8.4
8.4
Witness for the Prosecution
1949
as Robert Mayherne
John Salew
Acting
Born:January 1, 1902
Died:September 14, 1961(aged 59)
Birthplace:Portsmouth, England, UK
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
John Rylett Salew (28 February 1902 (some sources state 1 January 1897) – 14 September 1961) was an English stage film and TV actor. Salew made the transition from stage to films in 1939, and according to Allmovie, "the manpower shortage during WWII enabled the stout, balding Salew to play larger and more important roles than would have been his lot in other circumstances. He usually played suspicious-looking characters, often Germanic in origin." His screen roles included William Shakespeare in the comic fantasy Time Flies (1944), Grimstone in the Gothic melodrama Uncle Silas (1947), and the librarian in the supernatural thriller Night of the Demon (1957). He played Colonel Wentzel in the Adventures of William Tell "The Shrew" episode (1958). John Salew was active into the TV era, playing the sort of character parts that John McGiver played in the US
Filmography (71 movies)
7.7
7.7
Pastor Hall
1940
7.6
7.6
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949
as Mr. Perkins
7.6
7.6
Tread Softly Stranger
1958
as Pawnbroker
7.4
7.4
Lease of Life
1954
as Sproatley's Doctor
7.2
7.2
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
as Parkin
7.0
7.0
Night of the Demon
1957
as Librarian
6.9
6.9
Alive and Kicking
1959
as Solicitor
6.9
6.9
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941
as Mr. Tomboy
6.8
6.8
The Spider and the Fly
1949
as Minister's Secretary
6.7
6.7
The Rake's Progress
1945
as Burgess
6.6
6.6
It Always Rains on Sunday
1947
as Caleb Neesley
6.5
6.5
Murder in Reverse?
1945
as Blake King’s Council
6.5
6.5
Turned Out Nice Again
1941
as Largon
6.5
6.5
Back-Room Boy
1942
as Steve Mason
6.5
6.5
Beware of Pity
1946
as Col. Franz Bubencic
6.4
6.4
Wanted for Murder
1946
as Detective Walters
6.4
6.4
Father Brown
1954
as Station sergeant
6.3
6.3
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
as Man in the Bookshop
6.2
6.2
All Over the Town
1949
as George Sleek
6.2
6.2
Give Us the Moon
1944
6.2
6.2
Tawny Pipit
1944
as Pickering
6.2
6.2
It's Great to be Young!
1956
as Routledge, a Senior Master
6.0
6.0
His Excellency
1952
as Fernando
6.0
6.0
Tomorrow We Live
1943
as Marcel le Blanc
6.0
6.0
Left Right and Centre
1959
as Mayor
6.0
6.0
Neutral Port
1940
as Wilson
6.0
6.0
Three on a Spree
1961
as Mr. Monkton
5.9
5.9
A Window in London
1940
as Reporter
5.9
5.9
Duel in the Jungle
1954
as Clerk
5.9
5.9
Dancing with Crime
1947
as Pogson
5.8
5.8
Uncle Silas
1947
as Grimstone
5.8
5.8
Green Grow the Rushes
1951
as Herbert Finch
5.7
5.7
Night Was Our Friend
1951
as Mr. Lloyd
5.7
5.7
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as Smith
5.7
5.7
It's in the Air
1938
as RAF Radio Operator
5.7
5.7
Cardboard Cavalier
1949
as Smug
5.7
5.7
The Shakedown
1960
as John Arnold
5.7
5.7
Face the Music
1954
as Maxie Margulies
5.6
5.6
The Impersonator
1961
as Harry Walker
5.6
5.6
Mystery Junction
1951
as John Martin
5.5
5.5
Suspected Person
1942
as Charlie Jones
5.5
5.5
A Girl in a Million
1946
as Jenkins
5.5
5.5
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
1950
as John Grimshaw
5.5
5.5
Rogue's Yarn
1957
as Sam Youles
5.5
5.5
Atlantic Ferry
1941
as Henry
5.5
5.5
No Way Back
1949
as Sammy Linkman
5.5
5.5
Millions Like Us
1943
as The Doctor
5.5
5.5
Caravan
1946
as Diego
5.3
5.3
Warn That Man
1943
as Wilson
5.3
5.3
Hotel Sahara
1951
as American Husband (uncredited)
5.2
5.2
Diamond City
1949
as Dr. Woods
5.1
5.1
Temptation Harbour
1947
as CID Inspector
5.0
5.0
For Them That Trespass
1949
as Defense Counsel Sir Huntley
5.0
5.0
Candles at Nine
1944
as Griggs, Everard's Butler
4.9
4.9
Wicked as They Come
1956
as Mr. Page, Chief Accountant
4.8
4.8
Noose
1948
as Greasy Anderson
4.8
4.8
Time Flies
1944
as William Shakespeare
4.6
4.6
Bedelia
1946
as Alec Johnstone
4.6
4.6
Too Hot to Handle
1960
as Moeller
4.3
4.3
Sailors Don't Care
1940
as Henri
4.3
4.3
Secret Mission
1942
as Captain Grune
4.0
4.0
Dead Men Are Dangerous
1939
as Tramp
3.8
3.8
The Astonished Heart
1950
as Soames
3.4
3.4
The Chinese Bungalow
1940
as Mr. Lum
Help Yourself
1950
as Joe the Burglar
Dark Secret
1949
as Mr. Barrington
The Good Companions
1957
as Mr. Joe
The Miser
1939
as La Fleche - valet to Cleante
Who Killed Jack Robins?
1940
Night Watch
1941
as ARP Warden
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