George M. Merrick

{{short description|American film editor, film director, producer and screenwriter (1883–1964)}}

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|birth_date = February 2, 1883

|birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S.

|death_date = December 16, 1964 (age 81)

|death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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|known_for = Work with Frank Buck

|occupation = Editor, director, producer, screenwriter

|nationality = American

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George Martin Merrick (February 2, 1883 – December 16, 1964) was an American film editor, film director, film producer, and sceenwriter,

He was a screenwriter of the 1937 serial film Jungle Menace, starring Frank Buck .{{cite book

| last = Lehrer

| first = Steven

| title = Bring 'Em Back Alive: The Best of Frank Buck

| publisher = Texas Tech University Press

| year = 2006

| pages = x-xi

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UNnhbq9gwTUC&q=frank+buck+steven+lehrer

| isbn = 0-89672-582-0

}}

Early life

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George Merrick was the son of Michael Merrick, a French-born laborer (in the 1900 US census), and Mary Merrick, a Canadian immigrant.

Career

Merrick wrote, edited, directed and produced many films, including:Quigley, Eileen S. ''International Motion Picture Almanac, Volume 48. Quigley Publications, 1938.

Work with Frank Buck

In 1937, Merrick was a writer of the Frank Buck serial film Jungle Menace, and film editor of Buck's 1944 movie Tiger Fangs.

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