George Merritt: movies and TV shows
George Merritt has 119 credits in the archive: 105 films and 14 TV series, from 1930 to 1975. Highest rated: The Avengers (7.8/10).
Career timeline
1930 – 1975 · busiest year: 1942 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | King Lear | Old Man | Film | 10.0 | 84 |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Ketterl | TV | 7.0 | 83 |
| 1973 | Gawain and the Green Knight | Old Knight | Film | 5.0 | 82 |
| 1971 | The Persuaders! | Chivers | TV | 7.6 | 80 |
| 1971 | I, Monster | Poole | Film | 5.5 | 80 |
| 1970 | Cromwell | William | Film | 6.6 | 79 |
| 1970 | The Creeper | Holmes | Film | — | 79 |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Civilian (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 78 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Holmes | TV | 7.0 | 76 |
| 1967 | The Prisoner | Postman | TV | 7.7 | 76 |
| 1967 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Mr. Dykes | TV | — | 76 |
| 1965 | Gideon's Way | TV | 7.0 | 74 | |
| 1965 | Gideon's Way | The Janitor | TV | 7.0 | 74 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Mr. Scruple | TV | 5.3 | 74 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Old Man | TV | 5.3 | 74 |
| 1962 | What Every Woman Wants | Maxwell | Film | 9.0 | 71 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | James | TV | 7.8 | 70 |
| 1961 | The Day the Earth Caught Fire | Smudge (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1960 | The Hands of Orlac | 2nd Member | Film | 4.4 | 69 |
| 1960 | The Hands of Orlac | 2nd Member (uncredited) | Film | 4.4 | 69 |
| 1960 | The Full Treatment | Mr. Manfield | Film | 6.2 | 69 |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | TV | 4.8 | 68 | |
| 1958 | Dracula | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 67 |
| 1958 | Tread Softly Stranger | Timekeeper | Film | 7.4 | 67 |
| 1957 | Theatre Night | Lerminier | TV | — | 66 |
| 1957 | Quatermass 2 | Super | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | Lloyd | TV | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Bob Gowling | TV | 6.0 | 65 |
| 1954 | The End of the Road | Timekeeper | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1954 | The Night of the Full Moon | Charlie | Film | — | 63 |
| 1953 | Noose for a Lady | Sergeant Frost | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1953 | Small Town Story | Michael Collins | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 1951 | Pool of London | Captain of Dunbar (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1950 | Something in the City | Police Inspector | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1949 | Marry Me | Gazette Editor (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 1949 | Dark Secret | Mr. Lumley | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1948 | Quartet | Prison Officer (segment "The Kite") | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1948 | Good-Time Girl | Police Sergeant | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1948 | My Brother's Keeper | Constable | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1948 | Love in Waiting | James Hartley Pepperfield | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1948 | Daughter of Darkness | Constable | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1947 | The Man Within | Hilliard | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1947 | The Upturned Glass | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1947 | The Root of All Evil | Landlord | Film | 7.4 | 56 |
| 1946 | Quiet Weekend | Police Sergeant | Film | 5.2 | 55 |
| 1946 | I'll Turn to You | Cecil Joy | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1946 | The Voice Within | McDonnell | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1945 | I'll Be Your Sweetheart | T.P. O'Connor | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1945 | Waterloo Road | Film | 6.1 | 54 | |
| 1945 | For You Alone | Police Constable Blundell | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1944 | Demobbed | James Bentley | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1944 | A Canterbury Tale | Ned Horton | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1944 | The Way Ahead | Sergeant Major (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1944 | Love Story | Telephone Engineer | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1944 | Don't Take It to Heart | Landlord | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1944 | Give Us the Moon | Film | 6.9 | 53 | |
| 1943 | Undercover | A Yugoslav General | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1943 | I'll Walk Beside You | Hancock | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1943 | Escape to Danger | Works Manager | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1942 | They Flew Alone | Reporter | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1942 | Breach of Promise | Professor Beaver | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1942 | The Black Sheep of Whitehall | Station Master | Film | 8.2 | 51 |
| 1942 | The Day Will Dawn | German Trawler Captain | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1942 | Hatter's Castle | Gibson | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1942 | Back-Room Boy | Uncle | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1942 | Let the People Sing | Police Sergeant | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1942 | The Big Blockade | German: German Shelter Marshal | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1941 | The Ghost Train | Inspector | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1941 | Ships with Wings | Surgeon Comdr. | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1941 | Gasbags | German General | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1940 | They Came by Night | Inspector Metcalfe | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1940 | The Case of the Frightened Lady | Det. Inspector Tanner | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1940 | The Proud Valley | Mr. Lewis | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1940 | A Window in London | Manager | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1940 | Now You're Talking | Fred Perkins | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1940 | Spare a Copper | Brewster | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1940 | Meet Maxwell Archer | Insp. Cornell | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1939 | Q Planes | Mr. Barrett | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1939 | The Four Just Men | Inspector Falmouth | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1939 | Young Man's Fancy | Park Constable (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1938 | The Gaunt Stranger | Police Station Sergeant | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1938 | Convict 99 | Patrolman | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1938 | Mr. Reeder in Room 13 | Bert Stevens, club porter | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1938 | They Drive by Night | Detective (Uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1937 | Young and Innocent | Det. Sgt. Miller | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1937 | Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel | Chief of Police | Film | 4.4 | 46 |
| 1937 | The Rat | Pierre Verdier | Film | 8.1 | 46 |
| 1937 | The Wife of General Ling | Police Commissioner | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1937 | Doctor Syn | Mipps the Coffin Maker | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1937 | The Vulture | Spicer | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1937 | The Compulsory Wife | Mr. Thackery | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1936 | Rembrandt | Church Warden (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1936 | The Man Behind the Mask | Det. Insp. Mallory | Film | 5.3 | 45 |
| 1936 | Prison Breaker | Goldring | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1936 | Windbag the Sailor | Officer on Yacht | Film | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1936 | Everything Is Thunder | Webber | Film | 5.6 | 45 |
| 1936 | Dusty Ermine | Police constable | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1936 | Educated Evans | Joe Markham | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 1935 | Emil and the Detectives | PC | Film | 5.5 | 44 |
| 1935 | Brown on Resolution | William Brown | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1935 | Crime Unlimited | Detective Inspector Cardby | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1935 | Drake of England | Tom Moore | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1935 | Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk | Pat O'Connor | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1935 | Me and Marlborough | Harley | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 1934 | My Song for You | Otto Newberg | Film | 4.8 | 43 |
| 1934 | The Silver Spoon | Inspector Innes | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1934 | The Fire Raisers | Sonners | Film | 5.6 | 43 |
| 1934 | No Escape | Inspector Matheson | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1933 | I Was a Spy | Captain Reichman | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1933 | The Ghost Camera | Police Detective | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1933 | Little Fella | Detective | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1933 | Crime on the Hill | Insp. Wolf | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1933 | F.P.1 | Lubin | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1932 | The Lodger | Commissioner | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1931 | Bracelets | Director | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1931 | Dreyfus | Émile Zola | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1931 | A Gentleman of Paris | M. Duval | Film | 4.3 | 40 |
| 1930 | The W Plan | Ulrich Muller | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1930 | Thread o' Scarlet | Butters | Film | 9.0 | 39 |