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William Mervyn

Acting · Born January 3, 1912 · 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.

Movies with William Mervyn

• Hot Enough for June (1964) — Passenger on Plane
• Atlantic Wall (1970) — Protestant Bishop, Jeff's father
• Deadlier Than the Male (1967) — Chairman of the Phoenician Board
• Operation Crossbow (1965) — Dutch Technical Examiner
• The Battle of the Sexes (1960) — Detective's Friend
• The Ruling Class (1972) — Sir Charles Gurney
• Murder Ahoy (1964) — Breeze-Connington
• No Love for Johnnie (1961) — Postmaster-General (uncredited)
• Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) — Colonel Buckmaster
• Carry On Again Doctor (1969) — Lord Paragon
• The Long Arm (1956) — Manager of Festival Hall
• Salt & Pepper (1968) — Prime Minister

TV shows with William Mervyn

• Crown Court (1972) — The Hon. Mr. Justice Campbell
• All Gas and Gaiters (1967) — The Bishop, The Right Reverend Cuthbert Hever
• The Odd Man (1960) — Chief Insp. Charles Rose
• It's Dark Outside (1964) — Chief Insp. Charles Rose
• Mr. Rose (1967) — Charles Rose / Marcus Despard