John Salew

Biography

Career Overview

John Salew has 85 screen credits in a career dating back to 1938. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently Ealing comedies with 3 titles. Signature works include Help Yourself, It's Great to be Young!, Face the Music. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

85

Birth Date

1902-01-01 00:00:00

Birth Place

Portsmouth, England, UK

Known For

• Help Yourself
• 

  It's Great to be Young!
• 

  Face the Music
• Golden Rain
• Who Killed Jack Robins?
• 

  Green Grow the Rushes

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• Ealing comedies (3 titles)
• Inspector Hornleigh Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Russell Waters (3 collaborations)
• John Waterhouse (2 collaborations)
• Ted Willis (2 collaborations)
• Eleanor Summerfield (2 collaborations)
• Bryan Forbes (2 collaborations)
• Ernest Borneman (2 collaborations)
• Geoffrey Keen (2 collaborations)
• Derek N. Twist (2 collaborations)
• Richard Massingham (1 collaborations)
• Quentin Dobson (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (85 credits)

  • Three on a Spree

    Mr. Monkton

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Too Hot to Handle

    Moeller

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Shakedown

    John Arnold

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Heart of a Man

    Agent

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Alive and Kicking

    Solicitor

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Left Right and Centre

    Mayor

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Tread Softly Stranger

    Pawnbroker

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Night of the Demon

    Librarian

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Rogue's Yarn

    Sam Youles

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Good Companions

    Mr. Joe

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • It's Great to be Young!

    Routledge, a Senior Master

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Wicked as They Come

    Mr. Page, Chief Accountant

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Lease of Life

    Sproatley's Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Duel in the Jungle

    Clerk

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Face the Music

    Maxie Margulies

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Golden Rain

    Archdeacon Shearing

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Street Corner

    Embarrassed Nightclub Patron

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • His Excellency

    Fernando

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Night Was Our Friend

    Mr. Lloyd

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Green Grow the Rushes

    Herbert Finch

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Mystery Junction

    John Martin

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Hotel Sahara

    American Husband (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Lavender Hill Mob

    Parkin

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • No Highway in the Sky

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Astonished Heart

    Soames

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Help Yourself

    Joe the Burglar

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery

    John Grimshaw

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Spider and the Fly

    Minister's Secretary

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Dark Secret

    Mr. Barrington

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Diamond City

    Dr. Woods

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Kind Hearts and Coronets

    Mr. Perkins

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Witness for the Prosecution

    Robert Mayherne

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Marry Me

    Charlie (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • All Over the Town

    George Sleek

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • For Them That Trespass

    Prosecutor Ainsley

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Bad Lord Byron

    Samuel Rogers

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Cardboard Cavalier

    Smug

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • London Belongs to Me

    Mr Banks

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Quartet

    John Coleman (critic) (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Noose

    Greasy Anderson

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Bond Street

    Coles

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • My Brother Jonathan

    Wilburn

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Anna Karenina

    Lawyer

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • It Always Rains on Sunday

    Caleb Neesley

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Uncle Silas

    Grimstone

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The October Man

    Ticket Inspector

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Dancing with Crime

    Pogson

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Temptation Harbour

    CID Inspector

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • A Girl in a Million

    Jenkins

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Beware of Pity

    Col. Franz Bubencic

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Bedelia

    Alec Johnstone

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Wanted for Murder

    Detective Walters

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Caravan

    Diego

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Rake's Progress

    Burgess

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Murder in Reverse?

    Blake King’s Council

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Don't Take It to Heart

    Witness

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Give Us the Moon

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Way Ahead

    Sam - Friend of Pvt. Lloyd in Pub Scene (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Time Flies

    William Shakespeare

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Tawny Pipit

    Pickering

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Candles at Nine

    Griggs, Everard's Butler

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Warn That Man

    Wilson

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Millions Like Us

    The Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Bells Go Down

    Landlord (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • We Dive at Dawn

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Tomorrow We Live

    Marcel le Blanc

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Secret Mission

    Captain Grune

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Young Mr. Pitt

    Smith

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Day Will Dawn

    "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Suspected Person

    Charlie Jones

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    German Sentry

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Atlantic Ferry

    Henry

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Turned Out Nice Again

    Largon

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

    Mr. Tomboy

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Night Watch

    ARP Warden

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Sailors Don't Care

    Henri

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Neutral Port

    Wilson

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • A Window in London

    Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Pastor Hall

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Chinese Bungalow

    Mr. Lum

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Thief of Bagdad

    Fish Peddler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Who Killed Jack Robins?

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Miser

    La Fleche - valet to Cleante

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Dead Men Are Dangerous

    Tramp

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • It's in the Air

    RAF Radio Operator

    actor

    actors
    1938