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name: "John Gregson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-gregson"
fi1m_id: "john-gregson"
imdb_id: "nm0339992"
tmdb_id: 90624
wikidata_id: "Q515183"
roles: []
born: "15 March 1919"
died: "8 January 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T04:58:08.326973+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John Gregson

## Identity

John Gregson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-gregson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-gregson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0339992
- **TMDB ID:** 90624
- **Wikidata ID:** Q515183
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gregson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515183, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339992/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90624

Actor. Born 15 March 1919 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. Died 8 January 1975.

## Details

- **Born:** 15 March 1919, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- **Died:** 8 January 1975
- **Active:** 1951–1962
- **Also known as:** Harold Thomas Gregson
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 82 (1), 1960s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gregson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515183, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339992/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90624

## Biography

John Gregson, born Harold Thomas Gregson, was an English actor of stage, film and television. He appeared in 40 credited film roles between 1948 and 1971, and worked in television from 1960 until his death. He was frequently cast as a police inspector, naval or army officer, or in comedy parts.

After serving in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, Gregson trained at the Liverpool Old Vic and made his West End debut in 1947. His early film work included supporting roles in Ealing comedies such as *Whisky Galore!* (1949) and *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), as well as *Treasure Island* (1950). He achieved leading-man status with *Genevieve* (1953) and *The Titfield Thunderbolt* (1953), and later appeared in *The Battle of the River Plate* (1956), *The Longest Day* (1962) and *The Night of the Generals* (1967). On television he starred in the series *Gideon's Way* (1964–1966). Gregson died in 1975, aged 55.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Longest Day* (1962), Fi1m 68, as British Padre — [page](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md)
- *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), Fi1m 82, as Farrow — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lavender-hill-mob.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dangerous Knowledge* (1976), series, as Bill Kirby
- *The Christmas Messenger* (1975), as (voice)
- *The Sport of Kings* (1974), as Narrator
- *Dial M for Murder* (1974), series, as Det. Supt. Price
- *Tomorrow's Merseysiders* (1974), as Narrator (voice)
- *No Exit* (1972), series, as Sven Ericsson
- *Shirley's World* (1972), series, as Dennis Croft
- *Fright* (1971), as Dr. Cordell
- *Speaking of Murder* (1971), as Charles Ashton
- *Hans Brinker* (1969), as Mijnheer Brinker
- *The Jazz Age* (1968), series, as Comm. Malcolm Stevenson
- *Countercrime* (1968), as Det-Insp Conway
- *Man in a Suitcase* (1967), series, Actor
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Bob Kinsale
- *The Night of the Generals* (1967), as Colonel Sandauer
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Paul Harford, Jack
- *Gideon's Way* (1965), series, as Commander George Gideon
- *Espionage* (1963), series, as Colonel Ballin
- *Tomorrow at Ten* (1963), as Inspector Parnell
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as Colonel Roberts
- *The Longest Day* (1962), as British Padre — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md)
- *Live Now - Pay Later* (1962), as Callendar
- *The Omega Mystery* (1961), as Butler
- *The Frightened City* (1961), as Det. Insp. Sayers
- *A Call on Kuprin: Part 2* (1961), as Smith
- *The Secret of Monte Cristo* (1961), as Renato
- *A Call on Kuprin: Part 1* (1961), as Smith
- *Hand in Hand* (1961), as Father Timothy
- *Faces in the Dark* (1960), as Richard Hammond
- *Sunday-Night Play* (1960), series, as John Smith
- *SOS Pacific* (1959), as Captain John 'Jack' Bennett
- *The Captain's Table* (1959), as Captain Albert Ebbs
- *Sea of Sand* (1958), as Cpt Williams
- *Rooney* (1958), as James Ignatius Rooney
- *Miracle in Soho* (1957), as Michael Morgan
- *True as a Turtle* (1957), as Tony Hudson
- *The Battle of the River Plate* (1956), as Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Harvey Lynch
- *Hancock's Half Hour* (1956), series, Actor
- *Jacqueline* (1956), as Mike McNeil
- *Value for Money* (1955), as Chayley Broadbent
- *Above Us the Waves* (1955), as Lieutenant Alec Duffy
- *Three Cases of Murder* (1955), as Edgar Curtain ("You Killed Elizabeth" segment)
- *To Dorothy, a Son* (1954), as Tony Rapallo
- *The Crowded Day* (1954), as Leslie Randall
- *Conflict of Wings* (1954), as Cpl. Bill Morris
- *The Weak and the Wicked* (1954), as Dr. Michael Hale
- *The Passionate Pilgrim* (1953), as Dr. Maclean
- *Genevieve* (1953), as Alan McKim
- *The Titfield Thunderbolt* (1953), as Squire Gordon Chesterford
- *The Holly and the Ivy* (1952), as David Paterson
- *Venetian Bird* (1952), as Renzo Uccello
- *The Brave Don't Cry* (1952), as John Cameron
- *Angels One Five* (1952), as Pilot Officer T.B. 'Septic' Baird
- *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), as Farrow — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lavender-hill-mob.md)
- *Treasure Island* (1950), as Redruth
- *Cairo Road* (1950), as Coast Guardsman
- *The Hasty Heart* (1949), as Recruit in Jungle (uncredited)
- *Whisky Galore!* (1949), as Sammy MacCodrun
- *Train of Events* (1949), as Malcolm Murray-Bruce
- *Scott of the Antarctic* (1948), as P.O. T. Crean R.N.
- *Saraband for Dead Lovers* (1948), Actor

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