Mervyn Johns

Born: 1899-02-17

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).


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Moby Dick

as Peleg
Released: 1956-06-27

In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New...

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55 Days at Peking

as Clergyman
Released: 1963-05-06

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the...

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Jamaica Inn

as Thomas
Released: 1939-05-11

In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to...

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Scrooge

as Bob Cratchit
Released: 1951-11-28

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he...

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The Heroes of Telemark

as Col. Wilkinson
Released: 1965-11-12

Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist...

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The Day of the Triffids

as Mr. Coker
Released: 1962-07-05

After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy...

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as Jones
Released: 1956-03-06

In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by...

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Dead of Night

as Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
Released: 1945-09-09

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds...

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Went the Day Well?

as Charlie Sims
Released: 1942-12-07

The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their...

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The Devil's Disciple

as Rev. Maindeck Parshotter
Released: 1959-08-20

In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a...

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Francis of Assisi

as Brother Juniper
Released: 1961-07-12

In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising...

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House of Mortal Sin

as Father Duggan
Released: 1976-02-03

Also known as 'The Confessional', another of Pete Walkers's critiques of institutional...

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Quartet

as Samuel Sunbury
Released: 1948-10-26

Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The...

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Romeo and Juliet

as Friar Laurence
Released: 1954-09-01

In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy,...

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The Sundowners

as Jack Patchogue
Released: 1960-12-08

In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep...

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The Rebel

as Manager of Art Gallery, London
Released: 1961-03-07

Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of...

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Doctor at Large

as Smith
Released: 1957-03-26

Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a...

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The Halfway House

as Rhys
Released: 1944-02-01

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a...

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The Gypsy and the Gentleman

as Brook
Released: 1958-01-15

A lusty Gypsy gold digger marries a Regency aristocrat, then learns he has no money.

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The Foreman Went to France

as Official, Passport Office
Released: 1942-06-22

Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to...

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Storm in a Teacup

as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Released: 1937-02-25

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him,...

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Never Let Go

as Alfie Barnes
Released: 1960-06-02

John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the...

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Convoy

as His Mate
Released: 1940-09-28

A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between...

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The Old Dark House

as Petiphar Femm
Released: 1963-10-30

An American car salesman in London becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a...

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The Captive Heart

as Pte. Evans
Released: 1946-04-29

A series of stories about the lives and loves of nine men in a Prisoner of War Camp over five...

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My Learned Friend

as Grimshaw
Released: 1943-10-25

An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the...

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San Demetrio London

as Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
Released: 1943-12-07

British drama documentary from 1943, based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV...

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The Master of Ballantrae

as MacKellar
Released: 1953-08-05

Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion...

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Edward, My Son

as Harry Sempkin
Released: 1949-03-01

Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy...

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The Next of Kin

as No 23: Mr Davis
Released: 1942-06-15

Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is...

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Finger of Guilt

as Ernest Chaple
Released: 1956-06-01

Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he...

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Pink String and Sealing Wax

as Edward Sutton
Released: 1945-11-22

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a...

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The Bells Go Down

as Sam
Released: 1943-05-16

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

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The Magic Box

as Goitz
Released: 1952-01-01

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...

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The Vicious Circle

as Dr. George Kimber
Released: 1957-09-01

When Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress whom he had just met at the London Airport...

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Girl in the News

as James Fetherwood
Released: 1940-08-28

An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The...

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The Counterfeit Plan

as Louie Bernard
Released: 1957-01-01

An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a...

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Who Killed the Cat?

as Henry Fawcett
Released: 1966-10-07

A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her.

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Once More, with Feeling!

as Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.
Released: 1960-02-11

The wife of brilliant, but boisterous and ill-tempered conductor of the London Symphony puts up...

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Helter Skelter

as Ernest Bennett
Released: 1949-01-07

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

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The National Health

as Rees
Released: 1973-03-06

Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A...

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The National Health

as uncredited
Released: 1973-03-06

Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A...

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The Oracle

as Tom Mitchum
Released: 1953-06-01

An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a...

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Diamond City

as Hart
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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No Love for Johnnie

as Charlie Young
Released: 1961-02-14

Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with...

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Easy Money

as Herbert Atkins
Released: 1948-01-20

A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an...

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80,000 Suspects

as Buckridge
Released: 1963-08-15

A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend...

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Dishonour Bright

as French Postcard Seller
Released: 1936-09-21

A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he...

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Find the Lady

as Hurst
Released: 1956-10-01

During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has...

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The Guv'nor

as Bank Director
Released: 1935-10-01

The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George...

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Counterblast

as Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck
Released: 1948-05-18

An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a...

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A Jolly Bad Fellow

as Willie Pugh-Smith
Released: 1964-03-15

An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a...

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Tall Headlines

as Uncle Ted
Released: 1952-04-15

A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.

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Captain Boycott

as Watty Connell
Released: 1947-08-26

Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when...

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Pride and Prejudice

as Sir Willian Lucas
Released: 1938-01-01

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In the Soup

as Meakin
Released: 1936-04-01

A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as maid and butler of the household.

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Lady in Danger

as Reporter
Released: 1934-11-27

Dexter becomes involved in a revolution and is asked to hide the Queen. This leads to...

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The Surgeon's Knife

as Mr. Waring
Released: 1957-10-01

A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable...

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Night Ride

as Trapped Miner
Released: 1937-06-28

Two truck drivers fired by the crooked trucking firm they worked for start their own company....

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Saloon Bar

as Wickers
Released: 1940-11-02

A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially...

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They Knew Mr. Knight

as Tom Blake
Released: 1946-03-05

After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on...

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The Blue Peter

as Captain Snow
Released: 1955-11-01

A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in...

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Echo of Barbara

as Sam Roscoe
Released: 1961-04-29

Barbara is the long-lost sister of no-good Mike Roscoe (Ronald Hines). Paula Brown (Maureen...

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Valley of Song

as Griffiths
Released: 1953-06-08

A little Welsh village is sundered by rival factions when a coveted contralto role in the...

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Crown Court

as Arthur Charles Parfitt
First aired: 1972-10-11

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...

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No Hiding Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-16

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Mr. Farmer
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Maigret

as Inspector Fumel
First aired: 1960-10-31

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

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The Adventures of Black Beauty

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-17

Black Beauty is a pure black, thoroughbred horse in late 19th Century rural England who is...

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The New Avengers

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-10-22

The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during...

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The Adventurer

as Franz Kolmar
First aired: 1972-09-29

The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran...

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Detective

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-03-30

A BBC anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories over 45 episodes in three...

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Shoestring

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-30

Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his...

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