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John Welsh

Actor

John Welsh

Born November 7, 1904 in Wexford, IrelandDied April 21, 198581 films

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An Inspector Calls posterFirst watchAn Inspector Calls19547.2as Shop Walker - Mr. TimmonAn upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Krull poster6.1Krull1983Room at the Top poster6.9Room at the Top1958The Revenge of Frankenstein poster6.6The Revenge of Frankenstein1958The Man Who Never Was poster7.0The Man Who Never Was1956My Favorite Year poster6.6My Favorite Year1982Cromwell poster6.6Cromwell1970Dunkirk poster6.9Dunkirk1958Nightmare poster6.8Nightmare1964

Filmography

81 films as actor
  1. 1987Campus ManProfessor Jarman
  2. 1986AbductedSearch Party
  3. 1985Murder: By Reason of InsanitySalesman
  4. 1984It Came Upon the Midnight ClearJogger
  5. 1983KrullSeer
  6. 1982My Favorite YearCubby Brown
  7. 1981From a Far CountryPriest
  8. 1981Timon of AthensFlavius
  9. 1981The Winter's TaleArchidamus
  10. 1979Katie: The Year of a ChildCommittee chairman
  11. 1979AmericathonBen
  12. 1978The Thirty Nine StepsLord Belthane
  13. 1978Maneaters Are Loose!George Leppard
  14. 1978Rabbit TestArmy Aide
  15. 1978Last WishesDr. Welsh
  16. 1977Do as I SayPops
  17. 1975Brassneck
  18. 1974If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
  19. 1973Yellow DogBewsley
  20. 1972The Pied PiperChancellor
  21. 1972Horatio BottomleyMr. Justice Hawkins
  22. 1972The Watercress GirlFergus McDowall
  23. 1970The Man Who Haunted HimselfSir Charles Freeman
  24. 1970CromwellBishop Juxon
  25. 1968SubterfugeHeiner
  26. 1968Uncle SilasAustin Ruthyn
  27. 1968Journey Into DarknessBart Brereton
  28. 1966Rasputin: The Mad MonkThe Abbot
  29. 1965Pity About the AbbeySir Robert Challoner
  30. 1965Catch As Catch CanPaddy
  31. 1965The Mysterious StrangerPaddy
  32. 1965The Night ProwlerPaddy
  33. 1965Mystery at the ForgePaddy
  34. 1965Highway RobberyPaddy
  35. 1965All at SeaPaddy
  36. 1965Dead End CreekPaddy
  37. 1964NightmareDoctor
  38. 1962The Playboy of the Western WorldPhilly Cullen
  39. 1962The Quare FellowCarroll
  40. 1962Life for RuthMarshall
  41. 1962Go to BlazesChief Fire Officer
  42. 1962Number SixAssistant Commissioner
  43. 1961Johnny NobodyJudge
  44. 1961Francis of AssisiCanon Cattanei
  45. 1961The Mark1st Plain Clothes Officer
  46. 1960Circle of DeceptionMaj. Taylor
  47. 1960The Trials of Oscar WildeCafe Royal Manager
  48. 1960Beyond the CurtainTurner
  49. 1960SnowballTed Wylie
  50. 1959The Night We Dropped a ClangerSquadron Leader Grant
  51. 1959The Rough and the SmoothDr. Thompson
  52. 1959Bobbikins
  53. 1959Operation BullshineBrigadier
  54. 1958Room at the TopMayor (uncredited)
  55. 1958Nowhere to GoSecond Mr. Dodds
  56. 1958Behind the MaskColonel Langley
  57. 1958She Didn't Say No!The School Inspector
  58. 1958Next to No TimeSteve, Bar Steward
  59. 1958The Revenge of FrankensteinBergman
  60. 1958DunkirkStaff Colonel
  61. 1958The SafecrackerInspector Owing
  62. 1958The Man Who Wouldn't TalkGeorge Fraser (uncredited)
  63. 1957The Birthday PresentChief Customs Officer
  64. 1957The Surgeon's KnifeInspector Austen
  65. 1957Lucky JimThe Principal (as John Welch)
  66. 1957Man in the ShadowInspector Hunt
  67. 1957The Long HaulDoctor
  68. 1957Brothers in LawMr. Justice Fanshawe
  69. 1957The Secret PlaceMr. Christian (uncredited)
  70. 1957The Counterfeit PlanPolice Inspector Grant
  71. 1956The Long ArmHouse Agent at Shepperton
  72. 1956The Man Who Never WasBank Manager
  73. 1956The Man in the RoadGeorge White - the Gamekeeper
  74. 1956LostPolice Scientist (Uncredited)
  75. 1955ConfessionFather Neil
  76. 1955The Dark AvengerGurd
  77. 1955Contraband SpainOficial superior de aduanas (no acreditado)
  78. 1954The Divided HeartChief Marshall
  79. 1954An Inspector CallsShop Walker - Mr. Timmon
  80. 1953Isn't Life Wonderful!Uncle James
  81. 1953The Clue of the Missing ApeArmy Intelligence Officer