William Mervyn
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-01-03 (64 years old)
Deathday
1976-08-06
Place of Birth
Nairobi, Kenya
Also known As
William Mervyn Pickwoad
William Mervyn
Biography
William Mervyn Pickwoad (3 January 1912 – 6 August 1976) was an English actor best known for his portrayal of the bishop in the clerical comedy All Gas and Gaiters, the old gentleman in The Railway Children and Inspector Charles Rose in The Odd Man and its sequels. Mervyn was born in Nairobi, British East Africa, but educated in Britain at Forest School, Snaresbrook, before embarking on a stage career, spending five years in provincial theatre. He made his West End debut in The Guinea Pig at the Criterion Theatre in 1946, before parts in plays such as Lend Me Robin at the Embassy Theatre, the comedy Ring Round the Moon, The Mortimer Touch, A...
Acting
1956
as Manager of Festival Hall
1964
as Breeze-Connington
1967
as Sir Cyril Ponsonby
1971
as Physician
1960
as Dr. Morley
1970
as Old Gentleman
1972
as Lord Twithampton
1957
as Sir Edmund
1969
as Lord Paragon
1971
as Marc Honeydew
1967
as Uncle Edward
1970
as Protestant Bishop, Jeff's father
1961
as Ship's Captain
1950
as Chief Inspector Hammond (Uncredited)
1972
as Sir Charles Gurney
1957
as Captain
1969
as Cabinet Minister (uncredited)
1965
as The Bishop
1950
as (uncredited)
1976
as Squire Alworthy
1956
as Roberts (MI5)
1965
as Dutch Technical Examiner
1968
as Walter Perrin
1964
as Passenger on Plane
1967
as Chairman of the Phoenician Board
1960
as Capt. Balfour (uncredited)
1966
as Sir Charles Summer
1959
as Kingsley
1968
as Prime Minister
1949
as Cinema Manager (uncredited)
1954
as Mr. Wentworth/Col. Wentworth
1960
as Detective's Friend
1958
as Colonel Buckmaster
1947
as Huxtable
1965
as Lord Justice
1956
as Colley Cibber
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