Meredith Edwards (actor)

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Meredith Edwards
Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
Died	8 February 1999(1999-02-08) (aged 81) Denbighshire, Wales, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1949–1997
Spouse	Daisy Clark (1942–1999) (his death)^[1]
Children	3

Gwilym Meredith Edwards (10 June 1917 – 8 February 1999) was a Welsh character actor and writer.^[2]

He was born in

Second World War, serving in the Non-Combatant Corps, before being seconded to the National Fire Service in Liverpool and London.^[1]

Edwards' film appearances include

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).^[3] 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.^[4] He also played Thomas Charles Edwards in the 1978 BBC drama series Off to Philadelphia in the Morning and Richard Lloyd in the 1981 TV series The Life and Times of David Lloyd George.^[5]

A

Gorsedd of Bards.^[6]

He married Daisy Clark in 1942. They had two sons and a daughter.[1] He is the father of actor Ioan Meredith and the grandfather of actors Ifan Meredith and Rhys Meredith.

Partial filmography

A Run for Your Money (1949) – Twm
The Blue Lamp (1950) – PC Hughes
The Magnet (1950) – Harper
Midnight Episode (1950) – Detective Sergeant Taylor
There Is Another Sun (1951) – Bratcher
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) – P.C. Williams
Where No Vultures Fly (1951) – Gwyl Davis
The Last Page (1952) – Inspector Dale
Gift Horse (1952) – Jones
The Gambler and the Lady (1952) – Dave Davies
Girdle of Gold (1952) – Griffiths the Hearse
The Great Game (1953) – Skid Evans
The Cruel Sea (1953) – Yeoman Wells
A Day to Remember (1953) – Bert Tripp
Meet Mr. Malcolm (1954) – Whistler Grant
Devil on Horseback (1954) – Ted Fellowes
Final Appointment (1954) – Tom Martin
To Dorothy a Son (1954) – Carter
Mad About Men (1954) – Police Constable (uncredited)
Mask of Dust (1954) – Laurence Gibson
Burnt Evidence (1954) – Police Inspector Bob Edwards
Lost (1956) – Sgt. Davies
The Long Arm (1956) – Mr. Thomas
Town on Trial (1957) – Sgt. Rogers
Escapement (1958) – Dr. Phillip Maxwell
Dunkirk (1958) – Dave Bellman
Law and Disorder (1958) – Sergeant Bolton
Tiger Bay (1959) – P.C. Williams
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) – Auctioneer
Doctor in Love (1960) – Father
Flame in the Streets (1961) – Harry Mitchell
Only Two Can Play (1962) – Clergyman on the Committee
Mix Me a Person (1962) – Johnson
This Is My Street (1964) – Steve
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
(1966) – Chairman
Gulliver's Travels (1977) – Uncle

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Stephens, Meic (15 February 1999). "Obituary: Meredith Edwards". The Independent. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
^ "Meredith Edwards". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.
^ "Meredith Edwards movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography". AllMovie.
^ "Meredith Edwards". aveleyman.com.
^ "BBC Two – The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, Don't Try, Do It..." BBC.
^ Honorary degrees – 1997 Times Higher Education

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