Meredith Edwards

Meredith Edwards

Birthday: 1917-06-10

Deathday: 1999-02-08

Place of birth: Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, UK

Also known as: Gwilym Meredith Edwards, Мередит Эдвардс

imdb_id: nm0250215

Biography:

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".

Played in movies:

Girdle of Gold

Score: 7.7

Tiger Bay

Score: 7.3

The Lavender Hill Mob

Score: 7.2

A Day to Remember

Score: 7.1

The Conquest of Everest

Score: 7.0

The Long Arm

Score: 7.0

Lost

Score: 7.0

The Cruel Sea

Score: 6.9

Dunkirk

Score: 6.8

Gift Horse

Score: 6.6

The Blue Lamp

Score: 6.6

Peril for the Guy

Score: 6.5

Town on Trial

Score: 6.5

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

Score: 6.4

The Magnet

Score: 6.3

Mad About Men

Score: 6.2

Mad About Men

Score: 6.2

Law and Disorder

Score: 6.2

This Is My Street

Score: 6.1

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

Score: 6.1

A Run for Your Money

Score: 6.0

The Great Game

Score: 6.0

A Christmas Reunion

Score: 6.0

There Is Another Sun

Score: 6.0

Only Two Can Play

Score: 5.9

Flame in the Streets

Score: 5.9

The Last Page

Score: 5.7

To Dorothy, a Son

Score: 5.6

Where No Vultures Fly

Score: 5.6

Final Appointment

Score: 5.5

Burnt Evidence

Score: 5.5

Gulliver's Travels

Score: 5.5

The Gambler and the Lady

Score: 5.2

Doctor in Love

Score: 5.2

Meet Mr. Malcolm

Score: 5.2

The Big Flame

Score: 5.0

The Winter Stallion

Score: 5.0

Mask of Dust

Score: 4.2

Escapement

Score: 4.1

Under Milk Wood

Score: 4.0

North to Wales

Score: 0.0

The Old Devils

Score: 0.0

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

Score: 0.0

Devil on Horseback

Score: 0.0

Midnight Episode

Score: 0.0

Male Bait

Score: 0.0

Circus Friends

Score: 0.0

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Saint

Score: 7.3

The Saint

Score: 7.3

Maigret

Score: 6.9

Gideon's Way

Score: 6.8

Interpol Calling

Score: 6.7

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Score: 6.1

Zero One

Score: 6.0

One Step Beyond

Score: 5.6

The District Nurse

Score: 5.5

Sky

Score: 5.5

ITV Play of the Week

Score: 4.0

No Hiding Place

Score: 3.7

The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

Score: 0.0

The Inheritors

Score: 0.0

King of the River

Score: 0.0

Hawkmoor

Score: 0.0

Flower of Evil

Score: 0.0

Detective

Score: 0.0

Kindly Leave The Kerb

Score: 0.0

A Mind to Kill

Score: 0.0