Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-02-17

Deathday

1992-09-06 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

Also Known As

David Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

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

7.1%

Moby Dick

Jun 27, 1956

7.4%

Scrooge

Nov 28, 1951

7.2%

Dead of Night

Sep 9, 1945

6.1%

Jamaica Inn

May 11, 1939

6.1%

The Day of the Triffids

Apr 24, 1963

7.0%

55 Days at Peking

May 6, 1963

6.9%

The Heroes of Telemark

Nov 12, 1965

7.7%

The Avengers

Jan 7, 1961

6.5%

1984

Mar 6, 1956

7.3%

The Saint

Oct 4, 1962

7.2%

Went the Day Well?

Dec 7, 1942

5.8%

The Old Dark House

Oct 30, 1963

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Acting

1979

Shoestring

1976		The New Avengers
1976		House of Mortal Sin as Father Duggan

1973		The National Health as Rees
1973		The National Health

1972		Crown Court as Arthur Charles Parfitt
1972		The Adventurer as Franz Kolmar
1972		The Adventures of Black Beauty

1966

Who Killed the Cat? as Henry Fawcett

1965		The Heroes of Telemark as Col. Wilkinson
1965		Pardon the Expression as Jacob Elijah Burgess
1965		Pardon the Expression as Jeb

1964		Detective
1964		A Jolly Bad Fellow as Willie Pugh-Smith

1963		The Old Dark House as Potiphar Femm
1963		80,000 Suspects as Buckridge
1963		55 Days at Peking as Clergyman
1963		The Day of the Triffids as Mr. Coker

1962

The Saint as Dr. Davis

1961		Francis of Assisi as Brother Juniper
1961		Echo of Barbara as Sam Roscoe
1961		The Rebel as Manager of Art Gallery, London
1961		No Love for Johnnie as Charlie Young
1961		The Avengers as Brandon Storey

1960		The Sundowners as Jack Patchogue
1960		Maigret as Inspector Fumel
1960		Sunday-Night Play as Holloway
1960		Danger Man as Armstrong
1960		Never Let Go as Alfie Barnes
1960		Once More, with Feeling! as Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.

1959		The Third Man as Geoffrey Ormsby
1959		No Hiding Place
1959		The Devil's Disciple as Rev. Maindeck Parshotter

1958

The Gypsy and the Gentleman as Brook

1957		Danger List as Mr. Ellis
1957		The Surgeon's Knife as Mr. Waring
1957		The Vicious Circle as Dr. George Kimber
1957		Doctor at Large as Smith
1957		The Counterfeit Plan as Louie Bernard

1956		Find the Lady as Hurst
1956		Armchair Theatre as Prison Officer Graves
1956		Armchair Theatre as George Thompson
1956		Moby Dick as Peleg
1956		Finger of Guilt as Ernest Chaple
1956		1984 as Jones

1955		The Blue Peter as Captain Snow
1955		Dixon of Dock Green as Mr. Farmer

1954

Romeo and Juliet as Friar Laurence

1953		The Master of Ballantrae as MacKellar
1953		Valley of Song as Griffiths
1953		The Oracle as Tom Mitchum

1952		Tall Headlines as Uncle Ted
1952		The Magic Box as Goitz

1951

Scrooge as Bob Cratchit

1950		Tony Draws a Horse
1950		Sunday Night Theatre as Samuel Pepys

1949		Diamond City as Hart
1949		Edward, My Son as Harry Sempkin
1949		Helter Skelter as Ernest Bennett

1948		Quartet as Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
1948		Counterblast as Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck
1948		Easy Money as Herbert Atkins

1947

Captain Boycott as Watty Connell

1946		The Captive Heart as Pte. Evans
1946		They Knew Mr. Knight as Tom Blake

1945		Pink String and Sealing Wax as Edward Sutton
1945		Dead of Night as Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

1944

The Halfway House as Rhys

1943		San Demetrio London as Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
1943		My Learned Friend as Grimshaw
1943		The Bells Go Down as Sam

1942		Went the Day Well? as Charlie Sims
1942		The Foreman Went to France as Official, Passport Office
1942		The Next of Kin as No 23: Mr Davis

1940		Saloon Bar as Wickers
1940		Convoy as His Mate
1940		Girl in the News as James Fetherwood

1939

Jamaica Inn as Thomas

1938

Pride and Prejudice as Sir Willian Lucas

1937		Night Ride as Trapped Miner
1937		Storm in a Teacup as Court Bailiff (uncredited)

1936		Dishonour Bright as French Postcard Seller
1936		In the Soup as Meakin

1935		Foreign Affaires as Courtroom Interpreter
1935		The Guv'nor as Bank Director

1934

Lady in Danger as Reporter