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David Mervyn Johns (18 February 1899 – 6 September 1992) was a Welsh stage, film and television actor who became a fixture of British films during the Second World War. Johns appeared extensively on screen and stage with over 100 credits between 1923 and 1979.
Mervyn Johns was a Welsh actor who appeared in 74 films, 32 television shows, and more than 23 plays across six decades on screen and stage. Johns made his theatrical debut while on tour of the British dominions in 1923 and his screen debut with Lady in Danger in 1934.
Mervyn Johns was born on 18 February 1899 in Pembroke, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Dead of Night (1945), A Christmas Carol (1951) and The Day of the Triffids (1963). He was married to Diana Churchill and Alice Maud Steele Wareham. He died on 6 September 1992 in Norwood, England, UK.
Mervyn Johns was born on 18 February 1899 at Pembroke. He was a medical student at a London Hospital before the war, then enlisted into the Royal Flying Corps and became a pilot. He later recalled the demands that repeated combat patrolling made upon the young and inexperienced pilots and observers.
Sep 11, 1992 · Mervyn David Johns, actor, born Pembroke 18 February 1899, married Alice Steel-Payne (died 1970), 1976 Diana Churchill, died Northwood Middlesex 6 September 1992. Mervyn Johns was one of the...
Mervyn Johns was born on February 18, 1899 in Pembroke, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Dead of Night (1945), A Christmas Carol (1951) and The Day of the Triffids (1963). He was married to Diana Churchill and Alice Maud Steele Wareham. He died on September 6, 1992 in Norwood, England, UK.
Sep 6, 1992 · 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 ...
With a distinguished stage career and several accomplished lead performances in films of the 1940s, Mervyn Johns is best remembered as one of Ealing Studios' most prolific players and for a string of character parts into the 1950s and beyond, notably his put-upon clerk Bob Cratchit to Alastair Sim's miser in Scrooge (d.
David Mervyn Johns was a Welsh film and television character actor who became a star of British films during World War II. In the postwar era, he worked frequently at Ealing Studios. Movie Highlights. See Full Filmography. Additional Information. Aliases. David Mervyn Johns, Flight Lieut. Mervyn Johns. All Genres.
Twilight Hour: Directed by Paul L. Stein. With Mervyn Johns, Basil Radford, Marie Lohr, A.E. Matthews. John Smith, Lord Chetwood's head gardener, is an enigma. He is an artist and a philosopher. Lord Chetwood treats him as a friend and Michael Chetwood confides in him.
