Mervyn johns biography of william

Mervyn Johns was born on 18 February 1899 at Pembroke.

He was a medical student at a London Hospital before the war, then enlisted into the Royal Flying Corps and became a pilot. He later recalled the demands that repeated combat patrolling made upon the young and inexperienced pilots and observers.

Mervyn johns biography of william

He declared “I don’t think there was a single moment when I was not scared to death” and bravely admitted to carrying out his duties for many months in what was known at the time as ‘a blue funk’. Johns and his comrades who suffered similarly deserve all the more respect for their gallant service.

A stocky actor of benevolent appearance, stardom came to Johns rather unexpectedly during World War Two with appearances in such films as Went the Day Well? And Halfway House in which he starred alongside his daughter, Glynis Johns.

During the late Forties and the Fifties he became a stalwart supporting actor and he is often remembered for his role as the cowering Bob Cratchit op