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John Singer

Acting · 1923–1987 · Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK

Biography

John Harold Singer was an English actor. He began as a child actor, popular in the 1930s, and known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. In later years he continued to act in numerous films, including In Which We Serve and The Cruel Sea. He died on 7 July 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His son, Steven Singer, became a TV scriptwriter. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known for

Filmography

1955Doctor at SeaSailor in Prison (uncredited)
1954Forbidden CargoSeaman
1953The Cruel SeaGray
1952Come Back PeterTed Hapgood
1952The Brave Don't CryTam Stewart
1952Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard1st Photographer
1950Four Men in PrisonEdward Hope
1948Fly Away PeterTed Hapgood
1942In Which We ServeMoran
1942Front Line KidsGinger Smith
1942Somewhere in CampPvt. Jack Trevor
1939Q PlanesNewspaper Boy
1939What a Man!Harold Bull
1938The Live WireBoy
1938Darts Are TrumpsJimmy
1937Against the Tide
1937It's Never Too Late to MendMatthew Josephs
1937Don't Get Me WrongBoy
1936Tudor RoseBoy
1936The Amateur GentlemanBoy (uncredited)
1936Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetTobias Rag
1935Street SongBilly
1935Royal CavalcadeBoy
1935Dandy DickFreddie
1935Emil and the DetectivesThesday
1935My Heart Is CallingPage Boy
1935Marry the GirlOffice Boy
1934Something Always HappensBilly
1934My Old DutchJim as a child
1934Love at Second Sight
1934Waltzes from ViennaBoy (uncredited)
1934Open All Night
1933Facing the MusicBoy
1933Sleeping CarPage Boy
1933King of the RitzPageboy
1933The Pride of the ForceBoy
1932Love on the SpotPageboy
1932Jack's the BoyBoy
1932Looking on the Bright SideBoy (uncredited)
1930The Black Hand GangBoy
1929High TreasonBoy

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