Meredith Edwards
Born: 1917-06-10 in Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
Died: 1999-02-08
Known For: Acting
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".
Filmography
1994
- A Mind to Kill
- A Christmas Reunion as Alf Boswell
1992
- The Old Devils as Old Bore
- The Winter Stallion as Sam
- Under Milk Wood as Butcher Benyon (voice) (archive sound)
1984
1981
- The Life and Times of David Lloyd George as Richard Lloyd
1978
- Hawkmoor as Sir Tom
1977
- Gulliver's Travels as Uncle Jack
1975
1974
- The Inheritors as Meirion Ryder
1969
- The Big Flame as Logan
1968
- The Ronnie Barker Playhouse as The Policeman
1966
- King of the River as Dick Conway
- The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1965
- Gideon's Way as Paul Samuels
- The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne as Roland Sloane
1964
- The Wednesday Play as Roland Sloane
- Detective
- This Is My Street as Steve
1962
- The Saint as Whitey Mullins
- Zero One
- Only Two Can Play as Clergyman on the Committee
1961
- Flame in the Streets as Harry Mitchell
- Flower of Evil
1960
- Maigret as Foreman
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde as Auctioneer
- Doctor in Love as Parker
1959
- One Step Beyond as Wyndham Roberts
- No Hiding Place as Insp. Griffin
- Interpol Calling as Doctor Gorman
- Tiger Bay as Williams
1958
- Dunkirk as Dave Bellman
- Law and Disorder as Sergeant Bolton
- Escapement as Doctor Maxwell
1957
- Town on Trial as Police Sgt. Rogers
1956
- Lost as Sergeant Davies
- The Long Arm as Mr. Thomas
- Peril for the Guy as Police Constable Durrant
- Circus Friends as Farmer Beasley
- North to Wales as Commentator
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sam Ludlow
- ITV Play of the Week as Inspector Davidson
1954
- Mad About Men as Police Constable (uncredited)
- Final Appointment as George Henry Martin
- Mask of Dust as Laurence Gibson
- Meet Mr. Malcolm as Whistler Grant
- Burnt Evidence as Bob Edwards
- To Dorothy, a Son as Carter
- Devil on Horseback as Ted Fellowes
1953
- The Cruel Sea as Yeoman Wells
- The Great Game as Skid Evans
- The Conquest of Everest as Narrator
- A Day to Remember as Bert Tripp
1952
- Gift Horse as Jones
- The Gambler and the Lady as Dave Davies
- The Last Page as Inspector Dale
- Girdle of Gold as Griffiths the Hearse
1951
- The Lavender Hill Mob as P. C. Williams
- Where No Vultures Fly as Gwyl
- There Is Another Sun as Detective Sergeant Bratcher
1950
- The Blue Lamp as PC 'Taff' Hughes
- The Magnet as Harper
- Midnight Episode
1949
- A Run for Your Money as Thomas 'Twm' Jones