--- name: "George Merritt" canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-merritt" fi1m_id: "george-merritt" imdb_id: "nm0581416" tmdb_id: 27944 wikidata_id: "Q5542421" roles: [] born: "10 December 1890" died: "27 August 1977" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T08:50:16.931097+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # George Merritt ## Identity George Merritt - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/george-merritt - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** george-merritt - **IMDb ID:** nm0581416 - **TMDB ID:** 27944 - **Wikidata ID:** Q5542421 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Merritt_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5542421, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581416/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27944 Actor. Born 10 December 1890 in London, England, UK. Died 27 August 1977. ## Details - **Born:** 10 December 1890, London, England, UK - **Died:** 27 August 1977 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Merritt_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5542421, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581416/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27944 ## Biography George Merritt (10 December 1890 – 27 August 1977) was an English character actor. He appeared in numerous films and television productions, often in authority roles, and was also prolific on the London stage. Born in London, he began acting at nineteen and studied drama in Germany. At the outbreak of the First World War he was interned as a civilian prisoner at Ruhleben camp, where he took part in over fifty plays. He entered films in 1931 and worked steadily through the 1970s. His credits include *Young and Innocent* (1937), *A Canterbury Tale* (1944), *Quatermass 2* (1957), *Dracula* (1958) as a policeman, *The Day the Earth Caught Fire* (1961), *Battle of Britain* (1969) and *Cromwell* (1970), as well as television appearances in *The Avengers*, *The Prisoner* and *The Persuaders!*. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, screenonline.org.uk.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Dracula* (1958), Fi1m 81, as Policeman (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/dracula-1958.md) ## Complete filmography (116) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *King Lear* (1975), as Old Man - *Fall of Eagles* (1974), series, as Ketterl - *Gawain and the Green Knight* (1973), as Old Knight - *I, Monster* (1971), as Poole - *The Persuaders!* (1971), series, as Chivers - *The Creeper* (1970), as Holmes - *Cromwell* (1970), as William - *Battle of Britain* (1969), as Civilian (uncredited) - *The Prisoner* (1967), series, as Postman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md) - *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Holmes - *Sir Arthur Conan Doyle* (1967), series, as Mr. Dykes - *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Mr. Scruple, Old Man - *Gideon's Way* (1965), series, as The Janitor - *What Every Woman Wants* (1962), as Maxwell - *The Day the Earth Caught Fire* (1961), as Smudge (uncredited) - *The Avengers* (1961), series, as James — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) - *The Hands of Orlac* (1960), as 2nd Member, 2nd Member (uncredited) - *The Full Treatment* (1960), as Mr. Manfield - *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, Actor - *Tread Softly Stranger* (1958), as Timekeeper - *Dracula* (1958), as Policeman (uncredited) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/dracula-1958.md) - *Quatermass 2* (1957), as Super - *Theatre Night* (1957), series, as Lerminier - *The Adventures of Sir Lancelot* (1956), series, as Lloyd - *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Bob Gowling - *The End of the Road* (1954), as Timekeeper - *The Night of the Full Moon* (1954), as Charlie - *Small Town Story* (1953), as Michael Collins - *Noose for a Lady* (1953), as Sergeant Frost - *Pool of London* (1951), as Captain of Dunbar (uncredited) - *Something in the City* (1950), as Police Inspector - *Dark Secret* (1949), as Mr. Lumley - *Marry Me* (1949), as Gazette Editor (uncredited) - *Quartet* (1948), as Prison Officer (segment "The Kite") - *Love in Waiting* (1948), as James Hartley Pepperfield - *My Brother's Keeper* (1948), as Constable - *Good-Time Girl* (1948), as Police Sergeant - *Daughter of Darkness* (1948), as Constable - *The Upturned Glass* (1947), as Policeman (uncredited) - *The Man Within* (1947), as Hilliard - *The Root of All Evil* (1947), as Landlord - *I'll Turn to You* (1946), as Cecil Joy - *Quiet Weekend* (1946), as Police Sergeant - *The Voice Within* (1946), as McDonnell - *I'll Be Your Sweetheart* (1945), as T.P. O'Connor - *For You Alone* (1945), as Police Constable Blundell - *Waterloo Road* (1945), Actor - *Love Story* (1944), as Telephone Engineer - *Don't Take It to Heart* (1944), as Landlord - *A Canterbury Tale* (1944), as Ned Horton - *Give Us the Moon* (1944), Actor - *Demobbed* (1944), as James Bentley - *The Way Ahead* (1944), as Sergeant Major (uncredited) - *Escape to Danger* (1943), as Works Manager - *I'll Walk Beside You* (1943), as Hancock - *Undercover* (1943), as A Yugoslav General - *Let the People Sing* (1942), as Police Sergeant - *They Flew Alone* (1942), as Reporter - *The Day Will Dawn* (1942), as German Trawler Captain - *Breach of Promise* (1942), as Professor Beaver - *Back-Room Boy* (1942), as Uncle - *The Black Sheep of Whitehall* (1942), as Station Master - *Hatter's Castle* (1942), as Gibson - *The Big Blockade* (1942), as German: German Shelter Marshal - *Ships with Wings* (1941), as Surgeon Comdr. - *The Ghost Train* (1941), as Inspector - *Gasbags* (1941), as German General - *Spare a Copper* (1940), as Brewster - *The Case of the Frightened Lady* (1940), as Det. Inspector Tanner - *A Window in London* (1940), as Manager - *The Proud Valley* (1940), as Mr. Lewis - *They Came by Night* (1940), as Inspector Metcalfe - *Now You're Talking* (1940), as Fred Perkins - *Meet Maxwell Archer* (1940), as Insp. Cornell - *Young Man's Fancy* (1939), as Park Constable (uncredited) - *The Four Just Men* (1939), as Inspector Falmouth - *Q Planes* (1939), as Mr. Barrett - *They Drive by Night* (1938), as Detective (Uncredited) - *The Gaunt Stranger* (1938), as Police Station Sergeant - *Convict 99* (1938), as Patrolman - *Mr. Reeder in Room 13* (1938), as Bert Stevens, club porter - *The Rat* (1937), as Pierre Verdier - *Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel* (1937), as Chief of Police - *Doctor Syn* (1937), as Mipps the Coffin Maker - *The Compulsory Wife* (1937), as Mr. Thackery - *The Vulture* (1937), as Spicer - *The Wife of General Ling* (1937), as Police Commissioner - *Young and Innocent* (1937), as Det. Sgt. Miller - *Windbag the Sailor* (1936), as Officer on Yacht - *Dusty Ermine* (1936), as Police constable - *Rembrandt* (1936), as Church Warden (uncredited) - *Everything Is Thunder* (1936), as Webber - *Educated Evans* (1936), as Joe Markham - *The Man Behind the Mask* (1936), as Det. Insp. Mallory - *Prison Breaker* (1936), as Goldring - *Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk* (1935), as Pat O'Connor - *Crime Unlimited* (1935), as Detective Inspector Cardby - *Me and Marlborough* (1935), as Harley - *Drake of England* (1935), as Tom Moore - *Brown on Resolution* (1935), as William Brown - *Emil and the Detectives* (1935), as PC - *No Escape* (1934), as Inspector Matheson - *My Song for You* (1934), as Otto Newberg - *The Silver Spoon* (1934), as Inspector Innes - *The Fire Raisers* (1934), as Sonners - *Crime on the Hill* (1933), as Insp. Wolf - *I Was a Spy* (1933), as Captain Reichman - *F.P.1* (1933), as Lubin - *Little Fella* (1933), as Detective - *The Ghost Camera* (1933), as Police Detective - *The Lodger* (1932), as Commissioner - *A Gentleman of Paris* (1931), as M. Duval - *Dreyfus* (1931), as Émile Zola - *Bracelets* (1931), as Director - *Thread o' Scarlet* (1930), as Butters - *The W Plan* (1930), as Ulrich Muller --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/george-merritt