1956Nominee
Best Performance
Moby Dick
Mervyn Johns
Actor
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
February 17, 1899
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).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1951Nominee
Best Performance
Scrooge
1963Nominee
Best Performance
55 Days at Peking
Career Highlights
1965Highlight
Best Performance
The Heroes of Telemark
1945Highlight
Best Performance
Dead of Night
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Moby Dick
Scrooge
55 Days at Peking