
Actor · 40 credits
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).

Shoestring
1979
Reverend James Appleby

The New Avengers
1976
Elderly Man

House of Mortal Sin
1976
Father Duggan

A Thinking Man as Hero
1973
Lord Beale

Crown Court
1972
Arthur Charles Parfitt

The Adventurer
1972
Franz Kolmar

The Heroes of Telemark
1965
Col. Wilkinson

The Old Dark House
1963
Potiphar Femm

55 Days at Peking
1963
Clergyman

The Day of the Triffids
1963
Mr. Coker

The Saint
1962
Dr. Davis

Francis of Assisi
1961
Brother Juniper

The Rebel
1961
Manager of Art Gallery, London

No Love for Johnnie
1961
Charlie Young

The Avengers
1961
Brandon Storey

The Sundowners
1960
Jack Patchogue

Maigret
1960
Inspector Fumel

Danger Man
1960
Armstrong

Never Let Go
1960
Alfie Barnes

The Third Man
1959
Geoffrey Ormsby

The Devil's Disciple
1959
Rev. Maindeck Parshotter

Armchair Theatre
1956
Prison Officer Graves

Moby Dick
1956
Peleg

1984
1956
Jones

Dixon of Dock Green
1955
Mr. Farmer

Romeo and Juliet
1954
Friar Laurence

The Master of Ballantrae
1953
MacKellar

Scrooge
1951
Bob Cratchit

Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Samuel Pepys

Helter Skelter
1949
Ernest Bennett

Pink String and Sealing Wax
1945
Edward Sutton

Dead of Night
1945
Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")

Went the Day Well?
1942
Charlie Sims

The Foreman Went to France
1942
Official, Passport Office

Girl in the News
1940
James Fetherwood

Jamaica Inn
1939
Thomas

Storm in a Teacup
1937
Court Bailiff (uncredited)