John Salew

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English actor (1902–1897)

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::summary English actor (1902–1897) ::

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nameJohn Salew
imageActor_John_Salew.jpg
captionin The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943)
birth_nameJohn Rylett Salew
birth_date28 February 1902
birth_placeSouthsea, Hampshire, England
death_date
death_placeHammersmith, London, England
occupationFilm actor
yearsactive1938–1961
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| name = John Salew | image = Actor_John_Salew.jpg | imagesize = | caption = in The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943) | birth_name = John Rylett Salew | birth_date = 28 February 1902 | birth_place = Southsea, Hampshire, England | death_date = | death_place = Hammersmith, London, England | occupation = Film actor | yearsactive = 1938–1961

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 (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

Selected filmography

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References

  1. (16 April 2009). "BFI | Film & TV Database | SALEW, John". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk.
  2. "John Salew movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography". AllMovie.

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