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name: "John Salew"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-salew"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1902"
died: "14 September 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:13:21.848379+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 Salew

Actor. Born 1 January 1902 in Portsmouth, England, UK. Died 14 September 1961.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1902, Portsmouth, England, UK
- **Died:** 14 September 1961
- **Also known as:** Джон Салью

## Biography

John Salew was an English stage, film and television actor. He transitioned from theatre to films in 1939 and appeared in over ninety productions, frequently in supporting character roles.

His film credits include Mr. Perkins in *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949), Parkin in *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), the librarian in *Night of the Demon* (1957), and roles in *It Always Rains on Sunday* (1947) and *The Thief of Bagdad* (1940). He also worked in television series such as *Maigret*.

Salew died on 14 September 1961 in Hammersmith, London.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949), Fi1m 91, as Mr. Perkins — [page](https://film.one/film/kind-hearts-and-coronets.md)

## Also known for

- *Night of the Demon* (1957), Librarian
- *The Thief of Bagdad* (1940), Fish Peddler (uncredited)
- *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), Parkin
- *It Always Rains on Sunday* (1947), Caleb Neesley
- *No Highway in the Sky* (1951)
- *The Blue Lamp* (1950), Officious Man (Uncredited)
- *Anna Karenina* (1948), Lawyer
- *One of Our Aircraft Is Missing* (1942), German Sentry

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