Meredith Edwards
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-06-10
Day of Death
1999-02-08 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
Meredith Edwards
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".
Acting
(1994)
A Christmas Reunion
as Alf Boswell
(1992)
The Old Devils
as Old Bore
(1992)
The Winter Stallion
as Sam
(1992)
Under Milk Wood
as (voice) (archive sound)
(1981)
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Richard Lloyd
(1977)
Gulliver's Travels
as Uncle Jack
(1971)
(1969)
The Big Flame
as Logan
(1966)
(1965)
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
as Roland Sloane
(1964)
This Is My Street
as Steve
(1962)
Only Two Can Play
as Clergyman on the Committee
(1961)
Flame in the Streets
as Harry Mitchell
(1960)
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
as Auctioneer
(1960)
Doctor in Love
as Father
(1959)
Tiger Bay
as Williams
(1958)
Dunkirk
as Dave Bellman
(1958)
Law and Disorder
as Sergeant Bolton
(1958)
Escapement
as Doctor Maxwell
(1957)
Town on Trial
as Police Sgt. Rogers
(1956)
The Long Arm
as Mr. Thomas
(1956)
Lost
as Sergeant Davies
(1956)
Peril for the Guy
as Police Constable Durrant
(1956)
North to Wales
as Commentator
(1956)
Circus Friends
as Farmer Beasley
(1954)
Mask of Dust
as Laurence Gibson
(1954)
Mad About Men
as Police Constable (uncredited)
(1954)
Mad About Men
as Police Constable
(1954)
Burnt Evidence
as Bob Edwards
(1954)
To Dorothy, a Son
as Carter
(1954)
Meet Mr. Malcolm
as Whistler Grant
(1954)
Final Appointment
as George Henry Martin
(1954)
Devil on Horseback
as Ted Fellowes
(1953)
The Cruel Sea
as Yeoman Wells
(1953)
The Conquest of Everest
as Narrator
(1953)
The Great Game
as Skid Evans
(1953)
A Day to Remember
as Bert Tripp
(1952)
Gift Horse
as Jones
(1952)
The Last Page
as Inspector Dale
(1952)
The Gambler and the Lady
as Dave Davies
(1952)
Girdle of Gold
as Griffiths the Hearse
(1951)
The Lavender Hill Mob
as P. C. Williams
(1951)
There Is Another Sun
as Detective Sergeant Bratcher
(1951)
Where No Vultures Fly
as Gwyl
(1950)
The Blue Lamp
as PC 'Taff' Hughes
(1950)
The Magnet
as Harper
(1950)
(1949)
A Run for Your Money
as Thomas 'Twm' Jones