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John Rylett Salew 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). John Salew was active into the TV era, playing the sort of character parts that John McGiver played in the US
Birth Name
John Rylett Salew
Born
Wednesday, 01 January 1902
Died
Thursday, 14 September 1961
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Ghost Squad | Jacobi | 1961 |
Three on a Spree | Mr. Monkton | 1961 |
The Impersonator | Harry Walker | 1961 |
The Pursuers | Jim Gulley | 1961 |
The Avengers | Jack Wickram | 1961 |
Maigret | Dr. Paul | 1959 |
Bootsie and Snudge | Dr. Mullins | 1960 |
Playgirl After Dark | Moeller | 1960 |
On Trial | John Greenwood | 1960 |
The Heart of a Man | Agent at Bar | 1960 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Ghost Squad | Jacobi | 1961 |
Three on a Spree | Mr. Monkton | 1961 |
The Impersonator | Harry Walker | 1961 |
The Pursuers | Jim Gulley | 1961 |
The Avengers | Jack Wickram | 1961 |
Maigret | Dr. Paul | 1959 |
Bootsie and Snudge | Dr. Mullins | 1960 |
Playgirl After Dark | Moeller | 1960 |
On Trial | John Greenwood | 1960 |
The Heart of a Man | Agent at Bar | 1960 |
The Shakedown | Arnold | 1960 |
Conscience Bay | 1960 | |
No Hiding Place | Sgt. Butterworth / Domeri | 1959 |
Interpol Calling | Fake Professor / Moltz | 1959 |
Alive and Kicking | Solicitor | 1959 |
Left Right and Centre | Centre - Mayor / Mayor | 1959 |
Glencannon | Forthdale | 1959 |
The Larkins | Grimweed | 1958 |
William Tell | Colonel Wentzel | 1958 |
Tread Softly Stranger | Pawnbroker | 1958 |
Dunkirk | Man in the Street | 1958 |
The Gypsy and the Gentleman | Duffin the Butler | 1958 |
Curse of the Demon | Librarian | 1957 |
Dick and the Duchess | Burford | 1957 |
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan | Robert Crane | 1957 |
Rogue's Yarn | Sam Youles | 1957 |
The Gay Cavalier | Mynheen Van Voeren | 1957 |
The Army Game | Colonel Stubbs | 1957 |
The Good Companions | Mr. Joe | 1957 |
Alive on Saturday | Melito | 1957 |
It's Great to Be Young! | Routledge, a senior Master | 1956 |
The Buccaneers | Cookie | 1956 |
Armchair Theatre | Mr. Ramage / Edgar Burrows / Charles Denchy | 1956 |
Wicked as They Come | Mr. Page Chief Accountant | 1956 |
ITV Play of the Week | Aslaken / Joe / Sir Joseph Vandenhoven / Theodore Swanson / Will Day | 1955 |
ITV Television Playhouse | Dr. Plumweather | 1955 |
Three Cases of Murder | Rooke (segment "In the Picture") | 1955 |
Lease of Life | Sproatley's Doctor / A Doctor | 1954 |
The Vise | Dr. Warner | 1954 |
Duel in the Jungle | Clerk / Clerk (Henderson's Office) | 1954 |
The Detective | 1954 | |
The Grove Family | Frank Turner | 1954 |
The Black Glove | Maxie Margulies | 1954 |
Always a Bride | American Guest | 1953 |
Both Sides of the Law | Embarrassed Nightclub Patron | 1953 |
Rheingold Theatre | Karl | 1953 |
Mr. Lord Says No | Mr. Granite | 1952 |
His Excellency | Fernando | 1952 |
Night Was Our Friend | Mr. Lloyd | 1951 |
Green Grow the Rushes | Herbert Finch | 1951 |
Mystery Junction | John Martin | 1951 |
Hotel Sahara | American Husband | 1951 |
No Highway in the Sky | Symes - Gander Inspector | 1951 |
The Lavender Hill Mob | Parkin | 1951 |
The Astonished Heart | Soames | 1950 |
The Blue Lamp | Officious Man | 1950 |
The 20 Questions Murder Mystery | John Grimshaw | 1950 |
The Spider and the Fly | Minister's Secretary | 1949 |
Dark Secret | Mr. Barrington | 1949 |
Summer Day's Dream | Franklyn Helmer, an American industrialist | 1949 |
Diamond City | Dr. Woods / Dr. Wood | 1949 |
Don't Ever Leave Me | Farlaine's Manager | 1949 |
No Way Back | Sammy Linkman | 1949 |
Kind Hearts and Coronets | Mr. Perkins | 1949 |
Witness for the Prosecution | Robert Mayherne | 1949 |
Marry Me | Charlie | 1949 |
All Over the Town | Sleek / George Sleek | 1949 |
The Bad Lord Byron | Samuel Rogers | 1949 |
For Them That Trespass | Prosecutor Ainsley / Defense Counsel Sir Huntley | 1949 |
Cardboard Cavalier | Smug | 1949 |
Brass Monkey | Captain | 1948 |
The Silk Noose | Greasy Anderson | 1948 |
It's Hard to Be Good | Committee Man | 1948 |
Quartet | John Coleman (critic) (segment "The Colonel's Lady") | 1948 |
Dulcimer Street | Mr. Barks | 1948 |
Bond Street | Coles | 1948 |
Idol of Paris | Referee at Duel | 1948 |
My Brother Jonathan | Wilburn | 1948 |
Anna Karenina | Lawyer | 1948 |
Counterblast | Padre Latham | 1948 |
It Always Rains on Sunday | Caleb Neesley | 1947 |
The Inheritance | Grimstone | 1947 |
The October Man | Ticket Inspector | 1947 |
So Well Remembered | Man Addressing Council Meeting | 1947 |
Dancing with Crime | Pogson | 1947 |
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Mr. Lillyrick | 1947 |
Temptation Harbor | CID Inspector | 1947 |
Meet Me at Dawn | 2nd Client | 1947 |
A Girl in a Million | Jenkins | 1946 |
Beware of Pity | Col. Franz Bubencic | 1946 |
Bedelia | Alec Johnstone | 1946 |
I See a Dark Stranger | Man in Bookshop / Man in the Bookshop | 1946 |
Wanted for Murder | Det. Walters / Detective Walters | 1946 |
Caravan | Diego | 1946 |
Notorious Gentleman | Burgess | 1945 |
Query | Blake King's Counsel | 1945 |
Don't Take It to Heart! | Witness | 1944 |
Give Us the Moon | Landlord | 1944 |
Tawny Pipit | Pickering | 1944 |
The Way Ahead | Sam - Friend of Pte. Lloyd in Pub Scene | 1944 |
Time Flies | William Shakespeare | 1944 |
The Hundred Pound Window | Walker | 1944 |
Candles at Nine | Griggs, Everard's Butler / Griggs - Everard's Butler | 1944 |
The Night Invader | Witsen | 1943 |
Millions Like Us | The Doctor | 1943 |
The Adventures of Tartu | Heinrich Müller | 1943 |
Warn That Man | Wilson | 1943 |
The Bells Go Down | Landlord | 1943 |
We Dive at Dawn | Drake | 1943 |
Tomorrow We Live | Marcel LaBlanc | 1943 |
Squadron Leader X | Sentry at Madame Berthelot's | 1943 |
Secret Mission | Captain Grune | 1942 |
The Young Mr. Pitt | Smith | 1942 |
The Avengers | "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub | 1942 |
Day Will Dawn, The | "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub | 1942 |
Suspected Person | Jones | 1942 |
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | German Sentry | 1942 |
Back-Room Boy | Steve Mason | 1942 |
Continental Express | Ernest | 1942 |
The Saint Meets the Tiger | Merridon (curator of the Baycome Museum) | 1941 |
Atlantic Ferry | Henry | 1941 |
Once a Crook | Solicitor | 1941 |
Turned Out Nice Again | Largos / Largon | 1941 |
Mail Train | Mr. Tomboy | 1941 |
Sailors Don't Care | Henri | 1940 |
Neutral Port | Wilson | 1940 |
The Thief of Bagdad | Fish Peddler | 1940 |
Pastor Hall | Herr Ritter | 1940 |
Lady in Distress | Reporter | 1940 |
Ten Days in Paris | Sergeant at barracks gate | 1940 |
The Chinese Den | Mr. Lum | 1940 |
Who Killed Jack Robins? | 1940 | |
Dangerous Masquerade | Tramp | 1939 |
Hey! Hey! U.S.A! | Bit | 1938 |
George Takes the Air | RAF Radio Operator | 1938 |