William Mervyn

William Mervyn

January 3, 1912 · 114 years old

William Mervyn Pickwoad (3 January 1912 – 6 August 1976) was an English actor best known for his portrayal of the bishop in the clerical comedy All Gas and Gaiters, the old gentleman in The Railway Children and Inspector Charles Rose in The Odd Man and its sequels. Mervyn was born in Nairobi, Briti…

Known For

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The Ruling Class

The Ruling Class

1972 · 2h 34m · Movie

A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.

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Murder Ahoy

Murder Ahoy

1964 · 1h 33m · Movie

After Miss Jane Marple is made a trustee of a merchant marine training vessel, a fellow trustee is poisoned, and ship's officers are later murdered after she comes on board.

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The Railway Children

The Railway Children

1970 · 1h 49m · Movie

After the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where during their adventures they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.

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Carry on Henry VIII

Carry on Henry VIII

1971 · 1h 29m · Movie

Henry VIII marries Marie of Normandy but struggles with her garlic consumption. He seeks to annul the marriage without angering her cousin, the French king, by finding legal grounds for the annulment to avoid political conflict.

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Carry on Again Doctor

Carry on Again Doctor

1969 · 1h 29m · Movie

Dr Nookey, disgraced, is sent to remote island hospital. Staff member Gladstone Screwer gives him secret slimming potion. Nookey flies to England for fame and fortune. Others try to cash in or bring him down.

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Carry on Follow That Camel

Carry on Follow That Camel

1967 · 1h 35m · Movie

A bogus legionnaire proves his mettle during an Arab attack.

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Circus of Horrors

Circus of Horrors

1960 · 1h 28m · Movie

Dr. Rossiter, a plastic surgeon wanted by the police, flees to France and under an assumed name acquires, by murder, a run-down circus. His first recruit is a woman criminal. He transforms her face by surgery and trains her.

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Carve Her Name with Pride

Carve Her Name with Pride

1958 · 1h 59m · Movie

During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.

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Blood Suckers

Blood Suckers

1971 · 1h 22m · Movie

Searching for a missing Oxford student in Greece, friends discover he's under a sadistic vampire's spell. They think they kill her but he's now a vampire too, unbeknownst to them.

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Salt and Pepper

Salt and Pepper

1968 · 1h 42m · Movie

An African American and a Briton, who own a nightclub in Soho, London, get mixed up in an intriguing plot when an intelligence agent is murdered in the club. Soon, they find themselves the target of a dangerous organization.

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