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John Welsh

1914-1985 IE, County Wexford
of Spoken Word

John Welch (7 November 1914 in Wexford – 21 April 1985 in London) was an Irish actor.After an early stage career in Dublin, Welch moved into British film and television in the 1950s. His roles included James Forsyte in the 1967 BBC dramatisation of John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga, as well as the butler Merriman in The Duchess of Duke Street, Sgt. Cuff in The Moonstone and a brief scene as the barber in Brideshead Revisited. He also appeared in Hancock's Half Hour, The Brothers, Prince Regent, To Serve Them All My Days and The Citadel, and played the assistant chief constable in the early series of Softly, Softly. Welsh also appeared in a number of different roles on Danger Man that included British diplomats and butlers.