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John Welsh

Date of birth: 1904-11-07

Place of birth: Wexford, Ireland

Known for: Acting

Also known as: John Welch

John Welsh

Biography

Movie Credits

The Long Arm
3.5

The Long Arm

1956-06-01

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with cl

Krull
3

Krull

1983-07-29

A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invader

The Revenge of Frankenstein
3.3

The Revenge of Frankenstein

1958-06-01

Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck, where he

From a Far Country
1.9

From a Far Country

1981-09-15

This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne

Rabbit Test
2.1

Rabbit Test

1978-04-09

Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world

Rasputin: The Mad Monk
2.9

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

1966-03-06

Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand

Pity About the Abbey
0

Pity About the Abbey

1965-07-29

Satirical play in which businessmen want to destroy Westminster Abbey to make way for a bypass.

Confession
3.1

Confession

1955-06-01

A confession to a priest from a thief leads to the priest's life being threatened by his gang.

The Mark
3.1

The Mark

1961-01-26

A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of

Francis of Assisi
3.8

Francis of Assisi

1961-07-12

In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army

The Pied Piper
2.9

The Pied Piper

1972-12-27

Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany

Yellow Dog
2.1

Yellow Dog

1973-08-11

A Japanese cop is sent to join the London police force on a secret investigation.

Subterfuge
2.4

Subterfuge

1968-12-12

A young wife is becoming very distraught over the fact that her husband, a secret service "spy" for

The Dark Avenger
3

The Dark Avenger

1955-04-15

Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English arm

Beyond the Curtain
3

Beyond the Curtain

1960-04-01

A British flight officer plans to rescue an airline stewardess who is trapped in East Germany.

The Night We Dropped a Clanger
2.6

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

1959-10-10

The movie takes place during WWII. A dashing British RAF Officer is earmarked for a secret mission

Circle of Deception
2.8

Circle of Deception

1960-11-01

Unbeknownst to him, a soldier is sent on a doomed mission because of the high likelihood of him divu

Isn't Life Wonderful!
2.6

Isn't Life Wonderful!

1953-11-08

Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of whi

Lucky Jim
2.7

Lucky Jim

1957-09-17

Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and

An Inspector Calls
3.6

An Inspector Calls

1954-03-16

An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known

Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1.8

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

1985-10-01

A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had i

The Rough and the Smooth
3

The Rough and the Smooth

1959-10-02

Young blonde woman seems to destroy everyone she comes in contact with.

The Trials of Oscar Wilde
3.1

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

1960-05-28

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son

Abducted
2.1

Abducted

1986-05-12

A mixed-up mountain boy kidnaps a pretty college student.

Room at the Top
3.4

Room at the Top

1958-12-29

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in

Maneaters Are Loose!
0

Maneaters Are Loose!

1978-05-03

Terror stalks a small California community when a broke and depressed animal owner and trainer is fo

The Birthday Present
3.5

The Birthday Present

1957-10-31

Returning from a business trip, toy salesman Simon Scott is caught attempting to smuggle a wristwatc

Last Wishes
0

Last Wishes

1978-02-08

An elderly recluse dies in the process of changing her will. The change would have meant that the se

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
0.5

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them

1974-03-03

Set in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be b

Nowhere to Go
3.3

Nowhere to Go

1958-12-02

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know wh

Journey Into Darkness
0

Journey Into Darkness

1968-01-01

"Journey Into Darkness" is a television movie which consists of two episodes from the UK TV series "

Next to No Time
4

Next to No Time

1958-08-04

Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instru

Timon of Athens
3.5

Timon of Athens

1981-04-16

Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "frien

Mystery at the Forge
0

Mystery at the Forge

1965-01-01

Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first th

Catch As Catch Can
0

Catch As Catch Can

1965-01-01

Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first th

The Mysterious Stranger
4.8

The Mysterious Stranger

1965-01-01

Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first th

The Night Prowler
0

The Night Prowler

1965-01-01

Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first th

Highway Robbery
0

Highway Robbery

1965-01-01

Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first th

All at Sea
0

All at Sea

1965-01-01

Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first th

Dead End Creek
0

Dead End Creek

1965-01-01

Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first th

Bobbikins
2

Bobbikins

1959-07-28

This adventure follows the story of a young navy man, his wife and their baby son, Bobby, also known

Uncle Silas
0

Uncle Silas

1968-11-04

After her father's death, Maud, a young heiress, is sent to live with her Uncle Silas. She finds her

The Counterfeit Plan
2.6

The Counterfeit Plan

1957-01-01

An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a repu

Behind the Mask
3

Behind the Mask

1958-11-23

A newly qualified surgeon takes the blame for his drug addict colleague after the death their patien

My Favorite Year
3.3

My Favorite Year

1982-10-01

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matine

The Winter's Tale
4.7

The Winter's Tale

1981-02-08

The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and sh

Johnny Nobody
3.3

Johnny Nobody

1961-10-01

When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Iris

Operation Bullshine
2.5

Operation Bullshine

1959-06-30

During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is fille

Campus Man
1.9

Campus Man

1987-04-10

Todd Barret is an aspiring businessman. He's got what it takes, but what he doesn't have is enough m

Lost
3.1

Lost

1956-01-31

U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their

The Thirty Nine Steps
3.4

The Thirty Nine Steps

1978-11-04

The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before

The Man in the Road
3.1

The Man in the Road

1956-03-01

A brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by Communist agents out to obtain a secret f

The Quare Fellow
2.7

The Quare Fellow

1962-10-02

Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, d

Life for Ruth
3.3

Life for Ruth

1962-09-06

John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His

The Long Haul
2.9

The Long Haul

1957-08-27

An American ex-GI takes a job as a truck driver to support his British war bride Connie. It isn't lo

Brothers in Law
3.5

Brothers in Law

1957-03-04

Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wro

Nightmare
3.4

Nightmare

1964-02-28

A young woman is plagued by nightmares of her asylum-patient mother. Upon returning to her family ho

The Surgeon's Knife
0

The Surgeon's Knife

1957-10-01

A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable circum

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
3

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

1958-01-21

American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting Eas

Horatio Bottomley
0

Horatio Bottomley

1972-11-28

Alan Clarke's standalone film first appeared as an episode of the BBC series "The Edwardians" and co

The Man Who Haunted Himself
3

The Man Who Haunted Himself

1970-09-17

Executive Harold Pelham suffers a serious accident after which he faces the shadow of death. When, a

Go to Blazes
3.1

Go to Blazes

1962-04-18

A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire t

Dunkirk
3.4

Dunkirk

1958-03-20

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer i

The Secret Place
3.1

The Secret Place

1957-02-06

A beautiful redhead becomes involved with a group of small-time hoodlums who plan and perform a dari

The Man Who Never Was
3.5

The Man Who Never Was

1956-04-03

The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the

Cromwell
3.3

Cromwell

1970-07-16

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New W

Do as I Say
0

Do as I Say

1977-01-25

A quietly unhappy housewife finds a stranger in her house and is raped at knife-point by him. But wh

Katie: The Year of a Child
0

Katie: The Year of a Child

1979-12-13

Katie, the 14-year-old daughter of a travelling family, is left in charge of an ailing mother and he

Brassneck
0

Brassneck

1975-05-22

Through the story of a single family, Brassneck traces a history that parallels the Labour Party's a

Man in the Shadow
0

Man in the Shadow

1957-09-01

The wife of a condemned man tries to save him in England by finding the real killer.

The Safecracker
2.9

The Safecracker

1958-03-05

Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occup

Contraband Spain
2.9

Contraband Spain

1955-03-15

An FBI agent goes to the French-Spanish border to round up some smugglers and counterfeiters after h

She Didn't Say No!
3.1

She Didn't Say No!

1958-09-30

Bridget Monaghan, a single mother who has had six children by different fathers, shocks the conserva

The Divided Heart
3.4

The Divided Heart

1954-11-09

During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is plac

Snowball
3.5

Snowball

1960-01-01

A boy tells his parents that a bus conductor turned him off the bus home for not having a ticket. Th

The Clue of the Missing Ape
3

The Clue of the Missing Ape

1953-11-01

Story of how two youngsters round up crooks planning to blow up the British fleet off Gibraltar.

Americathon
1.8

Americathon

1979-08-10

In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankru

Fire on the Heather
0

Fire on the Heather

1956-12-31

Docu-drama with re-enactments about three figures in the history of Christianity of Scotland: Saint

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
2.8

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

1984-12-15

Retired cop Mike Halligan decides to show his grandson, who has never seen snow before, what a real

Number Six
0

Number Six

1962-04-01

An international criminal arrives in London, and a detective is anxious to pin something on him for

The Playboy of the Western World
2.8

The Playboy of the Western World

1962-12-31

A quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, falls under the spell of a charming, so