Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

Geboren am 17. Februar 1899 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, gestorben am 6. September 1992.

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).

Quartett (6.3) Quartet Film · 1948 als Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")