John Singer (actor)

John Harold Singer (4 December 1923 – 7 July 1987), also known as Johnny Singer, was an English actor.^[1]^[2]

Singer was born in Hastings, Sussex, England, and 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)
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

^ ^a ^b "Johnny Singer". Archived from the original on December 20, 2016.
^ "John Singer". www.aveleyman.com.
^ McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111975 – via Google Books.
^ "Jonathan Singer – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie". AllMovie.
^ Steven Singer | BFI

External links

John Singer at IMDb

[bfi-1] "Johnny Singer". Archived from the original on December 20, 2016.

[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

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