John Salew
John Rylett Salew 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, Grimstone in the Gothic melodrama Uncle Silas, and the librarian in the supernatural thriller Night of the Demon. He played Colonel Wentzel in the Adventures of William Tell "The Shrew" episode.
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 – RAF Radio Operator Dead Men are Dangerous – Tramp The Silent Battle – ErnestThe Chinese Bungalow – Mr. LumPastor Hall A Window in London – ReporterThe Thief of Bagdad – Fish Peddler Neutral Port – WilsonSailors Don't Care – HenriThe Farmer's Wife – Mr. RundleInspector Hornleigh Goes To It – Mr. TomboyTurned Out Nice Again – LargosOnce a Crook – SolicitorAtlantic Ferry – HenryBack-Room Boy – Steve MasonOne of Our Aircraft Is Missing – German SentrySuspected Person – JonesThe Day Will Dawn – "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street PubThe Young Mr. Pitt – SmithSecret Mission – Hauptmann GrueningSquadron Leader X – Sentry at Madame Berthelot's Tomorrow We Live – Marcel LaBlancWe Dive at Dawn – Drake The Bells Go Down – Landlord Warn That Man – WilsonThe Saint Meets the Tiger – Merridon Millions Like Us – The DoctorThe Adventures of Tartu – Heinrich Müller The Night Invader – WitsenThe Hundred Pound Window – WalkerTawny Pipit – PickeringTime Flies – William ShakespeareThe Way Ahead – Sam – Friend of Pvt Lloyd in Pub Scene Give Us the Moon – Don't Take It to Heart – Dr. Rose, witnessCandles at Nine – Griggs – Everard's ButlerMurder in Reverse – Blake King's CounselThe Rake's Progress – BurgessCaravan – DiegoBeware of Pity – Col. Franz BubencicBothered by a Beard as man in bathWanted for Murder – Det. WaltersI See a Dark Stranger – Man in BookshopBedelia – Alec JohnstoneA Girl in a Million – JenkinsMeet Me at Dawn – 2nd ClientThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby – Mr. LillyrickDancing with Crime – Pogson The October Man – Ticket InspectorUncle Silas – GrimstoneIt Always Rains on Sunday – Caleb NeesleyAnna Karenina – LawyerMy Brother Jonathan – WilburnCounterblast – Padre LathamBond Street – ColesLondon Belongs to Me – Mr. BarksNoose – Greasy AndersonQuartet – John Coleman, critic It's Hard to Be Good – Committee Man Brass Monkey – CaptainMarry Me! - Charlie All Over the Town – George SleekCardboard Cavalier – SmugThe Bad Lord Byron – Samuel RogersFor Them That Trespass – Prosecutor AinsleyKind Hearts and Coronets – Mr. PerkinsNo Way Back – Sammy LinkmanDon't Ever Leave Me – Farlaine's ManagerDiamond City – Dr. WoodsThe Spider and the Fly – Minister's SecretaryThe Twenty Questions Murder Mystery – John GrimshawThe Blue Lamp – Officious Man The Astonished Heart – Mr. BowmanThe Lavender Hill Mob – ParkinNo Highway in the Sky – Symes, Gander Inspector Hotel Sahara – American Husband Mystery Junction – John MartinGreen Grow the Rushes – Herbert FinchNight Was Our Friend – Mr. LloydHis Excellency – FernandoThe Happy Family – Mr. GraniteStreet Corner – Embarrassed Nightclub Patron Stryker of the Yard Face the Music – Maxie MarguliesFather Brown – Station SergeantDuel in the Jungle – Clerk – Henderson's OfficeLease of Life – A DoctorThree Cases of Murder – Rooke Wicked as They Come – M.C. Page, Chief Accountant It's Great to Be Young – Routledge, a senior MasterThe Good Companions – Mr. Joe BrunditNight of the Demon – LibrarianRogue's Yarn – Sam YoulesAlive on Saturday – MelitoThe Gypsy and the Gentleman – Duffin the ButlerTread Softly Stranger – PawnbrokerLeft Right and Centre – Centre – MayorThe Heart of a Man – Agent at Bar Alive and Kicking – SolicitorThe Shakedown – John ArnoldToo Hot to Handle – MoellerThe Impersonator – Harry WalkerThree on a Spree – Mr. MonktonScotland Yard - The Never Never Murder- WilkesMaigret - The Simple Case - Doctor Paul