| John Welsh | |
| Birth Date: | 7 November 1914[1] |
| Death Place: | London, England, UK |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 1953–1985 |
John Welsh (7 November 1914 – 21 April 1985) was an Irish actor.[2]
Welsh was born in Wexford. After an early stage career in Dublin, he moved into British film and television in the 1950s.[1] His roles included James Forsyte in the 1967 BBC dramatisation of John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga and Sir Pitt Crawley in Thackeray's Vanity Fair, as well as the waiter, Merriman in The Duchess of Duke Street, Sgt. Cuff in The Moonstone and a brief scene as the barber in Brideshead Revisited.[3] He also appeared in Hancock's Half Hour, The Brothers, Prince Regent, To Serve Them All My Days, 'The Frighteners' ('Bed and Breakfast' episode, 1972), and The Citadel, and played the assistant chief constable in the early series of Softly, Softly.[2] Welsh also appeared in a number of different roles in Danger Man that included British diplomats and butlers.[4] [5] He died in London.