Meredith Edwards

Birthday:
06/10/1917
Place of birth:
Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, UK:
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".

Credits

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

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