John Singer (actor)

John Harold Singer (AKA Johnny Singer) (4 December 1923 in Hastings, Sussex, England – 7 July 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England) was an English actor.[1][2]

He began as a child actor, popular in the 1930s, and known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936).[3] In later years he continued to act in numerous films, including In Which We Serve (1942) and The Cruel Sea (1953).[4] He died on 7 July 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.[1] His son, Steven Singer, became a TV scriptwriter.[5]

Filmography

• Further Up the Creek (1958) – as despatch rider
• Track the Man Down (1955) – as police detective (uncredited)
• Up to His Neck (1954) – as R/T rating (uncredited)
• Betrayed (1954) – as paratrooper (uncredited)
• Forbidden Cargo (1954) – as seaman (uncredited)
• The Cruel Sea (1953) – as Gray
• Come Back Peter (1953) as Ted
• The Brave Don't Cry (1952) – as Tam Stewart
• Whispering Smith Hits London (1952) – as 1st Photographer
• The Dark Man (1951) – as Captain
• School for Randle (1949) – as Ted Parker
• Poet's Pub (1949) – as Cox (uncredited)
• Haunted Palace (1949) (Short)
• It's Hard to Be Good (1948) – as Cameraman (uncredited)
• Fly Away Peter (1948) – as Ted Hapgood
• In Which We Serve (1942) – as Moran
• Front Line Kids (1942) – as Ginger Smith
• Somewhere in Camp (1942) – as Pvt. Jack Trevor
• Somewhere in England (1940) – as Bert Smith
• Riding High (1939) – as Simon (uncredited)
• Q Planes (1939) – as Newspaper Boy (uncredited)
• What a Man! (1938) – as Harold Bull
• St. Martin's Lane (1938) – as Autograph Hunter (uncredited)
• Youth at the Helm (TV Movie, 1938) – as Office Boy (credited as Johnny Singer)
• No Parking (1938) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Darts Are Trumps (1938) – as Jimmy
• If I Were Boss (1938) – as Boy (uncredited)
• The Live Wire (1937) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Smash and Grab (1937) – as Boy Who Discovers Body (uncredited)
• Mr. Smith Carries On (1937) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith (1937) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Don't Get Me Wrong (1937) – as Boy (uncredited)
• It's Never Too Late to Mend (1937) – as Matthew Josephs (credited as Johnny Singer)
• This'll Make You Whistle (1936) – as Small Boy With Chewing Gum (uncredited)
• Not So Dusty (1936) – as Johnny Clark
• Tudor Rose (1936) – as Boy (uncredited)
• This Green Hell (1936) – as Billy Foyle
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936) – as Tobias Ragg (credited as Johnny Singer)
• King of the Castle (1936) – (uncredited)
• The Amateur Gentleman (1936) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Sweet Success (1936, Short) – as Boy in sweet shop (uncredited)
• Marry the Girl (1935) – as Office Boy (uncredited)
• Can You Hear Me, Mother? (1935) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Gay Old Dog (1935) – as Andrew V. Oakes (credited as Johnny Singer)
• The Price of a Song (1935) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Man of the Moment (1935) – as Small Boy (uncredited)
• The Phantom Light (1935) – as Cabin Boy (uncredited)
• The Black Room Mystery (1935) – as Raoul the Butler (uncredited)
• Royal Cavalcade (1935) – as Boy
• Street Song (1935) – as Billy
• Dandy Dick (1935) – as Freddie
• Emil and the Detectives (1935) – as Tuesday
• My Heart is Calling (1935) – as Page boy
• Open All Night (1934)
• My Old Dutch (1934) – as Jim as a Child
• Love at Second Sight (1934) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Something Always Happens (1934) – as Billy
• The Blue Squadron (1934) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Those Were the Days (1934) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Waltzes from Vienna (1934) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Facing the Music (1933) – as Boy (uncredited)
• The Pride of the Force (1933) – as Boy (uncredited)
• The Bermondsey Kid (1933) – as Boy (uncredited)
• I Was a Spy (1933) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Sleeping Car (1933) – as Page Boy (uncredited)
• King of the Ritz (1933) – as Pageboy
• The Crime at Blossoms (1933) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Looking on the Bright Side (1932) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Love on the Spot (1932) – as Pageboy
• Jack's the Boy (1932) – as Boy (uncredited)
• Lord Babs (1932) – as Boy (uncredited)
• The Black Hand Gang (1930) – as Boy (uncredited)
• High Treason (1929) – as Boy (uncredited)

References

1. "Johnny Singer".
2. "John Singer". www.aveleyman.com.
3. McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111975 – via Google Books.
4. "Jonathan Singer – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie". AllMovie.
5. Steven Singer | BFI

External links

• John Singer at IMDb