Grimshaw (Mervyn Johns) wears a hat and bow tie in My Learned Friend (1943)

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Mervyn Johns was the father of actress Glynis Johns.

Latest Mervyn Johns Pictures

Poster for They Knew Mr Knight (1946) featuring Alfred Drayton, Joan Greenwood, Joyce Howard, Mervyn Johns and Nora Swinburne (1)
  • 10th September, 2006
Alfred Drayton, Joan Greenwood, Joyce Howard, Mervyn Johns, Nora Swinburne
They Knew Mr Knight (1946) poster (1)
Ebenezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) looks askance at Bob Cratchit (Mervyn Johns) in a scene from Scrooge (1951)
  • 9th November, 2015
Mervyn Johns, Alastair Sim
Alastair Sim looks askance at Mervyn Johns in Scrooge (1951)
Screenshot from the 1966 ‘The House on Dragon’s Rock’ episode of The Saint (1962-1969) (1) featuring Mervyn Johns
  • 5th April, 2020
Mervyn Johns
The House on Dragon’s Rock (1966) screenshot (1) | Mervyn Johns
Grimshaw (Mervyn Johns) wears a hat and bow tie in My Learned Friend (1943)
  • 1st January, 2016
Mervyn Johns
Mervyn Johns, as Grimshaw, wears a hat in My Learned Friend (1943)

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Night Ride (1937) opening credits (2)
Night Ride (1937)
Trapped Miner
The Last Curtain (1937) opening credits (1)
The Last Curtain (1937)
Hemp
Jamaica Inn (1939) opening credits (3)
Jamaica Inn (1939)
Thomas – Sir Humphrey’s Gang
The Girl in the News (1940) opening credits
The Girl in the News (1940)
James Fetherwood
Convoy (1940) opening credits (2)
Convoy (1940)
His Mate
Saloon Bar (1940) opening credits (2)
Saloon Bar (1940)
Wickers
The Next of Kin (1942) opening credits (4)
The Next of Kin (1942)
No 23
The Foreman Went to France (1942) opening credits (3)
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
Official, Passport Office
Went the Day Well? (1942) opening credits (2)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Charlie Sims
The Bells Go Down (1943) opening credits
The Bells Go Down (1943)
Sam
My Learned Friend (1943) opening credits
My Learned Friend (1943)
Grimshaw
San Demetrio London (1944) opening credits (2)
San Demetrio London (1943)
Greaser John Boyle
The Halfway House (1944) opening credits
The Halfway House (1944)
Rhys
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) opening credits
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
Mr. Sutton
Dead of Night (1945) opening credits (2)
Dead of Night (1945)
Walter Craig
They Knew Mr Knight (1946) opening credits (4) (4)
They Knew Mr Knight (1946)
Tom Blake
The Captive Heart (1946) opening credits
The Captive Heart (1946)
Pte. Evans
Captain Boycott (1947) opening credits
Captain Boycott (1947)
Watty Connell
Easy Money (1948) opening credits
Easy Money (1948)
Herbert Atkins
Diamond City (1949) opening credits (4)
Diamond City (1949)
Hart
Helter Skelter (1949) opening credits (4)
Helter Skelter (1949)
Ernest Bennett
Scrooge opening credits (1951)
Scrooge (1951)
Bob Cratchit
Scrooge opening credits (1951)
The Tall Headlines (1952)
Uncle Ted
Scrooge opening credits (1951)
The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
MacKellar
Romeo and Juliet (1954) opening credits (2)
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
Friar Laurence
Find the Lady (1956) opening credits (3)
Find the Lady (1956)
Hurst
The Counterfeit Plan (1957) opening credits (8)
The Counterfeit Plan (1957)
Louie Bernard
Doctor at Large (1957) opening credits (4)
Doctor at Large (1957)
Smith
The Vicious Circle (1957) opening credits
The Vicious Circle (1957)
Dr George Kimber
The Vicious Circle (1957) opening credits
The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
Brook
The Vicious Circle (1957) opening credits
Never Let Go (1960)
Alfie Barnes
No Love for Johnnie (1961) opening credits (4)
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
Charlie Young
The Rebel (1961) opening credits (3)
The Rebel (1961)
Manager of Art Gallery, London
The Day of the Triffids (1962) opening credits (3)
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
Mr Coker
80,000 Suspects (1963) opening credits (5)
80,000 Suspects (1963)
Buckridge
The Old Dark House (1963) opening credits (3)
The Old Dark House (1963)
Potiphar Femm
The Heroes of Telemark (1965) opening credits (3)
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Col Wilkinson
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Glynis Johns, in the dual role of Caroline/Miranda Trewella, strikes a sexy pose in a publicity shot from Mad About Men (1954)
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