Meredith Edwards

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-06-10 (82 years old)

Deathday

1999-02-08

Place of Birth

Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, UK

Meredith Edwards

Biography

Gwilym Meredith Edwards was a Welsh character actor and writer. He was born in mining village of Rhosllannerchrugog, near Wrexham, the son of a collier. He was educated at Ruabon Grammar School. He became an actor in 1938, firstly with the Welsh National Theatre Company, then the Liverpool Playhouse.  His film appearances include "A Run for Your Money" (1949), "The Blue Lamp" (1950), "The Magnet" (1950), "The Lavender Hill Mob" (1951), "The Cruel Sea" (1953), "The Great Game" (1953), "The Long Arm" (1956), "Dunkirk" (1958) and "Tiger Bay" (1959). He appeared as the murderous butler in the cult television series "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceas...

Acting

1957

Town on Trial

as Police Sgt. Rogers

1977

Gulliver's Travels

as Uncle Jack

1949

A Run for Your Money

as Thomas 'Twm' Jones

1952

1958

Dunkirk

as Dave Bellman

1952

The Last Page

as Inspector Dale

1950

The Magnet

as Harper

1950

The Blue Lamp

as PC 'Taff' Hughes

1954

Mask of Dust

as Laurence Gibson

1956

Lost

as Sergeant Davies

1958

Escapement

as Doctor Maxwell

1951

There Is Another Sun

as Detective Sergeant Bratcher

1956

Circus Friends

as Farmer Beasley

1954

Meet Mr. Malcolm

as Whistler Grant

1953

A Day to Remember

as Bert Tripp

1954

Burnt Evidence

as Bob Edwards

1959

Tiger Bay

as Williams

1960

1994

A Christmas Reunion

as Alf Boswell

1952

Girdle of Gold

as Griffiths the Hearse

1964

1956

The Long Arm

as Mr. Thomas

1951

The Lavender Hill Mob

as P. C. Williams

1953

The Cruel Sea

as Yeoman Wells

1961

Flame in the Streets

as Harry Mitchell

1954

Devil on Horseback

as Ted Fellowes

1952

Gift Horse

as Jones

1969

1954

Final Appointment

as George Henry Martin

1962

Only Two Can Play

as Clergyman on the Committee

1954

1958

Law and Disorder

as Sergeant Bolton

1954

Mad About Men

as Police Constable (uncredited)

1954

Mad About Men

as Police Constable

1953

The Great Game

as Skid Evans

1956

Peril for the Guy

as Police Constable Durrant

1992

Under Milk Wood

as (voice) (archive sound)

1960

1992

The Old Devils

as Old Bore

1956

North to Wales

as Commentator

© All Rights Reserved 2025