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William Mervyn
Actor
Born January 3, 1912Died August 6, 1976 (64 years)
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.
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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.
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William Mervyn Filmography
| 1976 | The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones · as Squire Alworthy |
| 1976 | The Ghosts of Motley Hall (TV Series) · as Mr. Brayling |
| 1975 | The Christmas Messenger · as (voice) |
| 1975 | Raffles (TV Series) · as Osborne |
| 1974 | Wodehouse Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mr. Mulliner |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as The Hon. Mr. Justice Campbell |
| 1972 | Up the Front · as Lord Twithampton |
| 1972 | The Ruling Class · as Sir Charles Gurney |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Sir Hector Drummond |
| 1971 | The Persuaders! (TV Series) · as Sir Charles Worthington |
| 1971 | Follyfoot (TV Series) · as Squire Mathews |
| 1971 | Carry on Henry VIII · as Dr. Finlay |
| 1971 | Blood Suckers · as Marc Honeydew |
| 1970 | The Railway Children · as Old Gentleman |
| 1970 | Atlantic Wall · as Protestant Bishop, Jeff's Father |
| 1969 | Carry on Again Doctor · as Lord Paragon |
| 1969 | Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969) (TV Series) · as Whitty |
| 1969 | The Best House in London · as Cabinet Minister (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Hot Millions · as Sir Charles Wilson |
| 1968 | Hammerhead · as Walter Perrin |
| 1968 | Star! · as General |
| 1968 | Salt and Pepper · as Prime Minister |
| 1967 | Carry on Follow That Camel · as Sir Cyril Ponsonby |
| 1967 | The Jokers · as Uncle Edward |
| 1967 | Mr. Rose (TV Series) · as Charles Rose / Marcus Despard |
| 1967 | Deadlier Than the Male · as Chairman Of The Phoenician Board |
| 1967 | CBS Children's Film Festival (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1966 | Doctor Who: The War Machines · as Sir Charles Summer |
| 1966 | All Gas and Gaiters (TV Series) · as The Bishop, The Right Reverend Cuthbert Hever |
| 1966 | The Legend of Young Dick Turpin · as Lord Justice |
| 1965 | Up Jumped a Swagman · as Mr. Hawkes Fenhoulet |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Sir Hector Rose |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Father |
| 1965 | Court Martial (TV Series) · as Chief Inspector Haigh |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow · as Dutch Technical Examiner |
| 1965 | The Legend of Young Dick Turpin · as Lord Justice |
| 1964 | Gideon C.I.D. (TV Series) · as Mr. Pater |
| 1964 | Murder Ahoy · as Breeze-Connington |
| 1964 | Hot Enough for June · as Passenger On Plane |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Sir Charles Summer |
| 1963 | The Sentimental Agent (TV Series) · as Colonel Wilde |
| 1963 | Tamahine · as Lord Birchester |
| 1963 | Sergeant Cork (TV Series) · as Mr. Bede |
| 1962 | The Ghost Sonata · as The Colonel |
| 1962 | Oliver Twist (TV Series) · as Mr. Grimwig |
| 1961 | Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mr. Mulliner |
| 1961 | No Love for Johnnie · as Postmaster-General (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Invasion Quartet · as Naval Officer |
| 1961 | Watch It, Sailor! · as Ship's Captain |
| 1960 | A Touch of Larceny · as Capt. Balfour (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Maigret (1960) (TV Series) · as Doctor |
| 1960 | Here's Harry (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1960 | Bootsie and Snudge (TV Series) · as Major Penny-Court |
| 1960 | The Battle of the Sexes · as Detective's Friend |
| 1960 | Circus of Horrors · as Dr. Morley |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Charles Venables |
| 1959 | Upstairs and Downstairs · as Kingsley |
| 1959 | Bleak House (1959) (TV Series) · as Mr. Kenge |
| 1959 | The Four Just Men (TV Series) · as Under Secretary |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place (TV Series) · as Colonel Frew |
| 1959 | The 39 Steps · as Angry Train Passenger |
| 1959 | Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (TV Series) · as Mr. Wardle |
| 1958 | Our Mutual Friend (1958) (TV Series) · as Mr. Inspector |
| 1958 | The Safecracker · as Admiralty Commander |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride · as Colonel Buckmaster |
| 1958 | Dial 999 (TV Series) · as Sir Arthur Frogley |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre (TV Series) · as Boss Mangan |
| 1957 | All at Sea · as Captain |
| 1957 | Paradise Lagoon · as Guest At Ball |
| 1957 | The Army Game (TV Series) · as Gerald Harris |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Dr. Scott |
| 1956 | Hancock's Half Hour (TV Series) · as Council Official |
| 1956 | The Third Key · as Manager Of Festival Hall |
| 1956 | Tons of Trouble · as Roberts (mi5) |
| 1956 | Kitty Clive · as Colley Cibber |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Dr. Stanhope |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) · as Judd |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mr. Challen |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) · as Bruce Treadgold |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Lord Justice |
| 1954 | Fuss Over Feathers · as Mr. Wentworth/col. Wentworth |
| 1950 | The Blue Lamp · as Chief Inspector Hammond (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Adrian Blenderbland |
| 1949 | Stop Press Girl · as Cinema Manager (uncredited) |
| 1949 | If This Be Sin · as Nicky |
| 1947 | The Loves of Joanna Godden · as Huxtable |
| 1947 | The Mark of Cain · as Mr. Bonnington |
| 1972 | Pardon My Genie (TV Series) · as William Mervyn |
| 1965 | Call My Bluff (1996) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Play School (TV Series) · as Self - Storyteller |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |