George Merritt (actor)

{{short description|English actor (1890–1977)}}

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| name = George Merritt

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| caption = in Quiet Weekend (1946)

| birth_name = Frederick George Merritt

| birth_date = 10 December 1890

| birth_place = Greenwich, London, England

| death_date = 27 September 1977 (aged 86)

| death_place = Camden, London, England

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| yearsactive = 1930–1974

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Frederick George Merritt (10 December 1890 – 27 September 1977) was an English theatre, film and television actor, often in authoritarian roles.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/84050|title=George Merritt|work=BFI|access-date=29 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104224939/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/84050|archive-date=4 November 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/george-merritt-p48623|title=George Merritt – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos |work=AllMovie}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=11908|title=George Merritt|publisher=aveleyman.com|access-date=1 August 2015|archive-date=20 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920212707/http://aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=11908|url-status=dead}} He studied German theatre in Magdeburg, Germany, and taught at the Berlitz School at the outbreak of the First World War, when he was held as a British Civil Prisoner of War, and interned at Ruhleben, 1914–1918. He was involved in over 50 plays at Ruhleben.{{cite web|url=http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb206-liddlecollectionruh34|title=gb206-liddlecollectionruh34 – George Merritt Papers – Archives Hub|work=archiveshub.ac.uk}} He lived for many years in Lissenden Gardens, Parliament Hill, north west London.

Selected filmography

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Selected stage appearances

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