Date of Birth

18 February 1899, Pembroke, Wales, UK

Date of Death

6 September 1992, Norwood, England

Appeared with daughter Glynis Johns in The Sundowners (1960).

Father of actress Glynis Johns, who appeared with him in The Halfway House (1944).

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).

First wife, Alyce Steele (c. 1920 - 1971), was an Australian concert pianist. Another source gives the spelling of her name as Alys Maude Steel-Payne.

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