
Birthday
1899/02/17
Day of death
1992/09/06 (93 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Also know as
David Mervyn Johns
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).

(1956) Moby Dick
as Peleg

(1942) Went the Day Well?
as Charlie Sims

(1939) Jamaica Inn
as Thomas

(1951) Scrooge
as Bob Cratchit

(1945) Dead of Night
as Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

(1963) The Old Dark House
as Potiphar Femm

(1960) Never Let Go
as Alfie Barnes

(1961) Echo of Barbara
as Sam Roscoe

(1943) San Demetrio London
as Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio

(1946) The Captive Heart
as Pte. Evans

(1949) Diamond City
as Hart

(1954) Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Laurence

(1956) The Intimate Stranger
as Ernest Chaple

(1945) Pink String and Sealing Wax
as Edward Sutton

(1949) Edward, My Son
as Harry Sempkin

(1957) The Counterfeit Plan
as Louie Bernard

(1948) Easy Money
as Herbert Atkins

(1961) Francis of Assisi
as Brother Juniper

(1944) The Halfway House
as Rhys

(1943) My Learned Friend
as Grimshaw
(1957) Danger List
as Mr. Ellis

(1948) Counterblast
as Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck

(1949) Helter Skelter
as Ernest Bennett

(1973) The National Health
as Rees

(1961) No Love for Johnnie
as Charlie Young

(1958) The Gypsy and the Gentleman
as Brook

(1960) Once More, with Feeling!
as Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.

(1940) Saloon Bar
as Wickers

(1943) The Bells Go Down
as Sam

(1946) They Knew Mr. Knight
as Tom Blake

(1947) Captain Boycott
as Watty Connell

(1963) 80,000 Suspects
as Buckridge

(1963) 55 Days at Peking
as Clergyman

(1953) Valley of Song
as Griffiths

(1936) In the Soup
as Meakin
(1950) Tony Draws a Horse
as ---

(1937) Storm in a Teacup
as Court Bailiff (uncredited)

(1937) Night Ride
as Trapped Miner

(1960) The Sundowners
as Jack Patchogue

(1952) Tall Headlines
as Uncle Ted

(1955) The Blue Peter
as Captain Snow

(1963) The Day of the Triffids
as Mr. Coker

(1936) Dishonour Bright
as French Postcard Seller

(1934) Lady in Danger
as Reporter

(1976) House of Mortal Sin
as Father Duggan

(1964) A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Willie Pugh-Smith

(1940) Girl in the News
as James Fetherwood

(1940) Convoy
as His Mate

(1957) Doctor at Large
as Mr. Smith

(1953) The Master of Ballantrae
as MacKellar
(1935) Foreign Affaires
as Courtroom Interpreter (uncredited)

(1942) The Next of Kin
as No 23: Mr Davis

(1956) 1984
as Jones

(1965) The Heroes of Telemark
as Col. Wilkinson

(1935) The Guv'nor
as Bank Director

(1956) Find the Lady
as Hurst

(1952) The Magic Box
as Goitz

(1959) The Devil's Disciple
as Rev. Maindeck Parshotter

(1957) The Vicious Circle
as Dr. George Kimber

(1953) The Oracle
as Tom Mitchum

(1957) The Surgeon's Knife
as Mr. Waring

(1942) The Foreman Went to France
as Official, Passport Office

(1961) The Rebel
as Manager of Art Gallery, London

(1966) Who Killed the Cat?
as Henry Fawcett

(1938) Pride and Prejudice
as Sir Willian Lucas

(1948) Quartet
as Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")

(1945) Twilight Hour
as Major John Roberts
(1961) A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
as Holloway
(1961) A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
as Holloway
(1937) The Last Curtain
as Hemp

(1979) Shoestring
as ---

(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Mr. Farmer

(1976) The New Avengers
as Elderly Man

(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1960) Sunday-Night Play
as Holloway

(1964) Detective
as ---

(1972) The Adventurer
as Franz Kolmar

(1960) Maigret
as Inspector Fumel

(1972) Crown Court
as Arthur Charles Parfitt
(1965) Pardon the Expression
as Jacob Elijah Burgess

(1956) Armchair Theatre
as Prison Officer Graves

(1962) The Saint
as Dr. Davis

(1960) Danger Man
as Armstrong

(1959) The Third Man
as Geoffrey Ormsby

(1961) The Avengers
as Brandon Storey
(1965) Pardon the Expression
as Jeb

(1956) Armchair Theatre
as George Thompson

(1950) Sunday Night Theatre
as Samuel Pepys