John Singer

Career timeline

1. 1923 · Born

   Born in Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK

2. 1929 · Screen debut

   High Treason (Movie)

3. 1936 · Breakthrough

   Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Movie)

4. 1955 · Latest release

   Doctor at Sea (Movie)

5. 1987 · Died

   July 7, 1987

Career in numbers

1 1920s

29 1930s

4 1940s

7 1950s

• Comedy18
• Drama12
• Music6
• Crime5
• Romance4
• War3

Highest-rated title The Cruel Sea 1953 6.9 Most popular title In Which We Serve 1942 6.7

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside John Singer in our catalogue.

Kathleen Boutall

2 titles together

Bruce Seton

2 titles together

Peter Hammond

2 titles together

Patrick Holt

2 titles together

1. 1955 Doctor at Sea as Sailor in Prison (uncredited) 5.8 Movie
2. 1954 Forbidden Cargo as Seaman Movie
3. 1953 The Cruel Sea as Gray 6.9 Movie
4. 1952 Come Back Peter as Ted Hapgood Movie
5. 1952 The Brave Don't Cry as Tam Stewart Movie
6. 1952 Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard as 1st Photographer Movie
7. 1950 Four Men in Prison as Edward Hope Movie
8. 1948 Fly Away Peter as Ted Hapgood Movie
9. 1942 In Which We Serve as Moran 6.7 Movie
10. 1942 Front Line Kids as Ginger Smith Movie
11. 1942 Somewhere in Camp as Pvt. Jack Trevor Movie
12. 1939 Q Planes as Newspaper Boy 6.0 Movie
13. 1939 What a Man! as Harold Bull Movie
14. 1938 The Live Wire as Boy Movie
15. 1938 Darts Are Trumps as Jimmy Movie
16. 1937 Against the Tide Movie
17. 1937 It's Never Too Late to Mend as Matthew Josephs Movie
18. 1937 Don't Get Me Wrong as Boy Movie
19. 1936 Tudor Rose as Boy Movie
20. 1936 The Amateur Gentleman as Boy (uncredited) Movie
21. 1936 Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Tobias Rag 5.7 Movie
22. 1935 Street Song as Billy Movie
23. 1935 Royal Cavalcade as Boy Movie
24. 1935 Dandy Dick as Freddie Movie
25. 1935 Emil and the Detectives as Thesday Movie
26. 1935 My Heart Is Calling as Page Boy Movie
27. 1935 Marry the Girl as Office Boy Movie
28. 1934 Something Always Happens as Billy Movie
29. 1934 My Old Dutch as Jim as a child Movie
30. 1934 Love at Second Sight Movie
31. 1934 Waltzes from Vienna as Boy (uncredited) 5.4 Movie
32. 1934 Open All Night Movie
33. 1933 Facing the Music as Boy Movie
34. 1933 Sleeping Car as Page Boy Movie
35. 1933 King of the Ritz as Pageboy Movie
36. 1933 The Pride of the Force as Boy Movie
37. 1932 Love on the Spot as Pageboy Movie
38. 1932 Jack's the Boy as Boy Movie
39. 1932 Looking on the Bright Side as Boy (uncredited) Movie
40. 1930 The Black Hand Gang as Boy Movie
41. 1929 High Treason as (uncredited) Movie

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