Biography
John Rylett Salew (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
all 92
Movies 86
TV Shows 6
Three on a Spree (1961)
The Impersonator (1961)
Maigret (1960)
Alive and Kicking (1959)
Tales from Dickens (1959)
The Larkins (1958)
The Adventures of William Tell (1958)
Night of the Demon (1957)
Rogue's Yarn (1957)
It's Great to be Young! (1956)
The Buccaneers (1956)
Wicked as They Come (1956)
Lease of Life (1954)
Father Brown (1954)
Face the Music (1954)
Street Corner (1953)
His Excellency (1952)
Night Was Our Friend (1951)
Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
Mystery Junction (1951)
Hotel Sahara (1951)
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery (1950)
The Blue Lamp (1950)
The Spider and the Fly (1949)
Dark Secret (1949)
Diamond City (1949)
Don't Ever Leave Me (1949)
No Way Back (1949)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Witness for the Prosecution (1949)
Marry Me (1949)
All Over the Town (1949)
For Them That Trespass (1949)
The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
Noose (1948)
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Uncle Silas (1947)
The October Man (1947)
Temptation Harbour (1947)
Beware of Pity (1946)
Bedelia (1946)
I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
Wanted for Murder (1946)
Caravan (1946)
Murder in Reverse? (1945)
The Way Ahead (1944)
Time Flies (1944)
Tawny Pipit (1944)
Candles at Nine (1944)
Millions Like Us (1943)
The Bells Go Down (1943)
Tomorrow We Live (1943)
Secret Mission (1942)
The Day Will Dawn (1942)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
Back-Room Boy (1942)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Neutral Port (1940)
A Window in London (1940)
The Miser (1939)
It's in the Air (1938)
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GenderMale
Birthday1902-01-01
Deathday1961-09-14 (59 years old)
Birth PlacePortsmouth, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsДжон Салью
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