John Welsh (7 November 1914 in Wexford â€" 21 April 1985 in London)
was an Irish actor.After an early stage career in Dublin, Welsh moved
into British film and television in the 1950s. His roles included
James Forsyte in the 1967 BBC dramatisation of John Galsworthy's The
Forsyte Saga and Sir Pitt Crawley in Thackeray's Vanity Fair, as well
as the butler Merriman in The Duchess of Duke Street, Sgt. Cuff in The
Moonstone and a brief scene as the barber in Brideshead Revisited. He
also appeared in Hancock's Half Hour, The Brothers, Prince Regent, To
Serve Them All My Days and The Citadel, and played the assistant chief
constable in the early series of Softly, Softly. Welsh also appeared
in a number of different roles on Danger Man that included British
diplomats and butlers.
was an Irish actor.After an early stage career in Dublin, Welsh moved
into British film and television in the 1950s. His roles included
James Forsyte in the 1967 BBC dramatisation of John Galsworthy's The
Forsyte Saga and Sir Pitt Crawley in Thackeray's Vanity Fair, as well
as the butler Merriman in The Duchess of Duke Street, Sgt. Cuff in The
Moonstone and a brief scene as the barber in Brideshead Revisited. He
also appeared in Hancock's Half Hour, The Brothers, Prince Regent, To
Serve Them All My Days and The Citadel, and played the assistant chief
constable in the early series of Softly, Softly. Welsh also appeared
in a number of different roles on Danger Man that included British
diplomats and butlers.
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