John Welsh (Born John James Walsh, November 7, 1914 - April 21, 1985) was an Irish actor best known for Krull (1983), To Serve Them All My Days (1980), and The Duchess Of Duke Street (1976-1977).
Welsh died in 1985 at the age of 70 from undisclosed causes.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1952: The Twelfth Brother as Pharaoh's Brother
- 1953: The Accused 1953 as Mr. Tennat
- 1953: Mr Dooley Jnr as Mr. Dooley
- 1953: Uncle Willies Bicycle Shop as Uncle James
- 1953: The Clue Of The Missing Ape as Army Intelligence Officer
- 1954: An Inspector Calls as Shop Walker
- 1954: Diplomatic Passport as USA Embassy Official
- 1954: The Divided Heart as Chief Marshall
- 1954: Race For Life as Priest (Uncredited Role)
- 1955: The Laughing Lady as Mr. Burling
- 1955: Contraband Spain as Senior Customs Officer (uncredited)
- 1955: The Warriors as Gurd
- 1955: Track The Man Down as 'Smiling' Sam (uncredited)
- 1955: The Deadliest Sin as Father Neil
- 1955: The Running Tide as The Rector
- 1955: Three Empty Rooms as Mr. Sweeney
- 1956: Tears For Simon as Police Scientist (uncredited)
- 1956: The Man Who Never Was as Bank Manager (uncredited)
- 1956: The Man In The Road as George White
- 1956: Women Without Men as Chaplain
- 1956: Blonde Bait as Prison Chaplain (uncredited)
- 1956: The Third Key as House Agent in Shepperton
- 1957: The Counterfeit Plan as Police Insp. Grant
- 1957: The Secret Place as Mr. Christian (uncredited)
- 1957: Brothers In Law as Mr. Justice Fanshawe
- 1957: The Long Haul as Doctor
- 1957: Lucky Jim as The Principal
- 1957: Violent Stranger as Insp. Hunt
- 1957: The Birthday Present as Customer Officer
- 1957: The Surgeons Knife as Insp. Austen
- 1957: Flight Of The Dove as Sir David Anderson
- 1958: The Man Who Wouldnt Talk as George Fraser
- 1958: The Safecracker as Insp. Owing
- 1958: Dunkirk as Staff Colonel
- 1958: The Revenge of Frankenstein as Bergman
- 1958: Indiscreet as Passport Official (uncredited)
- 1958: Next To No Time as Steve
- 1958: She Didnt Say No as Inspector
- 1958: Behind The Mask as Col. Langley
- 1958: Nowhere To Go as Second Mr. Dodds (uncredited)
- 1958: Room at the Top as Mayor (uncredited)
- 1959: Operation Bullshine as Brigadier
- 1959: Bobbikins as Admiral
- 1959: Make Mine A Double as Squadron Leader Grant
- 1959: Portrait Of A Sinner as Dr. Thompson
- 1960: Beyond The Curtain as Turner
- 1960: The Trials Of Oscar Wilde as Cafe Royal Manager
- 1960: Follow That Horse as Major Turner
- 1960: Circle Of Deception as Major Taylor
- 1960: Snowball as Ted Wylie
- 1961: The Mark as 1st Plain Clothes Officer
- 1961: Konga as Commissioner Garland
- 1961: The Truth About Billy Newton as Billy Newton
- 1961: Design For Murder as Det. Insp. Hughes
- 1961: Francis Of Assisi as Canon Cattanei
- 1961: Johnny Nobody as Judge
- 1962: The Playboy Of The Western World as Philly Cullen
- 1962: Go To Blazes as Chief Fire Officer
- 1962: Number Six as Assistant Commissioner
- 1962: Lisa as Agriculture Officer
- 1962: Walk In The Shadow as Marshall
- 1962: Fog For A Killer as Governor
- 1962: The Quare Fellow as Carroll
- 1962: Young And Willing as Publican
- 1964: Nightmare as Doctor
- 1966: Rasputin the Mad Monk as The Abbot
- 1967: The Jokers as Magistrate (uncredited)
- 1968: Attack On The Iron Coast as Admiral of the Fleet Lord William Cansley
- 1968: Subterfuge as Heiner
- 1968: Journey Into Darkness as Bart Brereton
- 1970: Cromwell as Bishop Juxon
- 1970: The Man Who Haunted Himself as Sir Charles Freeman
- 1972: The Pied Piper as Chancellor
- 1973: Yellow Dog as Bewsley
- 1973: A Story Of Tutankhamun as Grandfather
- 1974: If There Werent Any Blacks Youd Have To Invent Them as The Judge
- 1977: Grayeagle as Lum Stroud
- 1978: Maneasters Are Loose as George Leppard
- 1978: The Norseman as Norseman
- 1978: The Thirty Nine Steps as Lord Belthane
- 1979: Americathon as Ben
- 1979: Saint Joan as Gentleman
- 1981: The Winter's Tale as Archidamus
- 1981: Timon Of Athens as Flavius
- 1981: From A Far Country as Priest
- 1983: Krull as Seer
- 1983: The Tale Of Beatrix Potter as Canon Rawnsley
- 1984: It Came Upon The Midnight Clear as Jogger
- 1985: Murder By Reason Of Insanity as Salesman
- 1986: The Deadly Recruits as Mr. Dingle
Television Roles
- 1953-1955: Rheingold Theatre as George Greaves/Inspector/Mr. Tennant (3 episodes)
- 1954-1959: BBC Sunday Night Theatre as Mooney/Dean Peyramale/Stage Manager/Brian Cusack/Father Riley/Padre (6 episodes)
- 1956: Tales From Soho as Chief Det. Insp. Charlesworth
- 1956: Armchair Theatre as Laurence Manfred
- 1957: Assignment Foreign Legion as Minister of Colonies
- 1957: The Gay Cavalier as Blackwell
- 1957: ITV Television Playhouse as Superintendent Cassels
- 1957-1966: ITV Play Of The Week as Ernest Lindley/Cardinal of Milan/Noag van Wyk/Sir Robert Trevelyan/Gen. Canynge/Sartorius (6 episodes)
- 1958: Queens Champion as Lord Burleigh
- 1959: Boyd QC as Sgt. Bolton
- 1959-1960: The Men From Room 13 as Supt. Halcro (12 episodes)
- 1960: Interpol Calling as Mr. Carey
- 1960: The Four Just Men as Moffat
- 1960: Hancock's Half Hour as Police Sergeant
- 1960: No Hiding Place as Rees-Jones
- 1960-1963: BBC Sunday Night Play as Mr. Woodbridge/Commander Dackson/Matthew Claybourne/Pop/Father Riley/The Padre (6 episodes)
- 1961: Sir Francis Drake as Gov. Walters
- 1961: Deadline Midnight as Bill Mostyn
- 1962: Stryker Of The Yard as Jed
- 1962: The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre as Assistant Commissioner
- 1962: Ghost Squad as Prof. Wallace
- 1962: Katy as Dr. Carr
- 1962: The Last Man Out as Col. von Hertz
- 1962-1964: Z Cars as Mr. Hulme/Dr. Mark Spencer (2 episodes)
- 1964: Theatre 625 as Hugo
- 1964: Festival as General/Aegeon (2 episodes)
- 1964: Redcap as C.O.
- 1964: The Indian Tales Of Rudyard Kipling as Sir Edward Lidyard
- 1964-1966: Secret Agent as Ross/Emmerson/British First Secretary Forbes/John Rhodes (4 episodes)
- 1965: Front Page Story as Robert Vernon
- 1965: Emergency Ward 10 as Prof. Jenkins
- 1965: Story Parade as Mike Garland
- 1965: The Mind Of The Enemy as General Fairside
- 1965: Londoners as Sir Robert Chandler
- 1965: The Flying Swan as Leslie Rhodes
- 1965: Dead End Creek as Paddy
- 1966: Insurrection as James Stephens
- 1966-1967: Softly Softly as Asst. Chief Constable William Calderwood (25 episodes)
- 1967: The Revenue Men as Locker
- 1967: The Forsyte Saga as James Forsyte
- 1967: Misleading Cases as Mr. Justice Adder
- 1967: Inheritance as Joth Bamforth/Henry Bamforth (4 episodes)
- 1967: The Gamblers as Grant
- 1967: Vanity Fair as Sir Pitt Crawley
- 1967-1968: City 68 as Alderman Laycock/Rupert Laycock (3 episodes)
- 1968: Virgin Of The Secret Service as Dermot O'Rourke
- 1968: Detective as Insp. Rason
- 1968: Comedy Playhouse as Father John
- 1968: Mr Rose as Vincent Pelling
- 1968: Half Hour Story as George
- 1968: Mystery And Imagination as Austin Ruthyn
- 1968: Journey To The Unknown as Bart Brereton
- 1968-1978: ITV Playhouse as Dr. Welsh/Director/J.G. Westcott (3 episodes)
- 1969: Oh Brother as Father McAvoy
- 1970: On Trial as Defence Lawyer
- 1970: Codename as Mallory
- 1970: Confession as Mr. Walsh
- 1970: Little Women as Mr. Laurence
- 1971: Catweazle as Col. Dickenson
- 1971: The Ten Commandments as Rev. Martindale
- 1971: Me Mammy as Father Columba
- 1971: The Runaway Summer as Grandfather
- 1972: The Moonstone as Sgt. Cuff
- 1972: The Shadow Of The Tower as Sir John Kendal
- 1972: Villains as Dr. Glazebrook
- 1972: The Frighteners as Cartwright
- 1972: Country Matters as Fergus McDowall
- 1972: The Edwardians as Mr. Justice Hawkins
- 1972-1973: ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Johnny/Dr. Hewitson/Judge Millhouse (3 episodes)
- 1972-1974: The Brothers as Mr. Cassell (4 episodes)
- 1972-1975: The Main Chance as Sir Stephen Kirwin/James Renshaw (2 episodes)
- 1973: Public Eye as Cobden Felcourt
- 1973: The Unpleasantness At The Bellona Club as Mr. Murbles
- 1973: The Adventures Of Black Beauty as Woollgar
- 1973: Wessex Tales as Dairyman
- 1973: BBC Play Of The Month as Mr. Balance
- 1973-1974: Justice as Alastair Coates/Presiding Judge (2 episodes)
- 1974: Fall of Eagles as Archbishop
- 1974: Napoleon And Love as Corvisart
- 1974: Affairs Of The Heart as Chivers
- 1974: Omnibus as Swaffer
- 1974: South Riding as Lord Sedgmire
- 1975: Edward The King as Duke of Wellington
- 1975-1979: Play for Today as Committee Chairman/Pops/Evelyn Harrington/Philip Hucknell (4 episodes)
- 1976: Kizzy as Admiral Twiss
- 1976: When the Boat Comes In as Lord Calderbeck
- 1976: Bless This House as Magistrate
- 1976: The XYY Man as Under Secretary
- 1976-1977: The Duchess Of Duke Street as Merriman
- 1978: Rumpole of the Bailey as C.H. Wystan
- 1978: Husbands Wives And Lovers as Desk Sergeant
- 1979: Thomas And Sarah as Mr. Chater
- 1979: Oresteia as 2nd Old Man
- 1979: Prince Regent as Dr. Gisbourne
- 1979: Diary Of A Nobody as Mr. Perkupp
- 1980: To Serve Them All My Days as Cordwainer
- 1981: Brideshead Revisited as Barber
- 1982-1983: Let There Be Love as Father (5 episodes)
- 1983: The Citadel as Sir Robert Abbey
- 1984: Cockles as Mr. Frinton
- 1984: Boswells London Journal as The Duke of Queensberry
- 1985: Blott On The Landscape as Lord Leakham
- 1985: Murder Of A Moderate Man as Jasper
Shorts
- 1961: The Square Mile Murder as Superintendent Hicks
- 1981: Dear Teacher as Principal Vernon Thorpe
