian Lucas
1938A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
Holloway
1961
The Guv'nor
Bank Director
1935
The Intimate Stranger
Ernest Chaple
1956
They Knew Mr. Knight
Tom Blake
1946
Find the Lady
Hurst
1956Tony Draws a Horse
1950
Saloon Bar
Wickers
1940
Who Killed the Cat?
Henry Fawcett
1966The Last Curtain
Hemp
1937
A Thinking Man as Hero
Lord Beale
1973
The Oracle
Tom Mitchum
1953
Quartet
Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
1948
80,000 Suspects
Buckridge
1963
Easy Money
Herbert Atkins
1948
Tall Headlines
Uncle Ted
1952A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Holloway
1961
San Demetrio London
Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
1943
Diamond City
Hart
1949
The Blue Peter
Captain Snow
1955
The Counterfeit Plan
Louie Bernard
1957Foreign Affaires
Courtroom Interpreter (uncredited)
1935
My Learned Friend
Grimshaw
1943
Echo of Barbara
Sam Roscoe
1961
Night Ride
Trapped Miner
1937
Dishonour Bright
French Postcard Seller
1936Danger List
Mr. Ellis
1957
In the Soup
Meakin
1936
Twilight Hour
Major John Roberts
1945
Lady in Danger
Reporter
1934