Meredith Edwards (actor)

For other people named Meredith Edwards, see Meredith Edwards (disambiguation).

Meredith Edwards
Born	Gwilym Meredith Edwards 10 June 1917 Rhosllannerchrugog, Wales, UK
Died	8 February 1999 (aged 81) Denbighshire, Wales, UK
Occupation	Actor

Gwilym Meredith Edwards (10 June 1917 - 8 February 1999) was a Welsh character actor and writer.

He was born in Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, the son of a collier.^[1] He became an actor in 1938, first with the Welsh National Theatre Company, then the Liverpool Playhouse.^[1] He was a conscientious objector in the Second World War, serving in the Non-Combatant Corps, before being seconded to the National Fire Service in Liverpool and London. 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), 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.

A Welsh nationalist and Welsh speaker, he stood as Plaid Cymru candidate for Denbigh in the 1966 general election.^[1] He was awarded an honourary degree in 1997 by the University of Wales, and was a member of the Gorsedd of the Bard.^[2]

He married Daisy Clark in 1942. They had two sons and a daughter. 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)
• The Blue Lamp (1950)
• The Magnet (1950)
• There Is Another Sun (1951)
• The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
• Where No Vultures Fly (1951)
• The Last Page (1952)
• The Great Game (1953)
• The Cruel Sea (1953)
• A Day to Remember (1953)
• Burnt Evidence (1954)
• Final Appointment (1954)
• To Dorothy a Son (1954)
• Mask of Dust (1954)
• Lost (1956)
• Town on Trial (1957)
• Dunkirk (1958)
• Law and Disorder (1958)
• Tiger Bay (1959)
• Doctor in Love (1960)
• Flame in the Streets (1961)
• Only Two Can Play (1962)
• Mix Me a Person (1962)
• This Is My Street (1964)
• The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
• Gulliver's Travels (1977)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Meic Stephens (15 February 1999). "Obituary: Meredith Edwards". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-meredith-edwards-1071003.html. Retrieved 28 February 2009. 
2. ^ Honorary degrees - 1997 Times Higher Education

External links

• Meredith Edwards at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Edwards, Meredith
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Date of birth	10 June 1917
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Date of death	8 February 1999
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