Bertram Johns

born: 23 March 1876
Saltash, Cornwall,
England
died: 09 May 1934
Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(heart attack, age 58)

Tall, slender, and distinguished-looking British actor. After performing in light opera for 12 years, he entered the film business in 1916.
Obituaries give his age at time of death as 60 (the approximate age given on his death certificate, whose informant didn't know Johns' birth date) and his place of birth as Plymouth, Devon, England; the resultant incorrect birth info (circa 1874 in Plymouth) is as such given by most online sources instead of the correct birth info as researched and noted above.
Real name: Albert Samuel Couch-Johns
Height: 6'2"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

5


1929
Leaping Love
Englishman

1929
Stepping Out
Nightclub patron

1929
The Shrimp
Lodger

1931
Let's Do Things
Nightclub patron

1931
The Pajama Party
Party guest

Acknowledgements:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XD4-HKD (birth reg.)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q274-4NXD (1881 England Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS3P-WP5 (1901 England Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26SL-B6L (1901 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVLN-7XY (1910 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGG3-ZQBK (1911 declaration of intention)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVN-FD4 (WWI draft reg. card)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQF-BFC (1920 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8F4-TCC (1926 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKS9-QGK5 (CA Death Index)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPW7-PNLZ (death certificate)
https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?date=1934-05&keyword=%22bertram+johns%22&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search)
https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1934-05-26_46_21/page/32/mode/1up?q=%22couch+johns%22&view=theater (The Billboard, 26 May 1934)
https://archive.org/details/motionpicturemag36moti/page/n326/mode/1up?q=%22bertram+johns%22&view=theater (Motion Picture Magazine, Oct 1928)
Jesse Brisson (research; identification in all films)

This page was last updated on: 07 October 2024