George M. Merrick

George Martin Merrick (February 2, 1883 - December 16, 1964) was an American writer of the Frank Buck serial Jungle Menace.^[1]

Early life

George Merrick was the son of Michael Merrick, a French-born laborer (in the 1900 US census), and Mary Merrick, a Canadian immigrant.

Career

Merrick wrote, directed and produced many movies, among them:^[2]

• The Revenge of Tarzan (1920) co-director
• Rough Riding Ranger (1935) producer, writer
• Pals of the Range (1935) producer, co-writer
• Cyclone of the Saddle (1935) producer, co-writer
• Custer's Last Stand (1936) serial; editor
• The Mysterious Pilot (1937) serial; writer
• The Secret of Treasure Island (1938) serial; producer, writer
• Secrets of a Model (1940) editor
• City of Missing Girls (1941) producer
• I'll Sell My Life (1941) producer
• Miss V from Moscow (1942) producer
• A Yank in Libya (1942) producer
• The Dawn Express (1942) producer
• Submarine Base
  (1943) writer
• Shake Hands with Murder (1944)
• Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944)
• The White Gorilla (1945) producer
• Swing, Cowboy, Swing (1946)

Work with Frank Buck

In 1937, Merrick was a writer of the Frank Buck serial Jungle Menace, and film editor of Buck's 1944 movie Tiger Fangs.

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