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George Merritt

Acting

Born December 10, 1890 · London, England, UK

Died August 27, 1977

Biography

Frederick George Merritt was an English theatre, film and television actor, often in authoritarian roles. He studied German theatre in Magdeburg, Germany, and was teaching 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. He lived for many years in Lissenden Gardens, Parliament Hill, north west London.

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Filmography26 titles

The Avengers

1961as James

The Prisoner

1967as Postman

The Persuaders!

1971as Chivers

Horror of Dracula

1958as Policeman (uncredited)

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

1956as Lloyd

Battle of Britain

1969as Civilian (uncredited)

A Canterbury Tale

1944as Ned Horton

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961as Smudge (uncredited)

The Upturned Glass

1947as Policeman (uncredited)

The Case of the Frightened Lady

1940as Det. Inspector Tanner

Rembrandt

1936as Church Warden (uncredited)

Cromwell

1970as William

The Way Ahead

1944as Sergeant Major (uncredited)

Back-Room Boy

1942as Uncle

Young and Innocent

1937as Det. Sgt. Miller

Quatermass 2

1957as Super

Quartet

1948as Prison Officer (segment "The Kite")

The Ghost Camera

1933as Police Detective

Something in the City

1950as Police Inspector

Daughter of Darkness

1948as Constable

Demobbed

1944as James Bentley

The Day Will Dawn

1942as German Trawler Captain

Clouds Over Europe

1939as Mr. Barrett

Gawain and the Green Knight

1973as Old Knight

The Hands of Orlac

1960as 2nd Member

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1937as Chief of Police