John Gregson Biography (1919-1975)

John Gregson

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He Couldn't Even Drive When Making Genevieve!
~ Paul Page, 2019

There's no doubt in the UK that's his popularity has risen following the John Gregson Day on Talking Pictures UK to mark the 100th centenary of his birth on the 15th March. This included interviews with his family and widow and you really got closer to the actor. Consequently, he's now remembered in the same breath as Kenneth More which he deserves to be...more

John Gregson & Reginald Beckwith in The Captain's Table © UNKNOWN

Following wartime service in the Royal Navy, actor John Gregson built up an admirable list of theatrical credits.

Signed for films by the Rank Organisation, Gregson achieved worldwide popularity as Alan McKim in the wistful comedy Genevieve (1953); though he spent virtually the entire film behind the wheel of a vintage automobile, Gregson didn't know how to drive--and so far as his co-stars were concerned, he was a very slow learner.

By the end of the 1950s, Gregson had put comedy behind him to appear in a succession of military roles like Captain Bell in Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1959). On television, Gregson starred as the title character in the well-circulated Gideon CID (1966) and was co-starred as Dennis Croft on the abortive Shirley MacLaine sitcom Shirley's World (1971). John Gregson was married to actress Thea Gregory.

Dinah Shreidan, his co-star in Genevieve, found him a very cold fish when compared to the more outward going Kenneth More.

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