William Mervyn
Birthday
1912/01/03
Day of death
1976/08/06 (64 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Nairobi, Kenya
Also know as
William Mervyn Pickwoad
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 th...Read more
Acting
(1956) The Long Arm
as Manager of Festival Hall
(1964) Murder Ahoy
as Breeze-Connington
(1971) Carry On Henry
as Dr. Finlay
(1967) Follow That Camel
as Sir Cyril Ponsonby
(1960) Circus of Horrors
as Dr. Morley
(1970) The Railway Children
as Old Gentleman
(1972) Up the Front
as Lord Twithampton
(1957) Now Let Him Go
as Sir Edmund
(1969) Carry On Again Doctor
as Lord Paragon
(1971) Blood Suckers
as Marc Honeydew
(1967) The Jokers
as Uncle Edward
(1970) Atlantic Wall
as Protestant Bishop, Jeff's father
(1961) Watch It, Sailor!
as Ship's Captain
(1950) The Blue Lamp
as Chief Inspector Hammond (Uncredited)
(1972) The Ruling Class
as Sir Charles Gurney
(1957) Barnacle Bill
as Captain
(1969) The Best House in London
as Cabinet Minister (uncredited)
(1965) Old Man's Fancy
as The Bishop
(1950) Four Men in Prison
as (uncredited)
(1976) The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as Squire Alworthy
(1956) Tons of Trouble
as Roberts (MI5)
(1965) Operation Crossbow
as Dutch Technical Examiner
(1968) Hammerhead
as Walter Perrin
(1964) Hot Enough for June
as Passenger on Plane
(1967) Deadlier Than the Male
as Chairman of the Phoenician Board
(1960) A Touch of Larceny
as Capt. Balfour (uncredited)
(1966) Doctor Who: The War Machines
as Sir Charles Summer
(1959) Upstairs and Downstairs
as Kingsley
(1968) Salt & Pepper
as Prime Minister
(1949) Stop Press Girl
as Cinema Manager (uncredited)
(1954) Conflict of Wings
as Mr. Wentworth/Col. Wentworth
(1960) The Battle of the Sexes
as Detective's Friend
(1958) Carve Her Name with Pride
as Colonel Buckmaster
(1947) The Loves of Joanna Godden
as Huxtable
(1965) The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
as Lord Justice
(1956) Kitty Clive
as Colley Cibber
(1976) The Ghosts of Motley Hall
as Mr. Brayling
(1965) Gideon's Way
as Mr. Pater
(1971) The Persuaders!
as Sir Charles Worthington
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Thomas
(1959) No Hiding Place
as Colonel Frew
(1962) Oliver Twist
as Mr. Grimwig
(1964) It's Dark Outside
as Chief Insp. Charles Rose
(1960) Maigret
as Doctor
(1957) Nicholas Nickleby
as Mr. Witterly
(1967) Mr. Rose
as Charles Rose / Marcus Despard
(1956) Hancock's Half Hour
as Council Official
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Judd
(1972) Crown Court
as The Hon. Mr. Justice Campbell
(1971) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Hector Drummond
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Sir Hector Rose
(1959) Charlesworth
as Charles Begbie
(1966) The Liars
as Sir Gerald
(1967) All Gas and Gaiters
as The Bishop, The Right Reverend Cuthbert Hever
(1977) Raffles
as Osborne
(1959) The Young Lady from London
as King Klaus
(1960) The Odd Man
as Chief Insp. Charles Rose
(1959) No Hiding Place
as Ivor Naunton
(1960) Persuasion
as Admiral Croft