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Frederick George Merritt was an English theatre, film and television actor, often in authoritarian roles. He studied German theatre in Magdeburg, Germany, and taught at the Berlitz School at the outbreak of the First World War, when he was held as a British Civil Prisoner of War, and interned at Ruhleben, 1914–1918. He was involved in over 50 plays at Ruhleben. He lived for many years in Lissenden Gardens, Parliament Hill, north west London.
Birth Name
Hubert Gotts
Born
Wednesday, 10 December 1890
Died
Saturday, 27 August 1977
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Fall of Eagles | Ketterl | 1974 |
Gawain and the Green Knight | Old Knight | 1973 |
The Edwardians | Old Man | 1972 |
I, Monster | Poole | 1971 |
The Persuaders! | Chivers | 1971 |
Cromwell | William | 1970 |
Sophie's Place | 1st Old Man | 1969 |
The First Churchills | Bishop Compton | 1969 |
The Battle of Britain | Civilian | 1969 |
Doctor in the House | Deaf Examiner | 1969 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Fall of Eagles | Ketterl | 1974 |
Gawain and the Green Knight | Old Knight | 1973 |
The Edwardians | Old Man | 1972 |
I, Monster | Poole | 1971 |
The Persuaders! | Chivers | 1971 |
Cromwell | William | 1970 |
Sophie's Place | 1st Old Man | 1969 |
The First Churchills | Bishop Compton | 1969 |
The Battle of Britain | Civilian | 1969 |
Doctor in the House | Deaf Examiner | 1969 |
ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Aitkin | 1969 |
ITV Playhouse | Holmes | 1967 |
The Prisoner | Postman | 1967 |
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers | Executioner | 1967 |
The Forsyte Saga | Wilfred Bentworth | 1967 |
BBC Play of the Month | Old man / Mr. Scruple | 1965 |
Contract to Kill | Alois Buhler | 1965 |
Gideon C.I.D. | The Janitor | 1964 |
The Day the Earth Caught Fire | Smudge | 1961 |
The Avengers | James | 1961 |
The Cheaters | Miller | 1960 |
The Hands of Orlac | 2nd Member | 1960 |
Stop Me Before I Kill! | Mr. Manfield / Doctor Manfield | 1960 |
No Hiding Place | Jem | 1959 |
Tread Softly Stranger | Timekeeper | 1958 |
Horror of Dracula | Policeman | 1958 |
Quatermass 2 | Super | 1957 |
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | Lloyd | 1956 |
Armchair Theatre | Bob Gowling | 1956 |
ITV Television Playhouse | Chambers | 1955 |
The Green Scarf | Advocate General | 1954 |
Night of the Silvery Moon | Charlie | 1954 |
Small Town Story | Michael Collins | 1953 |
Noose for a Lady | Sergeant Frost | 1953 |
Pool of London | Captain of Dunbar | 1951 |
Mr Drake's Duck | Home Secretary | 1951 |
Something in the City | Police Inspector | 1950 |
Dark Secret | Mr. Lumley | 1949 |
Marry Me | Gazette Editor | 1949 |
For Them That Trespass | Engine driver | 1949 |
Quartet | Prison Officer (segment "The Kite") | 1948 |
Love in Waiting | James Hartley Pepperfield | 1948 |
My Brother's Keeper | Constable | 1948 |
Calling Paul Temple | Ticket Inspector | 1948 |
Good-Time Girl | Police Sergeant | 1948 |
Daybreak | Prison Warder | 1948 |
Escape | Chief Prison Guard | 1948 |
Daughter of Darkness | Constable | 1948 |
The Upturned Glass | Policeman | 1947 |
The Smugglers | Hilliard | 1947 |
The Root of All Evil | Landlord | 1947 |
Quiet Weekend | Police Sergeant | 1946 |
I'll Turn to You | Cecil Joy | 1946 |
The Voice Within | McDonnell | 1946 |
Home Sweet Home | Dr. Handy | 1945 |
Don Chicago | 1945 | |
I'll Be Your Sweetheart | T.P. O'Connor | 1945 |
Waterloo Road | Air Raid Warden | 1945 |
A Lady Surrenders | Telephone Engineer | 1944 |
Don't Take It to Heart! | Landlord | 1944 |
A Canterbury Tale | Ned Horton | 1944 |
Give Us the Moon | Bailiff | 1944 |
Demobbed | James Bentley | 1944 |
The Way Ahead | The Sergeant-Major | 1944 |
Escape to Danger | Works Manager | 1943 |
The Adventures of Tartu | Agent | 1943 |
I'll Walk Beside You | Hancock | 1943 |
Underground Guerrillas | A Yugoslav General | 1943 |
Variety Jubilee | Music Hall Chairman | 1943 |
Women Aren't Angels | Boxer | 1943 |
Asking for Trouble | Charlie - Police Sergeant | 1942 |
Alibi | Bourdille | 1942 |
Let the People Sing | Police Sergeant | 1942 |
Wings and the Woman | Reporter | 1942 |
The Avengers | German Trawler Captain | 1942 |
Day Will Dawn, The | German Trawler Captain | 1942 |
Adventure in Blackmail | Professor Beaver | 1942 |
Back-Room Boy | Uncle | 1942 |
Black Sheep of Whitehall | Station Master | 1942 |
A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle | Gibson | 1942 |
The Big Blockade | German: German Shelter Marshal | 1942 |
Ships with Wings | Surgeon Comdr. | 1941 |
He Found a Star | Max Nagel | 1941 |
The Ghost Train | Inspector | 1941 |
Gasbags | German General | 1941 |
Spare a Copper | Brewster | 1940 |
Two for Danger | Inspector Canway | 1940 |
The Frightened Lady | Det. Inspector Tanner / Chief Inspector William Tanner | 1940 |
Lady in Distress | Manager | 1940 |
They Came by Night | Inspector Metcalfe | 1940 |
The Proud Valley | Mr. Lewis | 1940 |
Maxwell Archer, Detective | Insp. Cornell | 1940 |
All at Sea | Bull | 1940 |
Young Man's Fancy | Park Constable | 1939 |
The Secret Four | Inspector Falmouth | 1939 |
Q Planes | Barrett / Mr. Barrett | 1939 |
Wanted by Scotland Yard | Charlie | 1939 |
They Drive by Night | Detective | 1938 |
The Phantom Strikes | Police Station Sergeant | 1938 |
Convict 99 | Policeman Outside Bank | 1938 |
Mystery of Room 13 | Bert Stevens, club porter | 1938 |
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel | Chief of Police | 1937 |
The Rat | Pierre Verdier | 1937 |
Young and Innocent | Det. Sgt. Miller | 1937 |
Rhythm Racketeer | Inspector Hunt | 1937 |
Doctor Syn | Mipps the Coffin Maker | 1937 |
The Compulsory Wife | Mr. Thackery | 1937 |
The Vicar of Bray | Oliver Cromwell | 1937 |
Wife of General Ling | Police Commissioner | 1937 |
Spy of Napoleon | The Prussian Consul | 1937 |
Love in Exile | Capt. Mackenzie | 1936 |
Windbag the Sailor | Officer on Yacht | 1936 |
Rembrandt | Church Warden | 1936 |
Everything Is Thunder | Webber | 1936 |
Hideout in the Alps | 1936 | |
Educated Evans | Joe Markham | 1936 |
Love at Sea | Inspector | 1936 |
The Man Behind the Mask | Det. Insp. Mallory | 1936 |
Ticket of Leave | Inspector Black | 1936 |
Prison Breaker | Goldring | 1936 |
Born for Glory | William Brown | 1935 |
Crime Unlimited | Detective Inspector Cardby | 1935 |
Ten Minute Alibi | Inspector Pember | 1935 |
Me and Marlborough | Harley | 1935 |
Emil and the Detectives | PC | 1935 |
Drake the Pirate | Tom Moore / Tom Moone | 1935 |
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk | Pat O'Connor | 1935 |
Line Engaged | Sgt. Thomas | 1935 |
No Escape | Inspector Matheson | 1934 |
Power | Bilfinger | 1934 |
Nine Forty-Five | Inspector Dickson | 1934 |
A Song for You | Otto Newberg | 1934 |
The Silver Spoon | Inspector Innes | 1934 |
The Fire Raisers | Sonners | 1934 |
Crime on the Hill | Police Inspector Wolf / Insp. Wolf | 1933 |
I Was a Spy | Captain Reichman | 1933 |
F. P. 1 Doesn't Answer | Lubin | 1933 |
Money for Speed | 1933 | |
Little Fella | Detective | 1933 |
The Ghost Camera | Police Detective / Detective | 1933 |
Mr. Quincey of Monte Carlo | Inspector | 1933 |
The Phantom Fiend | Commissioner | 1932 |
A Gentleman of Paris | M. Duval | 1931 |
The Dreyfus Case | Émile Zola | 1931 |
The W Plan | Ulrich Muller | 1930 |