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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 10, 1917
Died
February 8, 1999
Place of Birth
Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
Also Known As
- Gwilym Meredith Edwards
- Мередит Эдвардс
Meredith Edwards
0.4 Popularity
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".
Known For
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Alf Boswell
A Christmas Reunion
1994
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A Mind to Kill
1994
4.0
(voice) (archive sound)
Under Milk Wood
1992
0.0
Old Bore
The Old Devils
1992
5.0
Sam
The Winter Stallion
1992
5.5
The District Nurse
1984
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Richard Lloyd
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
🎬
0.0
Sir Tom
Hawkmoor
1978
5.5
Uncle Jack
Gulliver's Travels
1977
5.5
Sky
1975
Credits
A Christmas Reunion
as Alf Boswell
1994
6.0
A Mind to Kill
1994
0.0
Under Milk Wood
as (voice) (archive sound)
1992
4.0
The Old Devils
as Old Bore
1992
0.0
The Winter Stallion
as Sam
1992
5.0
The District Nurse
1984
5.5
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Richard Lloyd
1981
0.0
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Hawkmoor
as Sir Tom
1978
0.0
Gulliver's Travels
as Uncle Jack
1977
5.5
Sky
1975
5.5
🎬
The Inheritors
as Meirion Ryder
1974
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Male Bait
1971
0.0
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Kindly Leave The Kerb
1971
0.0
The Big Flame
as Logan
1969
5.0
🎬
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
as The Policeman
1968
0.0
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King of the River
as Dick Conway
1966
0.0
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
1966
6.1
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
as Roland Sloane
1965
0.0
Gideon's Way
as Paul Samuels
1965
6.8
The Wednesday Play
as Roland Sloane
1964
4.5
Detective
1964
0.0
This Is My Street
as Steve
1964
5.6
The Saint
as Whitey Mullins
1962
7.4
The Saint
as Emrys Pugh
1962
7.4
Zero One
1962
6.0
Only Two Can Play
as Clergyman on the Committee
1962
5.8
Flower of Evil
1961
0.0
Flame in the Streets
as Harry Mitchell
1961
5.9
Maigret
as Foreman
1960
7.2
Doctor in Love
as Parker
1960
5.2
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
as Auctioneer
1960
6.2
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
Interpol Calling
as Doctor Gorman
1959
6.7
Tiger Bay
as Williams
1959
7.2
One Step Beyond
as Wyndham Roberts
1959
5.6
Law and Disorder
as Sergeant Bolton
1958
6.2
Dunkirk
as Dave Bellman
1958
6.8
Escapement
as Doctor Maxwell
1958
4.1
Town on Trial
as Police Sgt. Rogers
1957
6.5
Circus Friends
as Farmer Beasley
1956
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The Long Arm
as Mr. Thomas
1956
6.9
Lost
as Sergeant Davies
1956
7.0
🎬
North to Wales
as Commentator
1956
0.0
Peril for the Guy
as Police Constable Durrant
1956
6.5
ITV Play of the Week
as Inspector Davidson
1955
4.0
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sam Ludlow
1955
6.3
Mask of Dust
as Laurence Gibson
1954
4.0
Mad About Men
as Police Constable (uncredited)
1954
6.4
Mad About Men
as Police Constable
1954
6.4
To Dorothy, a Son
as Carter
1954
5.6
Final Appointment
as George Henry Martin
1954
5.5
Burnt Evidence
as Bob Edwards
1954
5.5
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Devil on Horseback
as Ted Fellowes
1954
5.0
Meet Mr. Malcolm
as Whistler Grant
1954
5.2
The Conquest of Everest
as Narrator
1953
7.2
A Day to Remember
as Bert Tripp
1953
6.9
The Cruel Sea
as Yeoman Wells
1953
6.9
The Great Game
as Skid Evans
1953
6.0
The Gambler and the Lady
as Dave Davies
1952
5.2
Gift Horse
as Jones
1952
6.6
The Last Page
as Inspector Dale
1952
5.7
Girdle of Gold
as Griffiths the Hearse
1952
7.7
Where No Vultures Fly
as Gwyl
1951
5.6
The Lavender Hill Mob
as P. C. Williams
1951
7.2
There Is Another Sun
as Detective Sergeant Bratcher
1951
6.0
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Midnight Episode
1950
0.0
The Magnet
as Harper
1950
6.3
The Blue Lamp
as PC 'Taff' Hughes
1950
6.6
A Run for Your Money
as Thomas 'Twm' Jones
1949
6.0