Actor
William Mervyn
January 3, 1912 · Nairobi, Kenya
William Mervyn Pickwoad (3 January 1912 – 6 August 1976) was an English actor best known for his portrayal of the bishop in the clerical comedy All Gas and Gaiters, the old gentleman in The Railway Children and Inspector Charles Rose in The Odd Man and its sequels.
Mervyn was born in Nairobi, British East Africa, but educated in Britain at Forest School, Snaresbrook, before embarking on a stage career, spending five years in provincial theatre. He made his West End debut in The Guinea Pig at the Criterion Theatre in 1946, before parts in plays such as Lend Me Robin at the Embassy Theatre, the comedy Ring Round the Moon, The Mortimer Touch, A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde at the Savoy Theatre in 1953 and Charley's Aunt.
Often works with
Donald Pleasence
3 titles together
Circus of Horrors, The Battle of the Sexes, Barnacle Bill
Kenneth Williams
3 titles together
Carry On Henry, Carry On Again Doctor, Follow That Camel
Charles Hawtrey
3 titles together
Carry On Henry, Carry On Again Doctor, Follow That Camel
Joan Sims
3 titles together
Carry On Henry, Carry On Again Doctor, Follow That Camel
Peter Gilmore
3 titles together
Carry On Henry, Carry On Again Doctor, Follow That Camel
Derek Nimmo
2 titles together
Murder Ahoy, Hot Enough for June
Full filmography · 57
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as Squire Alworthy
1976
The Christmas Messenger
as (voice)
1975
Up the Front
as Lord Twithampton
1972
The Ruling Class
as Sir Charles Gurney
19726.4
Carry On Henry
as Dr. Finlay
19716.1
Blood Suckers
as Marc Honeydew
19714.1
The Railway Children
as Old Gentleman
19706.7
Atlantic Wall
as Protestant Bishop, Jeff's father
19706.2
Carry On Again Doctor
as Lord Paragon
19696.1
Hammerhead
as Walter Perrin
1968
Salt & Pepper
as Prime Minister
19685.3
Follow That Camel
as Sir Cyril Ponsonby
19675.9