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George Merritt (I) (1890–1977)

Actor

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Heavy-set British character actor, prolific on the London stage. Started acting at nineteen and studied drama in Germany at the outbreak of World War I, which led to his internment in a prisoner-of-war camp for four years. In films from 1931, he had a strong line in disgruntled types or deceptively obtuse authority figures.

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in London, England, UK

Died:

(age 86) in London, England, UK
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1974 Fall of Eagles (TV mini-series)
Ketterl
– Indian Summer of an Emperor (1974) … Ketterl
 
1973 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Mr. Scruple
– The Recruiting Officer (1973) … Mr. Scruple
 
1973 Gawain and the Green Knight
Old Knight
 
1972 The Persuaders! (TV series)
Chivers
– Read and Destroy (1972) … Chivers
 
1972 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Aitkin
– A Man About a Dog (1972) … Aitkin
 
1972 A Man About a Dog (TV movie)
Aitkin
 
1971 I, Monster
Poole
 
1970 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Holmes
– The Creeper (1970) … Holmes
 
1970 Cromwell
William
 
1970 Doctor in the House (TV series)
Deaf Examiner
– Finals (1970) … Deaf Examiner
 
1969 The First Churchills (TV mini-series)
Bishop Compton
– The Protestant Wind (1969) … Bishop Compton
– Rebellion (1969) … Bishop Compton
 
1969 Battle of Britain
Civillian (uncredited)
 
1967 The Prisoner (TV series)
Postman
– Dance of the Dead (1967) … Postman
 
1967 The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (TV series)
Executioner
– Abduction (1967) … Executioner
– Peril (1967) … Executioner
 
1967 The Avengers (TV series)
James
– Something Nasty in the Nursery (1967) … James
 
1967 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (TV series)
Mr. Dykes
– Redhanded (1967) … Mr. Dykes
 
1967 The Forsyte Saga (TV mini-series)
Wilfred Bentworth
– Portrait of Fleur (1967) … Wilfred Bentworth
 
1966 Gideon C.I.D. (TV series)
The Janitor
– A Perfect Crime (1966) … The Janitor
 
1965 Contract to Kill (TV mini-series)
Alois Buhler
 
1962 No Hiding Place (TV series)
Jem
– The Skeleton Wore Boots (1962) … Jem
 
1962 What Every Woman Wants
Maxwell
 
1961 The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Smudge (uncredited)
 
1961 The Cheaters (TV series)
Miller
– The Man Who Wouldn't Be Paid (1961) … Miller
 
1960 The Hands of Orlac
2nd Member
 
1960 Fact and Fiction (TV series)
Aguillon / Sir Everard
– Episode #1.6 (1960) … Sir Everard/Aguillon
 
1960 Stop Me Before I Kill!
Mr. Manfield
 
1958 Tread Softly Stranger
Timekeeper
 
1958 Horror of Dracula
Policeman
 
1957 Quatermass II: Enemy from Space
Super
 
1957 The End of the Road
Time Keeper
 
1956 The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (TV series)
Lloyd
– Shepherd's War (1956) … Lloyd
 
1954 The Green Scarf
Advocate General
 
1950-1954 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Chauffourier-Dubieff / General Rosegger / James Ballard
– Tovarich (1954) … Chauffourier-Dubieff
– Her Royal Highness (1952) … General Rosegger
– Party Manners (1950) … James Ballard
 
1954 Night of the Silvery Moon
Charlie
 
1953 Noose for a Lady
Inspector Frost
 
1953 Small Town Story
Michael Collins
 
1951 Pool of London
Captain of Dunbar (uncredited)
 
1951 Mister Drake's Duck
Home Secretary
 
1950 Witness for the Defenceless (short)
RSPCA Inspector
 
1950 Something in the City
Inspector
 
1949 Dark Secret
Mr. Lumley
 
1949 Marry Me
Gazette Editor (uncredited)
 
1948 Love in Waiting
James Hartley Pepperfield
 
1948 Quartet
Prison Officer
 
1948 My Brother's Keeper
Constable at Milton Wells
 
1948 Calling Paul Temple
Ticket Inspector
 
1948 Good-Time Girl
Police Sergeant
 
1948 Daughter of Darkness
Constable
 
1947 The Upturned Glass
Policeman (uncredited)
 
1947 The Smugglers
Hilliard
 
1947 Root of All Evil
Landlord
 
1946 I'll Turn to You
Cecil Joy
 
1946 Quiet Weekend
Police Sergeant
 
1946 Demobbed
James Bentley
 
1945 The Voice Within
McDonnell
 
1945 Home Sweet Home
Dr. Handy
 
1945 Don Chicago
 
1945 I'll Be Your Sweetheart
T.P. O'Connor
 
1945 For You Alone
Police Constable Blundell
 
1945 Give Me the Stars
Porter
 
1945 Waterloo Road
Air Raid Warden
 
1944 A Lady Surrenders
Telephone Engineer
 
1944 Don't Take It to Heart
Landlord
 
1944 Give Us the Moon (uncredited)
 
1944 A Canterbury Tale
Ned Horton
 
1944 The Way Ahead
The Sergeant-Major (uncredited)
 
1943 Escape to Danger
Works Manager
 
1943 The Adventures of Tartu
Agent (uncredited)
 
1943 I'll Walk Beside You
Hancock
 
1943 Underground Guerrillas
Yugoslav General
 
1943 Variety Jubilee
Music Hall Chairman (uncredited)
 
1943 Women Aren't Angels
Boxer (uncredited)
 
1942 We'll Smile Again (uncredited)
 
1942 Let the People Sing
Police Sergeant
 
1942 Alibi
Bourdille
 
1942 Wings and the Woman
Reporter
 
1942 The Avengers
German Trawler Captain
 
1942 Adventure in Blackmail
Professor Beaver
 
1942 Back-Room Boy
Uncle
 
1942 The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Stationmaster
 
1942 A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle
Gibson
 
1942 The Big Blockade
German shelter marshal
 
1941 Ships with Wings
Surgeon Comdr.
 
1941 He Found a Star
Max Nagel
 
1941 The Ghost Train
Inspector (uncredited)
 
1941 Gasbags
German General (uncredited)
 
1941 Mystery of Room 13
Bert Stevens, club porter
 
1940 Spare a Copper
Edward Brewster
 
1940 Two for Danger
Inspector Canway
 
1940 The Frightened Lady
Det. Inspector Tanner
 
1940 Lady in Distress
Manager
 
1940 The Proud Valley
Mr. Lewis
 
1940 Now You're Talking (short)
Fred Perkins
 
1940 They Came by Night
Inspector Metcalfe
 
1940 Maxwell Archer, Detective
Insp. Cornell
 
1940 All at Sea
Bull
 
1939 The Secret Four
Inspector Falmouth
 
1939 Wanted by Scotland Yard
Charlie
 
1939 Clouds Over Europe
Mr. Barrett
 
1938 They Drive by Night
Detective (uncredited)
 
1938 The Phantom Strikes
Police Station Sergeant
 
1938 Bird in Hand (TV movie)
Thomas Greenleaf
 
1938 No Parking (uncredited)
 
1938 Convict 99
Policeman Outside Bank (uncredited)
 
1937 The Girl Was Young
Det. Sgt. Miller
 
1937 The Rat
Pierre Verdier
 
1937 Rhythm Racketeer
Inspector Hunt (uncredited)
 
1937 Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Chief of Police
 
1937 Doctor Syn
Mipps the Coffin Maker
 
1937 The Vicar of Bray
Oliver Cromwell (uncredited)
 
1937 The Wife of General Ling
Police Commissioner
 
1937 The Compulsory Wife
Mr. Thackery
 
1937 The Vulture
Spicer
 
1936 Windbag the Sailor
Officer On Yacht (uncredited)
 
1936 Rembrandt
Church Warden (uncredited)
 
1936 Educated Evans
Joe Markham
 
1936 Hideout in the Alps
Police constable
 
1936 Spy of Napoleon
The Prussian Consul
 
1936 The Man Behind the Mask
Det. Insp. Mallory
 
1936 Everything Is Thunder
Webber
 
1936 Love in Exile
Capt. Mackenzie (uncredited)
 
1936 Love at Sea
Inspector
 
1936 Prison Breaker
Goldring
 
1936 Ticket of Leave
Inspector Black
 
1935 Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
Pat O'Connor
 
1935 Line Engaged
Sgt. Thomas
 
1935 Crime Unlimited
Detective Inspector Cardby
 
1935 Me and Marlborough
Harley
 
1935 Drake the Pirate
Tom Moore
 
1935 Born for Glory
William Brown
 
1935 Emil and the Detectives
PC
 
1935 Ten Minute Alibi
Inspector Pemper
 
1934 Power
Bilfinger
 
1934 A Song for You
Otto Newberg
 
1934 No Escape
Inspector Matheson
 
1934 Nine Forty-Five
Inspector Dickson
 
1934 The Fire Raisers
Sonners
 
1934 The Silver Spoon
Inspector Innes
 
1933 Crime on the Hill
Insp. Wolf
 
1933 I Was a Spy
Captain Reichman
 
1933 F. P. 1 Doesn't Answer
Lubin
 
1933 Double Bluff (short)
Bruce
 
1933 Money for Speed
 
1933 Going Straight
 
1933 Mr. Quincey of Monte Carlo
Inspector
 
1933 Little Fella
Detective
 
1933 The Ghost Camera
Police Detective
 
1932 Blind Spot
Inspector Cadbury
 
1932 The Phantom Fiend
Commissioner
 
1932 Edgar Wallace's White Face the Fiend (uncredited)
 
1931 A Gentleman of Paris
M. Duval
 
1931 The Dreyfus Case
Émile Zola
 
1931 Bracelets
Director
 
1930 The W Plan
Ulrich Muller
 
1930 Thread O' Scarlet (short)
Butters
 

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(1937) He acted in Alec Coppel's play, "I Killed the Count", at the Whitehall Theatre in London, England with Athole Stewart, Hugh E. Wright, Meriel Forbes, Eric Maturin, Kathleen Harrison, Anthony Lisbell, Anthony Holles, Alec Clunes, Frederick Cooper, Barbara Francis and John Oxford in the cast. See more »
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Trivia:

Heavy-set British character actor, prolific on the London stage. Started acting at nineteen and studied drama in Germany at the outbreak of World War I, which led to his internment in a prisoner-of-war camp for four years. In films from 1931, he had a strong line in disgruntled types or deceptively obtuse authority figures. See more »

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