Meredith Edwards

Meredith Edwards

June 10, 1917 · 109 years old

Gwilym Meredith Edwards was a Welsh character actor and writer. He was born in mining village of Rhosllannerchrugog, near Wrexham, the son of a collier. He was educated at Ruabon Grammar School. He became an actor in 1938, firstly with the Welsh National Theatre Company, then the Liverpool Playhous…

Known For

11 titles
1
The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea

1953 · 2h 6m · Movie

The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.

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2
Dunkirk

Dunkirk

1958 · 2h 15m · Movie

A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany.

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3
Tiger Bay

Tiger Bay

1959 · 1h 45m · Movie

A twelve-year-old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend, but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation.

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4
The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp

1950 · 1h 24m · Movie

The daily routine of two London Policemen is interrupted by a killer.

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5
Only Two Can Play

Only Two Can Play

1962 · 1h 46m · Movie

A frustrated librarian (Sellers) in Swansea, Wales is torn between his wife Jean (Maskell) and a glamorous married woman, Liz (Zetterling), who wants to have an affair.

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6
The Trials of Oscar Wilde

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

1960 · 2h 3m · Movie

A chronicle of Oscar Wilde's libel suit against the Marquis of Queensberry and the tragic turn his life takes because of it.

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7
The Conquest of Everest

The Conquest of Everest

1953 · 1h 18m · Movie

Documentary that covers the famous and successful expedition of the Everest conquest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, the first climbers to reach its peak.

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8
Glory at Sea

Glory at Sea

1952 · 1h 40m · Movie

In 1940, the Captain of an old Royal Navy destroyer struggles with his crew, as well as the Nazis.

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9
A Run for Your Money

A Run for Your Money

1949 · 1h 23m · Movie

Brothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and various other urban distractions.

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10
The Magnet

The Magnet

1950 · 1h 19m · Movie

A boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble.

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11
Ivory Hunter

Ivory Hunter

1951 · 1h 47m · Movie

A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them. He acquires more than 1000 square miles of ...

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