Place of Birth: Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
Meredith Edwards
Gwilym Meredith Edwards was a Welsh character actor and writer. He was born in mining village of Rhosllannerchrugog, near Wrexham, the son of a collier. He was educated at Ruabon Grammar School. He became an actor in 1938, firstly with the Welsh National Theatre Company, then the Liverpool Playhouse. His film appearances include "A Run for Your Money" (1949), "The Blue Lamp" (1950), "The Magnet" (1950), "The Lavender Hill Mob" (1951), "The Cruel Sea" (1953), "The Great Game" (1953), "The Long Arm" (1956), "Dunkirk" (1958) and "Tiger Bay" (1959). He appeared as the murderous butler in the cult television series "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)" in 1969, and as Tom in the cult children's science fiction serial "Sky" in 1975. He also played Richard Lloyd in the 1981 TV series "The Life and Times of David Lloyd George".
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Town on Trial | Police Sgt. Rogers | 1957 |
Gulliver's Travels | Uncle Jack | 1977 |
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne | Roland Sloane | 1965 |
A Run for Your Money | Thomas 'Twm' Jones | 1949 |
The Gambler and the Lady | Dave Davies | 1952 |
Dunkirk | Dave Bellman | 1958 |
The Last Page | Inspector Dale | 1952 |
The Magnet | Harper | 1950 |
The Blue Lamp | PC 'Taff' Hughes | 1950 |
Mask of Dust | Laurence Gibson | 1954 |
Lost | Sergeant Davies | 1956 |
Escapement | Doctor Maxwell | 1958 |
There Is Another Sun | Detective Sergeant Bratcher | 1951 |
Circus Friends | Farmer Beasley | 1956 |
Male Bait | 1971 | |
Meet Mr. Malcolm | Whistler Grant | 1954 |
A Day to Remember | Bert Tripp | 1953 |
Where No Vultures Fly | Gwyl | 1951 |
Burnt Evidence | Bob Edwards | 1954 |
Midnight Episode | 1950 | |
Tiger Bay | Williams | 1959 |
The Trials of Oscar Wilde | Auctioneer | 1960 |
A Christmas Reunion | Alf Boswell | 1994 |
Girdle of Gold | Griffiths the Hearse | 1952 |
This Is My Street | Steve | 1964 |
The Cruel Sea | Yeoman Wells | 1953 |
The Lavender Hill Mob | P. C. Williams | 1951 |
The Long Arm | Mr. Thomas | 1956 |
Flame in the Streets | Harry Mitchell | 1961 |
Devil on Horseback | Ted Fellowes | 1954 |
Gift Horse | Jones | 1952 |
The Conquest of Everest | Narrator | 1953 |
The Winter Stallion | Sam | 1992 |
The Big Flame | Logan | 1969 |
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George | Richard Lloyd | 1981 |
Final Appointment | George Henry Martin | 1954 |
Only Two Can Play | Clergyman on the Committee | 1962 |
To Dorothy, a Son | Carter | 1954 |
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery | 1966 | |
Law and Disorder | Sergeant Bolton | 1958 |
Mad About Men | Police Constable (uncredited) | 1954 |
Mad About Men | Police Constable | 1954 |
The Great Game | Skid Evans | 1953 |
Peril for the Guy | Police Constable Durrant | 1956 |
Under Milk Wood | (voice) (archive sound) | 1992 |
Doctor in Love | Father | 1960 |
The Old Devils | Old Bore | 1992 | Series | Cast | Year |
Gideon's Way | Paul Samuels | 1965 |
The Saint | Whitey Mullins | 1962 |
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse | 1968 | |
Interpol Calling | Doctor Gorman | 1959 |
A Mind to Kill | 1994 | |
One Step Beyond | Wyndham Roberts | 1959 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sam Ludlow | 1955 |
No Hiding Place | 1959 | |
Sky | 1975 | |
The District Nurse | 1984 | |
ITV Play of the Week | Inspector Davidson | 1955 |
Zero One | 1962 | |
Kindly Leave The Kerb | 1971 | |
The Inheritors | 1974 | |
Detective | 1964 | |
Flower of Evil | 1961 | |
The Saint | Emrys Pugh | 1962 |
Maigret | Foreman | 1960 |
Hawkmoor | Sir Tom | 1978 |