John Salew

Born: 1902-01-01


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The Thief of Bagdad

as Fish Peddler (uncredited)
Released: 1940-12-25

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces...

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Kind Hearts and Coronets

as Mr. Perkins
Released: 1949-06-21

When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her...

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The Lavender Hill Mob

as Parkin
Released: 1951-06-28

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to...

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Night of the Demon

as Librarian
Released: 1957-11-09

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to...

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The Blue Lamp

as Officious Man (Uncredited)
Released: 1950-01-19

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a...

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Wanted for Murder

as Detective Walters
Released: 1946-06-17

The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to...

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No Highway

as uncredited
Released: 1951-06-28

James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded...

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The Way Ahead

as Sam - Friend of Pvt. Lloyd in Pub Scene (uncredited)
Released: 1944-06-09

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry ...

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Father Brown

as Station sergeant
Released: 1954-06-08

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has...

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Alive and Kicking

as Solicitor
Released: 1959-07-13

Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an...

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Too Hot to Handle

as Moeller
Released: 1960-12-01

A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho...

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Secret Mission

as Captain Grune
Released: 1942-10-05

World War II drama in which a member of the French Resistance and three British agents undertake...

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I See a Dark Stranger

as Man in the Bookshop
Released: 1946-07-04

Determined, independent Bridie Quilty comes of age in 1944 Ireland thinking all Englishmen are...

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His Excellency

as Fernando
Released: 1952-01-22

A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony

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Face the Music

as Maxie Margulies
Released: 1954-01-29

A famed trumpet player is suspected of murdering a blues singer. Using only two minor clues, he...

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The Young Mr. Pitt

as Smith
Released: 1942-09-21

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great...

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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

as German Sentry
Released: 1942-04-24

During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid...

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Time Flies

as William Shakespeare
Released: 1944-05-08

The Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it...

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Duel in the Jungle

as Clerk
Released: 1954-06-30

An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a...

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It Always Rains on Sunday

as Caleb Neesley
Released: 1947-11-28

During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.

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Wicked as They Come

as Mr. Page, Chief Accountant
Released: 1956-05-22

A ruthless woman takes advantage of gullible men to climb up the social ladder.

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The Day Will Dawn

as "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub
Released: 1942-06-08

Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when...

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Street Corner

as Embarrassed Nightclub Patron
Released: 1953-03-17

London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.

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The October Man

as Ticket Inspector
Released: 1947-08-28

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a...

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A Window in London

as Reporter
Released: 1940-06-15

A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his...

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Beware of Pity

as Col. Franz Bubencic
Released: 1946-07-22

A paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues.

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Diamond City

as Dr. Woods
Released: 1949-09-20

Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a...

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Give Us the Moon

as uncredited
Released: 1944-07-31

Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at...

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Noose

as Greasy Anderson
Released: 1948-09-28

Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face...

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The Miser

as La Fleche - valet to Cleante
Released: 1939-03-21

Television broadcast of L'avare by Molière.

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Back-Room Boy

as Steve Mason
Released: 1942-04-15

Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a...

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Tawny Pipit

as Pickering
Released: 1944-04-28

Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of...

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Lease of Life

as Sproatley's Doctor
Released: 1954-10-18

The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life...

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Dead Men Are Dangerous

as Tramp
Released: 1939-02-01

Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a...

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The Bad Lord Byron

as Samuel Rogers
Released: 1949-04-18

Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to...

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Temptation Harbour

as CID Inspector
Released: 1947-02-27

The story of a harbor signalman who retrieves a suitcase full of money after witnessing a...

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Pastor Hall

as uncredited
Released: 1940-05-28

The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon...

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Three on a Spree

as Mr. Monkton
Released: 1961-06-28

A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a...

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Uncle Silas

as Grimstone
Released: 1947-10-08

Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke...

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Dancing with Crime

as Pogson
Released: 1947-06-25

When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend...

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Hotel Sahara

as American Husband (uncredited)
Released: 1951-07-09

World War II farce about the hotel of the title

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Millions Like Us

as The Doctor
Released: 1943-06-01

When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the...

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Tomorrow We Live

as Marcel le Blanc
Released: 1943-04-05

British World War II film set in occupied France, portraying the activities of members of the...

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Bond Street

as Coles
Released: 1948-05-12

Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond...

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Bedelia

as Alec Johnstone
Released: 1946-07-08

Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie...

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For Them That Trespass

as Prosecutor Ainsley
Released: 1949-04-21

In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by...

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For Them That Trespass

as Defense Counsel Sir Huntley
Released: 1949-04-21

In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by...

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The Spider and the Fly

as Minister's Secretary
Released: 1949-12-01

"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline...

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All Over the Town

as George Sleek
Released: 1949-04-25

Newspaper reporter Nat Hearn returns home after serving in the Royal Air Force during World War...

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Night Was Our Friend

as Mr. Lloyd
Released: 1951-12-01

Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his...

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It's Great to be Young!

as Routledge, a Senior Master
Released: 1956-12-26

IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When...

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London Belongs to Me

as Mr Banks
Released: 1948-11-05

Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas...

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Atlantic Ferry

as Henry
Released: 1941-09-06

The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the...

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The Astonished Heart

as Soames
Released: 1950-03-17

Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret...

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My Brother Jonathan

as Wilburn
Released: 1948-02-05

Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on...

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It's in the Air

as RAF Radio Operator
Released: 1938-11-01

George Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the...

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Warn That Man

as Wilson
Released: 1943-07-13

At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay...

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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

as Mr. Tomboy
Released: 1941-05-17

Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector...

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Mystery Junction

as John Martin
Released: 1951-09-01

In this crime drama, an escaped convict is recaptured and charged with killing two people in a...

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Don't Take It to Heart

as Witness
Released: 1944-11-13

A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A...

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The Good Companions

as Mr. Joe
Released: 1957-04-22

The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.

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The Bells Go Down

as Landlord (uncredited)
Released: 1943-05-16

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire...

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The Heart of a Man

as Agent
Released: 1959-08-06

Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a...

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The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery

as John Grimshaw
Released: 1950-01-31

The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged...

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Murder in Reverse?

as Blake King’s Council
Released: 1945-10-21

Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is...

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Caravan

as Diego
Released: 1946-06-03

During the last half of the 19th century writer Richard Darrell saves Don Carlos from two...

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Dark Secret

as Mr. Barrington
Released: 1949-10-30

A young couple move into a charming rural cottage. They become fixated upon the mysterious death...

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Turned Out Nice Again

as Largon
Released: 1941-08-01

George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his...

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Green Grow the Rushes

as Herbert Finch
Released: 1951-11-06

Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village...

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The Rake's Progress

as Burgess
Released: 1945-12-06

Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and...

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Cardboard Cavalier

as Smug
Released: 1949-03-31

Cardboard Cavalier is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sid...

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Left Right and Centre

as Mayor
Released: 1959-06-23

At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the...

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Don't Ever Leave Me

as Farlaine's Manager
Released: 1949-07-19

Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap...

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Suspected Person

as Jones
Released: 1942-06-01

After a $50,000 heist in New York, two of the suspected robbers walk free from the courtroom and...

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Candles at Nine

as Griggs, Everard's Butler
Released: 1944-01-01

A rich but miserly old man taunts his relatives about who will get his money when he dies, and...

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The Chinese Bungalow

as Mr. Lum
Released: 1940-04-06

All but a prisoner in the exotic Malayan retreat she shares with her Chinese financier husband,...

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The Impersonator

as Harry Walker
Released: 1961-05-01

When a USAF sergeant stationed on a base in England is suspected and then accused of murdering a...

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Sailors Don't Care

as Henri
Released: 1940-12-28

Boat building father and son join the river patrol service and get caught-up in a spy ring.

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Rogue's Yarn

as Sam Youles
Released: 1957-08-01

An adulterous husband plans to kill his invalid wife. He thinks that he has the perfect alibi,...

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No Way Back

as Sammy Linkman
Released: 1949-07-01

A gangster's girl loves a one-eyed boxer who is framed for robbery.

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The Adventures of William Tell

as Colonel Wentzel
First aired: 1958-09-15

The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on...

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The Buccaneers

as Cookie
First aired: 1956-09-19

The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make...

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Maigret

as Dr. Paul
First aired: 1960-10-31

BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector...

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Interpol Calling

as Moltz
First aired: 1959-09-13

The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international...

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The Larkins

as Grimweed
First aired: 1958-09-19

'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and...

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