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John Singer

Actor

John Singer

Born December 4, 1923 in Hastings, East Sussex, England, UKDied July 7, 198739 films

John Harold Singer was an English actor. He began as a child actor, popular in the 1930s, and known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. In later years he continued to act in numerous films, including In Which We Serve and The Cruel Sea. He died on 7 July 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His son, Steven Singer, became a TV scriptwriter.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
In Which We Serve poster6.7In Which We Serve1942Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street poster5.7Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street1936Waltzes from Vienna poster5.4Waltzes from Vienna1934

Filmography

39 films as actor
  1. 1955Doctor at SeaSailor in Prison (uncredited)
  2. 1954Forbidden CargoSeaman
  3. 1953The Cruel SeaGray
  4. 1952Come Back PeterTed Hapgood
  5. 1952The Brave Don't CryTam Stewart
  6. 1952Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard1st Photographer
  7. 1948Fly Away PeterTed Hapgood
  8. 1942In Which We ServeMoran
  9. 1942Front Line KidsGinger Smith
  10. 1942Somewhere in CampPvt. Jack Trevor
  11. 1939Q PlanesNewspaper Boy
  12. 1939What a Man!Harold Bull
  13. 1938The Live WireBoy
  14. 1938Darts Are TrumpsJimmy
  15. 1937Against the Tide
  16. 1937It's Never Too Late to MendMatthew Josephs
  17. 1937Don't Get Me WrongBoy
  18. 1936Tudor RoseBoy
  19. 1936The Amateur GentlemanBoy (uncredited)
  20. 1936Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet StreetTobias Rag
  21. 1935Street SongBilly
  22. 1935Dandy DickFreddie
  23. 1935Emil and the DetectivesThesday
  24. 1935My Heart Is CallingPage Boy
  25. 1935Marry the GirlOffice Boy
  26. 1934Something Always HappensBilly
  27. 1934My Old DutchJim as a child
  28. 1934Love at Second Sight
  29. 1934Waltzes from ViennaBoy (uncredited)
  30. 1934Open All Night
  31. 1933Facing the MusicBoy
  32. 1933Sleeping CarPage Boy
  33. 1933King of the RitzPageboy
  34. 1933The Pride of the ForceBoy
  35. 1932Love on the SpotPageboy
  36. 1932Jack's the BoyBoy
  37. 1932Looking on the Bright SideBoy (uncredited)
  38. 1930The Black Hand GangBoy
  39. 1929High TreasonBoy