Philip Merivale
Philip Merivale (2 November 1886, Rehutia, Manickpur, India – 12 March 1946, Los Angeles, California, United States) was an English film and stage actor and screenwriter.
Biography
Merivale was born to railway engineer Walter Merivale (1855–1902) and Emma Magdalene ("Maggie"; née Pittman, 1854–1940); his father's profession meant the family lived in India, Costa Rica, and Barbados (where he was Manager of the Barbados Railway) before settling at Chiswick. Philip's sister, Dorothea, was married to the civil servant Sir Henry Bunbury, Accountant-General of the Post Office.[1][2][3]
Merivale was a respected stage actor who entered the cinema during the silent era. Merivale appeared in twenty films and also scripted one. He died from a heart ailment aged 59.
He was twice married:
- the actress Viva Birkett (died 1934); (four children, including a son, the actor John Merivale)
- the actress Gladys Cooper (30 April 1937 – 12 March 1946).
Broadway roles
- Pygmalion (1914) - Henry Higgins
- Pollyanna (1916) - Pendleton
- Mary of Scotland (1933) - James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
- Valley Forge (1934) - George Washington
Filmography
- Trilby (1914) - Taffy Wynne
- Whispering Shadows (1921) - Stephen Pryde
- I Love You Wednesday (1933) - (uncredited)
- Give Us This Night (1936) - Marcello Bonelli
- All In (1936, Writer)
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) - Mr. Ashley Custer
- Rage in Heaven (1941) - Mr. Higgins
- Pacific Blackout (1941) - John Runnel
- Lady for a Night (1942) - Stephen Alderson
- This Above All (1942) - Dr. Roger Cathaway
- Crossroads (1942) - Commissaire
- Hangmen Also Die! (1943) - Policeman (uncredited)
- This Land Is Mine (1943) - Professor Sorel
- Lost Angel (1943) - Professor Peter Vincent
- The Hour Before the Dawn (1944) - Sir Leslie Buchanon
- Nothing But Trouble (1944) - Prince Saul
- Tonight and Every Night (1945) - Reverend Gerald Lundy
- Adventure (1945) - Old Ramon Estado
- The Stranger (1946) - Judge Adam Longstreet
- Sister Kenny (1946) - Dr. Brack (final film role)
References
- United States of America Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 87th Congress, First Session, vol. 107, part 9, United States Government Printing Office (Washington), 1961, p. 12008
- http://www.turtlebunbury.com/family/bunburyfamily_bunburys/bunbury_family_bunburys_johnstown.html
- https://archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repositories/2/resources/2982
External links
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- Philip Merivale on IMDb
- Philip Merivale at the Internet Broadway Database
- Philip Merivale at Find a Grave