Acting
Mervyn Johns
- Career
Active from 1937 to 1973, busiest in 1957 with 4 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 16top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Dead of Night86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.2, average 5.4
- Pop Culture0.8, average 2.2
- Coming of Age1.7, average 3.0
- Cringe Humor1.2, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Psychological Tension 3
- Intrigue 3
- Ghost Story 2
- Eerie Atmosphere 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Supernatural Mystery 2
- Melancholy 2
- Psychological Thriller 2
- Period Piece 2
- Character-Driven 2
- Suspenseful 2
- Historical Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Angus MacPhailWriterDead of Night, Went the Day Well?, The Next of Kin, Saloon Bar, The Captive Heart, +2 more
Basil DeardenDirectorDead of Night, The Bells Go Down, The Captive Heart, The Halfway House, My Learned Friend- WWilkie CooperCinematographerWent the Day Well?, The Halfway House, Captain Boycott, My Learned Friend
- CCharles HasseEditorDead of Night, The Captive Heart, The Halfway House, My Learned Friend
- JJohn DightonWriterWent the Day Well?, The Next of Kin, Saloon Bar, My Learned Friend
Philip FriendActorThe Next of Kin, The Bells Go Down, Danger List
Sally Ann HowesActorDead of Night, The Halfway House, Pink String and Sealing Wax
Mary MerrallActorDead of Night, Pink String and Sealing Wax, Who Killed the Cat?- CC.M. Pennington-RichardsCinematographerScrooge, 1984, The Oracle
Robert HamerWriterDead of Night, A Jolly Bad Fellow, Pink String and Sealing Wax- DDiana MorganWriterWent the Day Well?, The Halfway House, Pink String and Sealing Wax
Eric PortmanActorA Call on Kuprin: Part 1, A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Movies and TV shows
871970s
7 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch score 76TV show · as Reverend James Appleby
GoodWatch score 72TV show · as Elderly Man
GoodWatch score 57as Father Duggan
GoodWatch score 65as Rees
as Lord Beale
GoodWatch score 65TV show · as Arthur Charles Parfitt
TV show · as Franz Kolmar
1960s
24 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch score 74as Henry Fawcett
as Willie Pugh-Smith
GoodWatch score 67as Mr. Coker
GoodWatch score 45as Potiphar Femm
GoodWatch score 57as Buckridge
GoodWatch score 74TV show · as Dr. Davis
GoodWatch score 83TV show · as Brandon Storey
as Sam Roscoe
GoodWatch score 68as Alfie Barnes
GoodWatch score 76TV show · as Armstrong
GoodWatch score 51as Mr. Alonzo Wilbur Jr.
GoodWatch score 74TV show · as Inspector Fumel
1950s
24 titles · average score 66
as Louie Bernard
GoodWatch score 65as Dr. George Kimber
as Mr. Ellis
GoodWatch score 68as Jones
as Hurst
GoodWatch score 61as Ernest Chaple
GoodWatch score 77as Peleg
GoodWatch score 64TV show · as Mr. Farmer
GoodWatch score 57as Friar Laurence
as Griffiths
GoodWatch score 78as MacKellar
GoodWatch score 83as Bob Cratchit
1940s
22 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch score 58as Ernest Bennett
GoodWatch score 59as Harry Sempkin
GoodWatch score 55as Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck
as Tom Blake
GoodWatch score 67as Pte. Evans
GoodWatch score 86as Walter Craig (Segment "Linking Story")
GoodWatch score 64as Edward Sutton
GoodWatch score 65as Rhys
GoodWatch score 58as Grimshaw
GoodWatch score 59as No 23: Mr Davis
GoodWatch score 85as Charlie Sims
GoodWatch score 69as Wickers
1930s
10 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch score 46as Thomas
as Sir Willian Lucas
as Hemp
GoodWatch score 62as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
as Trapped Miner
as French Postcard Seller
as Meakin
GoodWatch score 83as Bank Director
as Courtroom Interpreter (uncredited)
as Reporter