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

1. "George Merritt". BFI.
2. "George Merritt - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
3. "George Merritt". aveleyman.com.
4. "gb206-liddlecollectionruh34 - George Merritt Papers - Archives Hub". archiveshub.ac.uk.

External links

George Merritt at the Internet Movie Database