William Mervyn

William Mervyn

Acting 1912-01-03 Nairobi, Kenya

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.

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1977 Osborne
1976 Squire Alworthy
1976 Mr. Brayling
1975 (voice)
1972 Lord Twithampton
1972 Sir Charles Gurney
1972 The Hon. Mr. Justice Campbell
1971 Dr. Finlay
1971 Marc Honeydew
1971 Sir Charles Worthington
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1971 Sir Hector Drummond
1970 Old Gentleman
1970 Protestant Bishop, Jeff's father
1969 Lord Paragon
1969 Cabinet Minister (uncredited)
1968 Walter Perrin
1968 Prime Minister
1967 Sir Cyril Ponsonby
1967 Uncle Edward
1967 Chairman of the Phoenician Board
1967 Charles Rose / Marcus Despard
1967 The Bishop, The Right Reverend Cuthbert Hever
1966 Sir Charles Summer
1966 Sir Gerald
1965 The Bishop
1965 Dutch Technical Examiner
1965 Lord Justice
1965 Mr. Pater
1965 Sir Hector Rose
1964 Breeze-Connington
1964 Passenger on Plane
1964 Chief Insp. Charles Rose
1962 Mr. Grimwig
1961 Ship's Captain
1961 Postmaster-General (uncredited)
1960 Dr. Morley
1960 Capt. Balfour (uncredited)
1960 Detective's Friend
1960 Doctor
1960 Chief Insp. Charles Rose
1960 Admiral Croft
1959 Kingsley
1959 Colonel Frew
1959 Charles Begbie
1959 King Klaus
1959 Ivor Naunton
1958 Colonel Buckmaster
1957 Sir Edmund
1957 Captain
1957 Mr. Witterly
1956 Manager of Festival Hall
1956 Roberts (MI5)
1956 Colley Cibber
1956 Council Official
1954 Mr. Wentworth/Col. Wentworth
1950 Chief Inspector Hammond (Uncredited)
1950 (uncredited)
1949 Cinema Manager (uncredited)
1947 Huxtable