John Salew

John Rylett Salew (28 February 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, 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

Selected filmography

It's in the Air (1938) – RAF Radio Operator (uncredited) Dead Men are Dangerous (1939) – Tramp (uncredited) The Silent Battle (1939) – Ernest The Chinese Bungalow (1940) – Mr. Lum Pastor Hall (1940) A Window in London (1940) – Reporter The Thief of Bagdad (1940) – Fish Peddler (uncredited) Neutral Port (1940) – Wilson Sailors Don't Care (1940) – Henri The Farmer's Wife (1941) – Mr. Rundle Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941) – Mr. Tomboy Turned Out Nice Again (1941) – Largos Once a Crook (1941) – Solicitor Atlantic Ferry (1941) – Henry Back-Room Boy (1942) – Steve Mason One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) – German Sentry Suspected Person (1942) – Jones The Day Will Dawn (1942) – "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) – Smith Secret Mission (1942) – Hauptmann Gruening Squadron Leader X (1943) – Sentry at Madame Berthelot's (uncredited) Tomorrow We Live (1943) – Marcel LaBlanc We Dive at Dawn (1943) – Drake (uncredited) The Bells Go Down (1943) – Landlord (uncredited) Warn That Man (1943) – Wilson The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943) – Merridon (curator of the Baycome Museum) Millions Like Us (1943) – The Doctor The Adventures of Tartu (1943) – Heinrich Müller (uncredited) The Night Invader (1943) – Witsen The Hundred Pound Window (1944) – Walker Tawny Pipit (1944) – Pickering Time Flies (1944) – William Shakespeare The Way Ahead (1944) – Sam – Friend of Pvt Lloyd in Pub Scene (uncredited) Give Us the Moon (1944) – (uncredited) Don't Take It to Heart (1944) – Dr. Rose, witness Candles at Nine (1944) – Griggs – Everard's Butler Murder in Reverse (1945) – Blake King's Counsel The Rake's Progress (1945) – Burgess Caravan (1946) – Diego Beware of Pity (1946) – Col. Franz Bubencic Bothered by a Beard (1946) as man in bath Wanted for Murder (1946) – Det. Walters I See a Dark Stranger (1946) – Man in Bookshop Bedelia (1946) – Alec Johnstone A Girl in a Million (1946) – Jenkins Meet Me at Dawn (1947) – 2nd Client The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947) – Mr. Lillyrick Dancing with Crime (1947) – Pogson (uncredited) The October Man (1947) – Ticket Inspector Uncle Silas (1947) – Grimstone It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) – Caleb Neesley Anna Karenina (1948) – Lawyer My Brother Jonathan (1948) – Wilburn Counterblast (1948) – Padre Latham Bond Street (1948) – Coles London Belongs to Me (1948) – Mr. Barks Noose (1948) – Greasy Anderson Quartet (1948) – John Coleman, critic (segment "The Colonel's Lady") It's Hard to Be Good (1948) – Committee Man (uncredited) Brass Monkey (1948) – Captain Marry Me! (1949) - Charlie (uncredited) All Over the Town (1949) – George Sleek Cardboard Cavalier (1949) – Smug The Bad Lord Byron (1949) – Samuel Rogers For Them That Trespass (1949) – Prosecutor Ainsley Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) – Mr. Perkins No Way Back (1949) – Sammy Linkman Don't Ever Leave Me (1949) – Farlaine's Manager Diamond City (1949) – Dr. Woods The Spider and the Fly (1949) – Minister's Secretary The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery (1950) – John Grimshaw The Blue Lamp (1950) – Officious Man (uncredited) The Astonished Heart (1950) – Mr. Bowman The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) – Parkin No Highway in the Sky (1951) – Symes, Gander Inspector (uncredited) Hotel Sahara (1951) – American Husband (uncredited) Mystery Junction (1951) – John Martin Green Grow the Rushes (1951) – Herbert Finch Night Was Our Friend (1951) – Mr. Lloyd His Excellency (1952) – Fernando The Happy Family (1952) – Mr. Granite Street Corner (1953) – Embarrassed Nightclub Patron (uncredited) Stryker of the Yard (1953) Face the Music (1954) – Maxie Margulies Father Brown (1954) – Station Sergeant Duel in the Jungle (1954) – Clerk – Henderson's Office Lease of Life (1954) – A Doctor Three Cases of Murder (1955) – Rooke ("The Picture" segment) Wicked as They Come (1956) – M.C. Page, Chief Accountant (uncredited) It's Great to Be Young (1956) – Routledge, a senior Master The Good Companions (1957) – Mr. Joe Brundit Night of the Demon (1957) – Librarian Rogue's Yarn (1957) – Sam Youles Alive on Saturday (1957) – Melito The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958) – Duffin the Butler Tread Softly Stranger (1958) – Pawnbroker Left Right and Centre (1959) – Centre – Mayor The Heart of a Man (1959) – Agent at Bar (uncredited) Alive and Kicking (1959) – Solicitor The Shakedown (1960) – John Arnold Too Hot to Handle (1960) – Moeller The Impersonator (1960) – Harry Walker Three on a Spree (1961) – Mr. Monkton Scotland Yard (1961) - The Never Never Murder- Wilkes Maigret (TV) (1961) - The Simple Case - Doctor Paul