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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".

Known For: Acting

Born: Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, 1917-06-10

Died: 1999-02-08

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	A Run for Your Money	Thomas 'Twm' Jones	60
2	1950	The Blue Lamp	PC 'Taff' Hughes	66
3	1950	The Magnet	Harper	63
4	1950	Midnight Episode		0
5	1951	There Is Another Sun	Detective Sergeant Bratcher	60
6	1951	The Lavender Hill Mob	P. C. Williams	72
7	1951	Where No Vultures Fly	Gwyl	56
8	1952	Girdle of Gold	Griffiths the Hearse	77
9	1952	The Last Page	Inspector Dale	57
10	1952	Gift Horse	Jones	66
11	1952	The Gambler and the Lady	Dave Davies	52
12	1953	The Great Game	Skid Evans	60
13	1953	The Cruel Sea	Yeoman Wells	69
14	1953	A Day to Remember	Bert Tripp	71
15	1953	The Conquest of Everest	Narrator	70
16	1954	Meet Mr. Malcolm	Whistler Grant	52
17	1954	Devil on Horseback	Ted Fellowes	0
18	1954	Burnt Evidence	Bob Edwards	55
19	1954	Final Appointment	George Henry Martin	55
20	1954	To Dorothy, a Son	Carter	56
21	1954	Mad About Men	Police Constable (uncredited)	61
22	1954	Mad About Men	Police Constable	61
23	1954	Mask of Dust	Laurence Gibson	42
24	1956	Peril for the Guy	Police Constable Durrant	65
25	1956	North to Wales	Commentator	0
26	1956	Lost	Sergeant Davies	70
27	1956	The Long Arm	Mr. Thomas	70
28	1956	Circus Friends	Farmer Beasley	0
29	1957	Town on Trial	Police Sgt. Rogers	65
30	1958	Escapement	Doctor Maxwell	41
31	1958	Dunkirk	Dave Bellman	68
32	1958	Law and Disorder	Sergeant Bolton	62
33	1959	Tiger Bay	Williams	72
34	1960	The Trials of Oscar Wilde	Auctioneer	64
35	1960	Doctor in Love	Father	52
36	1961	Flame in the Streets	Harry Mitchell	59
37	1962	Only Two Can Play	Clergyman on the Committee	59
38	1964	This Is My Street	Steve	61
39	1965	The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne	Roland Sloane	0
40	1966	The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery		59
41	1969	The Big Flame	Logan	50
42	1971	Male Bait		0
43	1977	Gulliver's Travels	Uncle Jack	55
44	1981	The Life and Times of David Lloyd George	Richard Lloyd	0
45	1992	The Winter Stallion	Sam	50
46	1992	The Old Devils	Old Bore	0
47	1992	Under Milk Wood	(voice) (archive sound)	40
48	1994	A Christmas Reunion	Alf Boswell	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Sam Ludlow	61
2	1955	ITV Play of the Week	Inspector Davidson	40
3	1959	One Step Beyond	Wyndham Roberts	56
4	1959	Interpol Calling	Doctor Gorman	67
5	1959	No Hiding Place		37
6	1960	Maigret	Foreman	69
7	1961	Flower of Evil		0
8	1962	Zero One		60
9	1962	The Saint	Whitey Mullins	73
10	1962	The Saint	Emrys Pugh	73
11	1964	Detective		0
12	1965	Gideon's Way	Paul Samuels	68
13	1966	King of the River	Dick Conway	0
14	1968	The Ronnie Barker Playhouse		0
15	1971	Kindly Leave The Kerb		0
16	1972	Clochemerle	Abbé Jouffe	50
17	1974	The Inheritors		0
18	1975	Sky		55
19	1978	Hawkmoor	Sir Tom	0
20	1984	The District Nurse		55
21	1994	A Mind to Kill		0