George Merritt (actor)

George Merritt (actor)
Frederick George Merritt (10 December 1890 – 27 September 1977) was an English theatre, film and television actor, often in authoritarian roles. 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. He lived for many years in Lissenden Gardens, Parliament Hill, north west London.
Selected filmography
The W Plan (1930) – Ulrich Muller
Bracelets (1931) – Director
Dreyfus (1931) – Émile Zola
A Gentleman of Paris (1931) – M. Duval
White Face (1932) – (uncredited)
The Lodger (1932) – Commissioner
Blind Spot (1932) – Inspector Cadbury
Money for Speed (1933)
Going Straight (1933)
F.P.1 (1933) – Lubin
I Was a Spy (1933) – Captain Reichman
Crime on the Hill (1933) – Police Inspector Wolf
Turkey Time (1933) – Policeman (uncredited)
The Silver Spoon (1933) – Inspector Innes
The Ghost Camera (1933) – Detective
Mr. Quincey of Monte Carlo (1933) – Inspector
Little Fella (1933) – Detective
The Fire Raisers (1933) – Sonners
Nine Forty-Five (1934) – Inspector Dickson
No Escape (1934) – Inspector Matheson
My Song for You (1934) – Otto Newberg
Jew Süss (1934) – Bilfinger (uncredited)
Ten Minute Alibi (1935) – Inspector Pember
Emil and the Detectives (1935) – PC
Drake of England (1935) – Tom Moore
Me and Marlborough (1935) – Harley
Crime Unlimited (1935) – Detective Inspector Cardby
Brown on Resolution (1935) – William Brown
Line Engaged (1935) – Sgt. Thomas
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935) – Pat O'Connor
Ticket of Leave (1936) – Inspector Black
Prison Breaker (1936) – Goldring
Love at Sea (1936) – Inspector (uncredited)
Love in Exile (1936) – Capt. Mackenzie (uncredited)
Everything Is Thunder (1936) – Webber
The Man Behind the Mask (1936) – Det. Insp. Mallory
Spy of Napoleon (1936) – The Prussian Consul
Dusty Ermine (1936) – Police Constable (uncredited)
Educated Evans (1936) – Joe Markham
Rembrandt (1936) – Church Warden (uncredited)
Windbag the Sailor (1936) – Officer on Yacht (uncredited)
The Vulture (1937) – Spicer
The Compulsory Wife (1937) – Mr. Thackery
The Wife of General Ling (1937) – Police Commissioner
The Vicar of Bray (1937) – Oliver Cromwell (uncredited)
Doctor Syn (1937) – Mipps the Coffin Maker
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) – Chief of Police
Rhythm Racketeer (1937) – Inspector Hunt (uncredited)
The Rat (1937) – Pierre Verdier
Young and Innocent (1937) – Det. Sgt. Miller
Mr. Reeder in Room 13 (1937) – Bert Stevens, club porter
Convict 99 (1938) – Policeman Outside Bank (uncredited)
No Parking (1938) – (uncredited)
The Gaunt Stranger (1938) – Police Station Sergeant
They Drive by Night (1938) – Detective (uncredited)
Q Planes (1939) – Barrett
Wanted by Scotland Yard (1939) – Charlie
The Four Just Men (1939) – Inspector Falmouth
Young Man's Fancy (1939) – Park Constable (uncredited)
All at Sea (1940) – Bull
Meet Maxwell Archer (1940) – Insp. Cornell
They Came by Night (1940) – Inspector Metcalfe
The Proud Valley (1940) – Mr. Lewis
A Window in London (1940) – Manager
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) – Det. Inspector Tanner
Two for Danger (1940) – Inspector Canway
Spare a Copper (1940) – Brewster
Gasbags (1941) – German General (uncredited)
The Ghost Train (1941) – Inspector (uncredited)
He Found a Star (1941) – Max Nagel
Ships with Wings (1941) – Surgeon Comdr.
The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) – Station Master
The Big Blockade (1942) – German: German Shelter Marshal
Hatter's Castle (1942) – Gibson
Back-Room Boy (1942) – Uncle
Breach of Promise (1942) – Professor Beaver
The Day Will Dawn (1942) – German Trawler Captain
They Flew Alone (1942) – Reporter
Let the People Sing (1942) – Police Sergeant
Alibi (1942) – Bourdille
We'll Smile Again (1942) – (uncredited)
Women Aren't Angels (1943) – Boxer (uncredited)
Variety Jubilee (1943) – Music Hall chairman (uncredited)
Undercover (1943) – A Yugoslav General
I'll Walk Beside You (1943) – Hancock
The Adventures of Tartu (1943) – Agent (uncredited)
Escape to Danger (1943) – Works Manager
A Canterbury Tale (1944) – Ned Horton
The Way Ahead (1944) – The Sergeant-Major (uncredited)
Demobbed (1944) – James Bentley
Give Us the Moon (1944)
Love Story (1944) – Telephone Engineer
Don't Take It to Heart (1944) – Landlord
Waterloo Road (1945) – Air Raid Warden
For You Alone (1945) – Police Constable Blundell
I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945) – T.P. O'Connor
Don Chicago (1945)
Home Sweet Home (1945) – Dr. Handy
The Voice Within (1946) – McDonnell
Quiet Weekend (1946) – Police Sergeant
I'll Turn to You (1946) – Cecil Joy
The Root of All Evil (1947) – Landlord
The Man Within (1947) – Hilliard
The Upturned Glass (1947) – Policeman (uncredited)
Daughter of Darkness (1948) – Constable
Escape (1948) – Chief Prison Guard (uncredited)
Good-Time Girl (1948) – Police Sergeant
Calling Paul Temple (1948) – Ticket Inspector
My Brother's Keeper (1948) – Constable at Milton Wells
Love in Waiting (1948) – James Hartley Pepperfield
Quartet (1948) – Prison Officer
For Them That Trespass (1949) - Engine Driver
Marry Me! (1949) – Gazette Editor (uncredited)
Dark Secret (1949) - Mr. Barrington
Something in the City (1950) – Inspector
Mister Drake's Duck (1951) – Home Secretary
Pool of London (1951) – Captain of Dunbar (uncredited)
Noose for a Lady (1953) – Sergeant Frost
Small Town Story (1953) – Michael Collins
The End of the Road (1954) – Timekeeper
The Green Scarf (1954) – Advocate General
Delayed Action (1954) - Sir Francis - (uncredited)
Souls in Conflict - (1954) - Reverend Alan Woodbridge - (uncredited)
Before I Wake - (1955) - Dr. Collingwood
Quatermass 2 (1957) – Super
Dracula (1958) – Policeman
Tread Softly Stranger (1958) – Timekeeper
The Full Treatment (1960) – Mr. Manfield
The Hands of Orlac (1960) – 2nd Member (uncredited)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) – Smudge (uncredited)
Crooks and Coronets (1969) – 1st Old Man (uncredited)
Battle of Britain (1969) – Civilian (uncredited)
Cromwell (1970) – William
I, Monster (1971) – Poole
Gawain and the Green Knight (1973) – Old Knight
Selected stage appearances
Grand Hotel by Edward Knoblock (1931)
Party Manners by Val Gielgud (1950)
References
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1890 births
1977 deaths
English male film actors
English male silent film actors
Male actors from London
20th-century English male actors
World War I civilian detainees held by Germany
British World War I prisoners of war