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John Glyn-Jones (28 August 1908 – 21 January 1997) was a British stage, radio, television and
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. His father, William Glyn-Jones, was a
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and he was educated at
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and
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. He began his acting career in repertory theatre in
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and with the
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'' in 1954. As well as acting he was also a producer and director for the
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, during 1947–51.


Selected filmography

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Save a Little Sunshine ''Save a Little Sunshine'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Dave Willis, Pat Kirkwood and Tommy Trinder. Plot After he is sacked from his job, Dave Smalley buys a share in a hotel, but has to resort to workin ...
'' (1938) - Impressionist (uncredited) * ''
Inspector Hornleigh Inspector Hornleigh is a fictional British detective from Scotland Yard, the protagonist of a popular BBC radio series of the 1930s, three British films, a German television series, and three books (two of them language text books). The radio ser ...
'' (1939) - Alfred (uncredited) * '' They Came by Night'' (1940) - Llewellyn Jones * ''
The Proud Valley ''The Proud Valley'' is a 1940 Ealing Studios film starring Paul Robeson. Filmed in the South Wales coalfield, the principal Welsh coal mining area, the film is about a seaman who joins a mining community. It includes their passion for singing ...
'' (1940) - Mr. Howes - Collector (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1940) - Mate * ''
Sailors Three ''Sailors Three'' (released in the US as ''Three Cockeyed Sailors'') is a 1940 British war comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert and Carla Lehmann. This was cockney music hall comedian Trinder's debut ...
'' (1940) - Best Man * ''
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'' (1948) - Bindabun Doss * ''
The Long Memory ''The Long Memory'' is a black-and-white 1953 British crime film directed by Robert Hamer and based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Howard Clewes. Filmed at locations such as London Waterloo railway station, the North Kent Marshes on ...
'' (1952) - Gedge * ''
Valley of Song ''Valley of Song'' is a 1953 British comedy drama film directed by Gilbert Gunn and starring Mervyn Johns, Clifford Evans, Maureen Swanson and the London Welsh Association Choral Society. It marked the film debut of actress Rachel Roberts. It ...
'' (1953) - Ebenezer Davies * ''
The Final Test ''The Final Test'' is a 1953 British sports film written by Terence Rattigan, directed by Anthony Asquith, and starring Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph and Ray Jackson. A number of leading cricketers also appear including Denis Compto ...
'' (1953) - Mr. Willis * ''
The Heart of the Matter ''The Heart of the Matter'' (1948) is a novel by English author Graham Greene. The book details a life-changing moral crisis for Henry Scobie. Greene, a former British intelligence officer in Freetown, British Sierra Leone, drew on his expe ...
'' (1953) - Harris (uncredited) * '' A Day to Remember'' (1953) - Mr. Mitchell (uncredited) * ''
The Love Lottery ''The Love Lottery'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and starring David Niven, Peggy Cummins, Anne Vernon and Herbert Lom. Produced by Ealing Studios it was one of several Ealing Comedies that veered away from the stan ...
'' (1954) - Prince Boris * '' Carrington V.C.'' (1954) - Reporter - Evans * ''
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'' (1955) - Arkwright * ''
The Truth About Women ''The Truth About Women'' is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Laurence Harvey, Julie Harris, Mai Zetterling and Diane Cilento. Plot When his son-in-law comes to him with a woeful tale of an unhappy relationship and ...
'' (1957) - Raven * '' Heart of a Child'' (1958) - Priest * '' The Adventures of Hal 5'' (1958) - Mr. Goorlie * ''
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. ''Carlton-Browne of the F.O.'' (U.S. title: ''Man in a Cocked Hat'') is a 1959 British comedy film made by the Boulting Brothers and starring Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, and Luciana Paluzzi. It centres on an inept Foreign Office (F.O.) diplom ...
'' (1959) - Newsreel Interviewer * ''
Web of Evidence ''Beyond This Place'' (released in the United States as ''Web of Evidence'') is a 1959 British crime mystery film based on the 1950 novel of the same title by A. J. Cronin. It was directed by Jack Cardiff and stars Van Johnson and Vera Miles. ...
'' (1959) - Magistrate * ''
I'm All Right Jack ''I'm All Right Jack'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting from a script by Frank Harvey, John Boulting and Alan Hackney based on the 1958 novel ''Private Life'' by Alan Hackney. The film is a sequel t ...
'' (1959) - Detto Executive * ''
Two-Way Stretch ''Two-Way Stretch'', is a 1960 British comedy film, about a group of prisoners who plan to break out of jail, commit a robbery, and then break back into jail again, thus giving them the perfect alibi – that they were behind bars when the ro ...
'' (1960) - Lawyer * ''
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'' (1960) - Dr. Wilmot * ''
The Sinister Man ''The Sinister Man'' is a 1961 British crime drama film directed by Clive Donner and starring Patrick Allen and John Bentley. It was one of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries, British second-features, produced at Merton Park Studios in the 19 ...
'' (1961) - Dr. Maurice Tarn * ''
Locker Sixty-Nine ''Locker Sixty-Nine'' is a 1962 British film based on a story by Edgar Wallace, and an episode of the ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries''. Cast * Eddie Byrne as Simon York * Paul Daneman as Frank Griffiths * Walter Brown as Craig * Penelope Horner as Jul ...
'' (1962) - Insp. Roon * '' Go to Blazes'' (1962) - Fire Chief * '' Waltz of the Toreadors'' (1962) - Jenkins the Innkeeper * ''
Heavens Above! ''Heavens Above!'' is a 1963 British satirical comedy film starring Peter Sellers, directed by John and Roy Boulting, who also co-wrote along with Frank Harvey, from an idea by Malcolm Muggeridge. It is in a similar vein to the earlier collab ...
'' (1963) - Professor (uncredited) * ''
The Yellow Teddy Bears ''The Yellow Teddy Bears'' (US: Gutter Girls and The Thrill Seekers) is a 1963 British drama film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Jacqueline Ellis, Iain Gregory, Raymond Huntley and Georgina Patterson. Premise The pupils at a gir ...
'' (1963) - Benny Wintle * '' Smokescreen'' (1964) - Player * ''
The Verdict ''The Verdict'' is a 1982 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by David Mamet, adapted from Barry Reed's 1980 novel of the same name. It stars Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, an ...
'' (1964) - Harry * '' Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher'' (1968) - Warden * ''
Nobody Ordered Love ''Nobody Ordered Love'' is a lost 1972 British drama film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Ingrid Pitt, Judy Huxtable and Tony Selby. Plot summary After film director Paul Medbury attempts to replace Alice Allison, the alcoholic s ...
'' (1972) - Harry * '' Dark Places'' (1973) - Bank Manager * ''The Copter Kids'' (1976) - Mr. Davidson (final film role)


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* 1908 births 1997 deaths Male actors from London English male stage actors English male film actors English male television actors English radio actors People educated at Bishop's Stortford College 20th-century English male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub