Meredith Edwards (actor)

Meredith Edwards (actor)
Gwilym Meredith Edwards (10 June 1917 – 8 February 1999) was a Welsh character actor and writer.
He was born in Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, the son of a collier, and attended Ruabon Boys' Grammar School. He became an actor in 1938, first with the Welsh National Theatre Company, then the Liverpool Playhouse. He was a Christian conscientious objector in the Second World War, serving in the Non-Combatant Corps, before being seconded to the National Fire Service in Liverpool and London. 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 (Deceased) in 1969, and as Tom in the cult children's science fiction serial Sky in 1975. He also played Thomas Charles Edwards in the 1978 BBC drama series Off to Philadelphia in the Morning and Richard Lloyd in the 1981 TV series The Life and Times of David Lloyd George.
A Welsh nationalist and Welsh speaker, he stood as Plaid Cymru candidate for Denbigh in the 1966 general election. He was awarded an honorary degree in 1997 by the University of Wales, and was a member of the Gorsedd of Bards.
He married Daisy Clark in 1942. They had two sons and a daughter. He is the father of actor Ioan Meredith and the grandfather of actors Ifan Meredith and Rhys Meredith.
Partial filmography
A Run for Your Money (1949) – Twm
The Blue Lamp (1950) – PC Hughes
The Magnet (1950) – Harper
Midnight Episode (1950) – Detective Sergeant Taylor
There Is Another Sun (1951) – Bratcher
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) – P.C. Williams
Where No Vultures Fly (1951) – Gwyl Davis
The Last Page (1952) – Inspector Dale
Gift Horse (1952) – Jones
The Gambler and the Lady (1952) – Dave Davies
Girdle of Gold (1952) – Griffiths the Hearse
The Great Game (1953) – Skid Evans
The Cruel Sea (1953) – Yeoman Wells
A Day to Remember (1953) – Bert Tripp
Meet Mr. Malcolm (1954) – Whistler Grant
Devil on Horseback (1954) – Ted Fellowes
Final Appointment (1954) – Tom Martin
To Dorothy a Son (1954) – Carter
Mad About Men (1954) – Police Constable (uncredited)
Mask of Dust (1954) – Laurence Gibson
Burnt Evidence (1954) – Police Inspector Bob Edwards
Lost (1956) – Sgt. Davies
The Long Arm (1956) – Mr. Thomas
Town on Trial (1957) – Sgt. Rogers
Escapement (1958) – Dr. Phillip Maxwell
Dunkirk (1958) – Dave Bellman
Law and Disorder (1958) – Sergeant Bolton
Tiger Bay (1959) – P.C. Williams
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) – Auctioneer
Doctor in Love (1960) – Father
Flame in the Streets (1961) – Harry Mitchell
Only Two Can Play (1962) – Clergyman on the Committee
Mix Me a Person (1962) – Johnson
This Is My Street (1964) – Steve
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966) – Chairman
Gulliver's Travels (1977) – Uncle
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1917 births
1999 deaths
Welsh male film actors
Welsh male television actors
People from Rhosllanerchrugog
Welsh conscientious objectors
Calvinist pacifists
Bards of the Gorsedd
People educated at Ruabon Grammar School
Personnel of the Non-Combatant Corps
20th-century Welsh male actors
Welsh-speaking actors
Plaid Cymru parliamentary candidates
Military personnel from Denbighshire