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Mervyn Johns
Sign in to saveAlso known as David Mervyn Johns, David Mervyn John, Mervyn John
Welsh actor (1899–1992)
Film & TV
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
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…
Known for
- Shoestring — Reverend James Appleby1979
- House of Mortal Sin — Father Duggan1976
- The New Avengers — Elderly Man1976
- The National Health — Rees1973
- A Thinking Man as Hero — Lord Beale1973
- The Adventurer — Franz Kolmar1972
- Crown Court — Arthur Charles Parfitt1972
- Who Killed the Cat? — Henry Fawcett1966
- The Heroes of Telemark — Col. Wilkinson1965
- Pardon the Expression — Jacob Elijah Burgess1965
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1981
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Discography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mervyn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Pembroke
- Place of death
- Northwood
- Child
- Glynis Johns
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- 1944TheHalfwayHouseMervynJohns.jpg
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- date of death
- 1992-09-06
- date of birth
- 1899-02-18
- Commons category
- Mervyn Johns
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