John Welsh
Biography
Biography
John Welsh was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Welsh's earliest roles were in film, including "The Divided Heart" (1955), "The Warriors" (1955) and the Sydney Chaplin drama "The Deadliest Sin" (1956). He also appeared in "The Man Who Never Was" (1956), the crime flick "The Secret Place" (1957) with Belinda Lee and the horror sequel "The Revenge of Frankenstein" (1958) with Peter Cushing. He continued to act in productions like the thriller "The Man Who Haunted Himself" (1970) with Roger Moore, the Richard Harris biopic drama "Cromwell" (1970) and the horror movie "A Story of Tutankhamun" (1973) with Domini Blythe. Welsh also created music for "The House on Skull Mountain" (1974). In the latter part of his career, he tackled roles in the Peter Coyote drama "Stranger's Kiss" (1984), "Abducted" (1986) with Dan Haggerty and the John Dye comedy "Campus Man" (1987). He also appeared in the comedy "Far Out, Man!" (1990) with Tommy Chong and "Life Stinks" (1991) with Mel Brooks. Welsh was most recently credited in the drama "Unfinished Song" (2013) with Gemma Arterton. Welsh passed away in April 1985 at the age of 81.