Mervyn johns biography for kids
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Mervyn Johns | |
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Johns in The Halfway House (1944) | |
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| Born | David Mervyn Johns (1899-02-18)18 February 1899 Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
| Died | 6 September 1992(1992-09-06) (aged 93) Northwood, London, England |
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| Children | Glynis Johns |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Education | Llandovery College Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
David Mervyn Johns (18 February 1899 – 6 September 1992) was a Welsh scen, film and television character actor who became a star of British films during the Second World War.
After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Johns began his career in repertory theatre in 1923. He made his screen debut with Lady in Danger in 1934 and went on to become an indelible part of British wartime cinema, with starring roles in such films as Saloon Bar (1940), The Next of Kin (1942), Went the Day Well? (1942), Th
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Mervyn Johns
Welsh actor (1899–1992)
David Mervyn Johns (18 February 1899 – 6 September 1992) was a Welsh stage, film and television actor who became a fixture of British films during the Second World War. Johns appeared extensively on screen and stage with over 100 credits between 1923 and 1979.
He made his theatrical debut while on tour of the British dominions in 1923. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with honours in 1924, he appeared in a succession of diverse roles in the West End and Bristol. He made his screen debut with Lady in Danger in 1934 and appeared in several supporting roles in the 1930s before becoming a leading man in the 1940s and 50s. In his most critically acclaimed period, he became an indelible part of British wartime cinema with starring roles in Saloon Bar (1940), The Next of Kin (1942), Went the Day Well? (1942), The Halfway House (1944), Twilight Hour (1945), and Dead of Night (1945).
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With a distinguished stage career and several accomplished lead performances in films of the 1940s, Mervyn Johns is best remembered as one of Ealing Studios' most prolific players and for a string of character parts into the 1950s and beyond, notably his put-upon clerk Bob Cratchit to Alastair Sim's miser in Scrooge (d. Brian Desmond Hurst, 1951).
Born in Pembroke, Wales, he came to acting comparatively late, having trained as a medical student at London Hospital before serving with the Royal Flying Corps during WWI. Encouraged by his first wife, concert pianist Alys Steele, he went to RADA, graduating with a Gold Medal. After eight years in repertory at Bristol, he won acclaim for his stage performances in Shaw comedies, including The Doctor's Dilemma and Pygmalion. From the mid-1930s he took minor roles in films; one of his earliest credited appearances was in Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn (1939).
Too old to serve in WWII, he became a stalwart of Ealing Studios