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

Mervyn Johns

British actor (1899–1992) | Dead of Night (1945), The Vicious Circle (1957), Went the Day Well? (1942)

Welsh character actor, on stage from 1923; usually played mild-mannered roles

Mini Biography

Mervyn Johns was the father of actress Glynis Johns.

Latest Mervyn Johns Pictures

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)
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)
Joan Greenwood (as Ruth Blake), Mervyn Johns (as Tom Blake), Nora Swinbourne (as Celia Blake), Joyce Howard (as Freda Blake) and Alfred Drayton (as Mr. Knight) in a screenshot from They Knew Mr Knight (1944) (3)
  • 12th September, 2009
Joan Greenwood, Mervyn Johns, Nora Swinburne, Joyce Howard, Alfred Drayton
They Knew Mr Knight (1944) screenshot (3) | Joan Greenwood, Mervyn Joh

Select Mervyn Johns Filmography

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
Saloon Bar (1940) opening credits (2)
Saloon Bar (1940)
Wickers
Convoy (1940) opening credits (2)
Convoy (1940)
His Mate
Went the Day Well? (1942) opening credits (2)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Charlie Sims
The Foreman Went to France (1942) opening credits (3)
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
Official, Passport Office
The Foreman Went to France (1942) opening credits (3)
The Next of Kin (1942)
No 23
My Learned Friend (1943) opening credits
My Learned Friend (1943)
Grimshaw
The Bells Go Down (1943) opening credits
The Bells Go Down (1943)
Sam
San Demetrio London (1944) opening credits (2)
San Demetrio London (1943)
Greaser John Boyle
They Knew Mr Knight (1944) opening credits
They Knew Mr Knight (1944)
Tom Blake
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
Dead of Night (1945)
Walter Craig
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
The Vicious Circle (1957) opening credits
The Vicious Circle (1957)
Dr George Kimber
The Vicious Circle (1957) opening credits
The Counterfeit Plan (1957)
Louie Bernard
Doctor at Large (1957) opening credits (4)
Doctor at Large (1957)
Smith
Doctor at Large (1957) opening credits (4)
The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
Brook
Doctor at Large (1957) opening credits (4)
Never Let Go (1960)
Alfie Barnes
No Love for Johnnie (1961) opening credits (4)
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
Charlie Young
No Love for Johnnie (1961) opening credits (4)
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
The Old Dark House (1963) opening credits (3)
The Old Dark House (1963)
Potiphar Femm
80,000 Suspects (1963) opening credits (5)
80,000 Suspects (1963)
Buckridge
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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