George Merritt (actor)

George Merritt
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)
• Bracelets (1931)
• Blind Spot (1932)
• The Lodger (1932)
• I Was a Spy (1933)
• The Ghost Camera (1933)
• Crime on the Hill (1933)
• The Silver Spoon (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)
• Two for Danger (1940)
• Meet Maxwell Archer (1940)
• A Window in London (1940)
• Spare a Copper (1940)
• The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
• The Day Will Dawn (1942)
• They Flew Alone (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)
• Noose for a Lady (1953)
• Small Town Story (1953)
• The Green Scarf (1954)
• Quatermass 2 (1957)
• Dracula (1958)
• Tread Softly Stranger (1958)
• The Full Treatment (1960)
• Battle of Britain (1969) - Civilian (uncredited)
• Cromwell (1970) - William
• I, Monster (1971)
• Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)

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