John Singer (actor)

John Harold Singer (4 December 1923 in Hastings, Sussex, England – 7 July 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England), also known as Johnny Singer, was an English actor.

He began as a child actor, popular in the 1930s, and known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936). In later years he continued to act in numerous films, including In Which We Serve (1942) and The Cruel Sea (1953). He died on 7 July 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His son, Steven Singer, became a TV scriptwriter.

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)