George Merritt (actor)
| George Merritt | |
|---|---|
 in Quiet Weekend (1946) | |
| Born |
Frederick George Merritt 10 December 1890 Greenwich, London, England |
| Died |
27 September 1977 (aged 86) Camden, London, England |
| Years active | 1930 - 1974 |
Frederick George Merritt (10 December 1890 – 27 September 1977) was an English theatre, film and television actor, often in authoritarian roles.[1][2][3] He studied German theatre in Magdeburg, Germany, and taught at the Berlitz School at the outbreak of the First World War, when he was held as a British Civil Prisoner of War, and interned at Ruhleben, 1914-1918. He was involved in over 50 plays at Ruhleben.[4]
Selected filmography
- The W Plan (1930) - Ulrich Muller
- Bracelets (1931)
- A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
- Blind Spot (1932)
- The Lodger (1932)
- I Was a Spy (1933)
- Going Straight (1933)
- Little Fella (1933)
- Mr. Quincey of Monte Carlo (1933)
- The Ghost Camera (1933)
- Crime on the Hill (1933)
- Nine Forty-Five (1934)
- The Silver Spoon (1934)
- No Escape (1934)
- Drake of England (1935)
- Ten Minute Alibi (1935)
- Me and Marlborough (1935)
- Emil and the Detectives (1935)
- Educated Evans (1936)
- Everything Is Thunder (1936)
- Spy of Napoleon (1936)
- Dusty Ermine (1936)
- Prison Breaker (1936)
- Ticket of Leave (1936)
- The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
- Love at Sea (1936)
- The Compulsory Wife (1937)
- The Vulture (1937)
- Young and Innocent (1937)
- Wanted by Scotland Yard (1937)
- The Wife of General Ling (1937)
- Doctor Syn (1937)
- Convict 99 (1938)
- The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
- The Four Just Men (1939)
- The Proud Valley (1940)
- They Came by Night (1940)
- Two for Danger (1940)
- Meet Maxwell Archer (1940)
- A Window in London (1940)
- Spare a Copper (1940)
- He Found a Star (1941)
- The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
- The Day Will Dawn (1942)
- Let the People Sing (1942)
- They Flew Alone (1942)
- We'll Smile Again (1942)
- I'll Walk Beside You (1943)
- Variety Jubilee (1943)
- Don't Take It to Heart (1944)
- Love Story (1944)
- For You Alone (1945)
- I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945)
- Demobbed (1946)
- The Root of All Evil (1947)
- Calling Paul Temple (1948)
- Daughter of Darkness (1948)
- Something in the City (1950) - Inspector
- Mister Drake's Duck (1951) - Home Secretary
- Pool of London (1951) - Captain of Dunbar (uncredited)
- Noose for a Lady (1953) - Inspector Frost
- Small Town Story (1953) - Michael Collins
- The End of the Road (1954) - Timekeeper
- The Green Scarf (1954) - Advocate General
- Night of the Silvery Moon (1954) - Charlie
- Quatermass 2 (1957) - Super
- Dracula (1958) - Policeman
- Tread Softly Stranger (1958) - Timekeeper
- The Full Treatment (1960) - Mr. Manfield
- The Hands of Orlac (1960) - 2nd Member (uncredited)
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) - Smudge (uncredited)
- What Every Woman Wants (1962) - Maxwell
- Crooks and Coronets (1969) - 1st Old Man (uncredited)
- Battle of Britain (1969) - Civilian (uncredited)
- Cromwell (1970) - William
- I, Monster (1971) - Poole
- Gawain and the Green Knight (1973) - Old Knight
References
- ↑ "George Merritt". BFI.
- ↑ "George Merritt - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ↑ "George Merritt". aveleyman.com.
- ↑ "gb206-liddlecollectionruh34 - George Merritt Papers - Archives Hub". archiveshub.ac.uk.
External links
George Merritt at the Internet Movie Database
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