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Meredith Edwards is a Actor British born on 10 june 1917 at Rhosllannerchrugog (United-kingdom)

Meredith Edwards

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Birth name Gwilym Meredith Edwards
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 10 june 1917 at Rhosllannerchrugog (United-kingdom)
Death 8 february 1999 (at 81 years) at Denbighshire (United-kingdom)

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. He became an actor in 1938, first with the Welsh National Theatre Company, then the Liverpool Playhouse. He was a Christian 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), The Long Arm (1956), 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. He also played Richard Lloyd in the 1981 TV series The Life and Times of David Lloyd George.

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

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.

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Filmography of Meredith Edwards (36 films)

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The Winter Stallion
Themes Christmas films
Actors Daniel J. Travanti, Meredith Edwards, Richard Lynch, Gillian Elisa
Roles Sam
Rating56% 2.82152.82152.82152.82152.8215
Dai Davies is a Welshman running a cash-strapped farm in modern Wales and raising his orphaned granddaughter Gwen with the help of her godmother Nerys. When he dies unexpectedly, he leaves Gwen's guardianship to his estranged son Alan who returned to Wales accompanied by his stepson Cliff Dean. His return pits him against land developer Howard, and Cliff against Gwen's would-be suitor Gwilyn. As Alan and Gwen try to connect in the background of readying the farm's prize stallion Mabon for a race that could save the farm, Councilor Howard resorts to dirty tricks to try and force through the farm's sale.
Gulliver's Travels, 1h17
Directed by Peter Hunt
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Animation
Actors Richard Harris, Catherine Schell, Norman Shelley, Rod Taylor, Meredith Edwards, Michael Bates
Roles Uncle Jack
Rating54% 2.7099552.7099552.7099552.7099552.709955
Malgré une brillante carrière de chirurgien qui l'attend, Gulliver décide d'écouter son cœur et quitte sa famille et l'Angleterre, pour sillonner les mers à la découverte d'autres cultures. Durant son voyage, son navire est emporté par une terrible tempête. Seul rescapé, il échoue sur la plage d'une île habitée par un petit peuple aux grandes ambitions...
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery, 1h30
Directed by Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about education, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Frankie Howerd, Dora Bryan, George Cole, Reg Varney, Raymond Huntley, Richard Wattis
Rating58% 2.9009252.9009252.9009252.9009252.900925
"Alphonse" Askett (Frankie Howerd) is a hairdresser who is also the operational leader of a gang of crooks who are led behind the scenes by an invisible mastermind (voiced by Stratford Johns). He gives instructions to Askett about the robbery, Operation Windfall, using a variety of James Bond-like communications devices—including a converted showerhead.
Mix Me a Person, 1h56
Directed by Leslie Norman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Donald Sinden, Anne Baxter, Adam Faith, Walter Brown, Carole Ann Ford, Anthony Booth
Roles Johnson
Rating61% 3.096683.096683.096683.096683.09668
Phillip Bellamy, a leading barrister, tells his wife, psychiatrist Anne Dyson, about his most recent case defending a young layabout, Harry Jukes, who has apparently shot a policemen on a country road and been found by police still holding the gun. Bellamy is convinced of his guilt, but Anne is less sure. Much of her practice is with troubled young people and she feels there is more to the story than the police evidence.
Only Two Can Play, 1h46
Directed by Sidney Gilliat
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell, Kenneth Griffith, Raymond Huntley, David Davies
Roles Clergyman on the Committee
Rating65% 3.2918853.2918853.2918853.2918853.291885
John Lewis (Sellers) is a poorly paid and professionally frustrated Welsh librarian and occasional drama critic, whose affections fluctuate between glamorous Liz (Mai Zetterling), and his long-suffering wife Jean (Virginia Maskell).
Flame in the Streets, 1h33
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration, Théâtre, La précarité, Films based on plays
Actors John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda De Banzie, Earl Cameron, Wilfrid Brambell, Ann Lynn
Roles Harry Mitchell
Rating65% 3.290073.290073.290073.290073.29007
Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in the burgeoning West Indian community of post-war Britain. Trades Union leader Jacko Palmer fights for the rights of a black worker but struggles with the news that his own daughter, Kathie, is planning to marry a West Indian, much against his own logic and the hysterical prejudice of his wife Nell.
Doctor in Love, 1h33
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors James Robertson Justice, Michael Craig, Virginia Maskell, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Carole Lesley
Roles Father
Rating57% 2.854912.854912.854912.854912.85491
Dr Richard Hare is a recently graduated medical intern at St Swithins Hospital. When his new romantic interest, nurse Sally Nightingale, suddenly leaves the hospital, he is devastated. He also leaves after being offered a job in private practice. But when his senior partner, Dr Cardew, has to visit California for a few months, Hare is left in charge. Dr Nicola Barrington joins the practice and Hare is suddenly in love again.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde, 2h3
Directed by Ken Hughes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell, James Mason, Nigel Patrick, Lionel Jeffries, John Fraser
Roles Auctioneer
Rating70% 3.536933.536933.536933.536933.53693
Le film porte sur la période de 1892 à 1897, cinq années qui virent basculer l'existence d'Oscar Wilde. Après le triomphe de sa pièce L'Éventail de Lady Windermere, il subit deux procès dont le premier l'opposa au marquis de Queensberry, le père d'Alfred Douglas, et le second où il fut accusé d'homosexualité. Deux années de travaux forcés s'ensuivirent.
Tiger Bay
Tiger Bay (1959)
, 1h45
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills, Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Dawson, Megs Jenkins
Roles Williams
Rating74% 3.7447953.7447953.7447953.7447953.744795
In Cardiff, a young Polish sailor named Bronislav Korchinsky (Horst Buchholz) returns from his latest voyage to visit his girlfriend Anya (Yvonne Mitchell). After he finds a woman named Christine (Shari) living in her apartment, the landlord tells him that he evicted Anya and gives him her new address, which is also the home of a young girl named Gillie Evans (Hayley Mills), an orphaned tomboy who lives with her Aunt. Gillie's angelic face hides the fact that she is a habitual liar. She dearly wants a cap gun so she can play "Cowboys and Indians" with the boys in her neighbourhood. Korchinsky arrives shortly after she gets into a fight; she begins to like him as she leads him to her apartment building.
Dunkirk
Dunkirk (1958)
, 2h14
Directed by Leslie Norman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Robert Urquhart, Meredith Edwards, Bernard Cribbins
Roles Dave Bellman
Rating70% 3.5446453.5446453.5446453.5446453.544645
The film relates the story of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. It does so principally from the viewpoints of two people: a newspaper reporter and a soldier.
Law and Disorder, 1h16
Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Redgrave, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, Elizabeth Sellars, Joan Hickson, Lionel Jeffries
Roles Sergeant Bolton
Rating63% 3.1919653.1919653.1919653.1919653.191965
Percy Brand is a crook and a veteran of various cons and schemes. His success is tempered by the fact that he is regularly sent away
Escapement
Escapement (1958)

Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Crime
Actors Rod Cameron, Mary Murphy, Meredith Edwards, Peter Illing, Carl Jaffe, Kay Callard
Roles Doctor Maxwell
Rating46% 2.342522.342522.342522.342522.34252
Inquiring into the mysterious death of a Hollywood star, insurance investigator Jeff Keenan uncovers an exclusive psychiatric clinic on the French Riviera. Here, patients who want to escape the stresses of life are hypnotized, then laid out in morgue like drawers and left to dream for several weeks. It turns out that Dr. Zakon, the clinic's ex-Nazi owner, is using a "dream machine" to alter the sleepers dreams, and to impose his will on theirs.
Town on Trial, 1h35
Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates, Derek Farr, Alec McCowen, Fay Compton
Roles Police Sgt. Rogers
Rating64% 3.2486953.2486953.2486953.2486953.248695
While playing tennis at a posh club in a town near London called Oakley Park, young and flirty Molly Stevens attracts considerable interest. The men ogle her and the women detest her. She is later found dead, strangled with a stocking. The local police chief requests the help of Scotland Yard, so Detective Superintendent Mike Halloran is sent to investigate. The locals, however, resent having an outsider poking into their affairs.
Lost
Lost (1956)
, 1h29
Directed by Guy Green
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors David Farrar, Julia Arnall, Anthony Oliver, Dame Thora Hird, Eleanor Summerfield, Marjorie Rhodes
Roles Sergeant Davies
Rating63% 3.1949653.1949653.1949653.1949653.194965
US embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife discover their 18-month-old son Simon has been abducted. London Detective Inspector Craig pledges to find the child.