John Salew

John Rylett Salew (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 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.