Mervyn Johns
Birthday: 1899-02-17
Place of Birth: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
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 Cratchit" to Alastair Sim's cold-hearted "Ebenezer Scrooge" in the definitive film version of A Christmas Carol (1951).
Movies
Moby Dick
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. ...
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Went the Day Well?
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their tas...
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Jamaica Inn
In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the rem...
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Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is v...
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Dead of Night
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his rec...
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Never Let Go
John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods...
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The Old Dark House
An American car salesman in London becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded m...
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Echo of Barbara
Barbara is the long-lost sister of no-good Mike Roscoe (Ronald Hines). Paula Brown (Maureen Connell)...
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San Demetrio London
Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew af...
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The Captive Heart
A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The ...
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Diamond City
Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblanc...
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Romeo and Juliet
In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have h...
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The Intimate Stranger
Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds h...
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Pink String and Sealing Wax
Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering ph...
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Edward, My Son
Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marria...
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The Counterfeit Plan
An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a repu...
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Easy Money
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhap...
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Francis of Assisi
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army...
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The Halfway House
A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious W...
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My Learned Friend
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the lis...
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Danger List
When a pharmacist accidentally prescribes poison instead of painkillers, the race is on to find the ...
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Counterblast
An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a vaccin...
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Helter Skelter
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping....
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The National Health
Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A rioto...
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The Gypsy and the Gentleman
A lusty Gypsy gold digger marries a Regency aristocrat, then learns he has no money....
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Once More, with Feeling!
The wife of brilliant, but boisterous and ill-tempered conductor of the London Symphony puts up with...
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Saloon Bar
A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innoc...
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The Bells Go Down
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service)...
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They Knew Mr. Knight
After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the be...
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Captain Boycott
Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken te...
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80,000 Suspects
A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a ...
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55 Days at Peking
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the Internati...
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Valley of Song
A little Welsh village is sundered by rival factions when a coveted contralto role in the "Messiah" ...
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In the Soup
A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as maid and butler of the household....
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Tony Draws a Horse
The free-spirited wife of a proper British doctor leaves him after an arguement over the anatomicall...
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Storm in a Teacup
A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and...
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Night Ride
Two truck drivers fired by the crooked trucking firm they worked for start their own company. Their ...
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The Sundowners
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep dro...
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Tall Headlines
A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl....
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The Blue Peter
A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communis...
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The Day of the Triffids
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer mu...
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Dishonour Bright
A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears i...
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Lady in Danger
Dexter becomes involved in a revolution and is asked to hide the Queen. This leads to misunderstandi...
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House of Mortal Sin
A troubled young girl goes to confession at the local church. Unfortunately, the sexually frustrated...
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A Jolly Bad Fellow
An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas t...
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Girl in the News
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse i...
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Convoy
A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America a...
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Doctor at Large
Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a memb...
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The Master of Ballantrae
Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion of Bo...
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Foreign Affaires
An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul!...
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The Next of Kin
Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the wal...
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1984
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by fall...
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The Heroes of Telemark
Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf P...
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The Guv'nor
The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss ...
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Find the Lady
During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciou...
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The Magic Box
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young a...
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The Devil's Disciple
In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary A...
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The Vicious Circle
When Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress whom he had just met at the London Airport murdered...
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The Oracle
An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national ...
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The Surgeon's Knife
A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable circum...
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The Foreman Went to France
Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent th...
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The Rebel
Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, bu...
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Who Killed the Cat?
A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her....
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Pride and Prejudice
In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections o...
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Quartet
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alie...
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A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
Russia's Space Race success is mainly due to a brilliant rocket scientist, Kuprin. But a journalist ...
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A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Smith and Laye-Parker meet Kuprin and find he is less anxious to leave Russia than they supposed....
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The Last Curtain
An insurance investigator tracks a series of robberies to a gang who are hiding the stolen jewels in...
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No Love for Johnnie
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his li...
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