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William Mervyn
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William Mervyn
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1912-01-03,Nairobi, Kenya
Gender
Male
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 Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde at the Savoy Theatre in 1953 and Charley's Aunt. Mervyn's later stage roles included those of O'Trigger in The Rivals, Lord Greenham in the comedy Aren't We All? and Sir Patrick Cullen in The Doctor's Dilemma. Although he was admired in the theatre, it was with television that he became really well known. One of his first major small screen roles was Sir Hector in the 1962 series Saki. Four years later, he played the Bishop of St. Ogg's in the comedy series All Gas and Gaiters. It was, at that time, breaking with tradition, allowing a laugh at the expense of the established church. He also played the police chief inspector Charles Rose in the Granada TV series The Odd Man and its spin-offs It's Dark Outside and Mr Rose. He played the Hon. Mr. Justice Campbell in the Granada TV series Crown Court. Having taken the part of a Chief Inspector in the 1949 Ealing Studios film The Blue Lamp, in which PC George Dixon first appears (only to be shot dead by a young Dirk Bogarde), he then reappeared in a 1960 Dixon of Dock Green episode "The Hot Seat". He was in the 1966 Doctor Who story The War Machines and several Carry On films in the late 1960s, and also appeared as Mr. Whitty in the Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) episode "A Disturbing Case" in 1969. Usually cast as a wealthy upper class gentleman, he also appeared in The Railway Children (1970), as the children's train passenger friend, and The Ruling Class (1972). Around the same time, he appeared as Sir Hector Drummond, Bt., in the British TV series The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, in an episode entitled "The Superfluous Finger" (1973). Mervyn was married to Anne Margaret Payne-Cook, a theatre designer and architect who survived him with their three sons - Michael Pickwoad, who in 2010 became the production designer on Doctor Who, Richard, television director and aerial cameraman and Nicholas (Pickwoad), expert on bookbinding. Mervyn's granddaughter Amy Pickwoad became an art director and standby art director for Doctor Who. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Mervyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

6.935

The Long Arm
1956-06-01

7.1

Murder Ahoy
1964-09-22

Follow That Camel

5.861

Follow That Camel
1967-08-10

6.092

Carry On Henry
1971-06-03

Circus of Horrors

5.8

Circus of Horrors
1960-04-01

The Railway Children

6.7

The Railway Children
1970-12-21

4.382

Up the Front
1972-07-14

7

Now Let Him Go
1957-09-15

Carry On Again Doctor

6.097

Carry On Again Doctor
1969-12-05

4.087

Blood Suckers
1971-05-14

6.25

The Jokers
1967-05-15

6.2

Atlantic Wall
1970-10-14

Watch It, Sailor!

7

Watch It, Sailor!
1961-08-14

6.635

The Blue Lamp
1950-01-19

The Ruling Class

6.453

The Ruling Class
1972-05-24

6.563

Barnacle Bill
1957-12-17

The Best House in London

4

The Best House in London
1969-06-01

Old Man's Fancy

0

Old Man's Fancy
1965-01-01

Four Men in Prison

0

Four Men in Prison
1950-12-31

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

3.5

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976-08-01

Tons of Trouble

5.5

Tons of Trouble
1956-04-09

Operation Crossbow

6.7

Operation Crossbow
1965-04-01

5.682

Hammerhead
1968-09-07

Hot Enough for June

5.7

Hot Enough for June
1964-03-10

Deadlier Than the Male

5.9

Deadlier Than the Male
1967-02-12

A Touch of Larceny

5.971

A Touch of Larceny
1960-02-04

Doctor Who: The War Machines

7.4

Doctor Who: The War Machines
1966-07-16

Upstairs and Downstairs

5.778

Upstairs and Downstairs
1959-11-02

5.3

Salt & Pepper
1968-07-03

Stop Press Girl

5.875

Stop Press Girl
1949-06-02

Conflict of Wings

6.2

Conflict of Wings
1954-03-29

The Battle of the Sexes

6.5

The Battle of the Sexes
1960-02-25

Carve Her Name with Pride

6.036

Carve Her Name with Pride
1958-02-18

The Loves of Joanna Godden

7.8

The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947-06-08

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

0

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
1965-03-01

0

Kitty Clive
1956-03-27

No Love for Johnnie

6.667

No Love for Johnnie
1961-02-14

The Christmas Messenger

9

The Christmas Messenger
1975-12-01

7

Gideon's Way
1965-03-18

The Persuaders!

7.64

The Persuaders!
1971-09-17

The Adventures of Robin Hood

6.421

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955-09-26

No Hiding Place

4.75

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

6.5

Oliver Twist
1962-01-07

It's Dark Outside

0

It's Dark Outside
1964-01-03

7.133

Maigret
1960-10-31

Nicholas Nickleby

0

Nicholas Nickleby
1957-10-18

7

Mr. Rose
1967-02-17

Hancock's Half Hour

7.389

Hancock's Half Hour
1956-07-06

The Adventures of Robin Hood

6.421

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955-09-26

5.667

Crown Court
1972-10-11

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

7.545

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971-09-20

BBC Play of the Month

5.25

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19

9

Charlesworth
1959-04-04

10

The Liars
1966-01-07

All Gas and Gaiters

6.25

All Gas and Gaiters
1967-01-31

8.25

Raffles
1977-02-25

The Young Lady from London

0

The Young Lady from London
1959-11-22

8

The Odd Man
1960-10-19

No Hiding Place

4.75

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

10

Persuasion
1960-12-30

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

7.4

The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976-04-25

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

5.667

Crown Court
1972-10-11