Meredith Edwards (actor) - Revision history

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	\| birth_name = Gwilym Meredith Edwards		\| birth_name = Gwilym Meredith Edwards
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	\| name = Meredith Edwards		\| name = Meredith Edwards
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	\| birth_name = Gwilym Meredith Edwards		\| birth_name = Gwilym Meredith Edwards
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=y\|1917\|6\|10}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=y\|1917\|6\|10}}
	\| birth_place = [[Rhosllannerchrugog]], [[Denbighshire (historic)\|Denbighshire]], [[Wales]], UK		\| birth_place = [[w:Rhosllannerchrugog\|Rhosllannerchrugog]], [[w:Denbighshire (historic)\|Denbighshire]], [[w:Wales\|Wales]], UK
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	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| yearsactive = 1949–1997		\| yearsactive = 1949–1997
	\| spouse = Daisy Clark ~~(1942–1999) (his death)~~<ref name=obit/>		\| spouse = {{marriage\|Daisy Clark\|1942\|1999}}<ref name=obit/>
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	\| children = 3		\| children = 3
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{{Short description|Welsh actor}}
{{other people|Meredith Edwards}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Meredith Edwards
| image = Actor_Meredith_Edwards.jpg
| caption = in ''[[A Run for Your Money]]'' (1949)
| birth_name = Gwilym Meredith Edwards
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1917|6|10}}
| birth_place = [[Rhosllannerchrugog]], [[Denbighshire (historic)|Denbighshire]], [[Wales]], UK
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1999|2|8|1917|6|10}}
| death_place = [[Denbighshire]], [[Wales]], UK
| restingplace =
| othername =
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1949–1997
| spouse = Daisy Clark (1942–1999) (his death)<ref name=obit/>
| partner =
| children = 3
}}

'''Gwilym Meredith Edwards''' (10 June 1917 – 8 February 1999) was a Welsh [[character actor]] and writer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f93e422|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714094704/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f93e422|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-14|title=Meredith Edwards|work=BFI}}</ref>

He was born in [[Rhosllannerchrugog]], [[Denbighshire (historic)|Denbighshire]], [[Wales]], the son of a [[Coal mining|collier]], and attended [[Ruabon Grammar School|Ruabon Boys' Grammar School]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-meredith-edwards-1071003.html |title=Obituary: Meredith Edwards |last=Stephens |first=Meic |authorlink=Meic Stephens |work=[[The Independent]] |date=15 February 1999 |accessdate=28 February 2009}}</ref> He became an actor in 1938, first with the Welsh National Theatre Company, then the [[Liverpool Playhouse]].<ref name=obit/> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-meredith-edwards-1071003.html|title = Obituary: Meredith Edwards|date = 22 October 2011}}</ref> His film appearances include ''[[A Run for Your Money]]'' (1949), ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'' (1950), ''[[The Magnet (1950 film)|The Magnet]]'' (1950), ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]'' (1951), ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'' (1953), ''[[The Great Game (1953 film)|The Great Game]]'' (1953), ''[[The Long Arm (film)|The Long Arm]]'' (1956), ''[[Dunkirk (1958 film)|Dunkirk]]'' (1958) and ''[[Tiger Bay (1959 film)|Tiger Bay]]'' (1959).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/meredith-edwards-p21272|title=Meredith Edwards movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography |work=AllMovie}}</ref> 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 (TV serial)|Sky]]'' in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=50105|title=Meredith Edwards|publisher=aveleyman.com}}</ref> He also played [[Thomas Charles Edwards]] in the 1978 [[BBC]] drama series ''[[Off to Philadelphia in the Morning (TV series)|Off to Philadelphia in the Morning]]'' and Richard Lloyd in the 1981 TV series ''[[The Life and Times of David Lloyd George]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00k1wjn|title=BBC Two – The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, Don't Try, Do It...|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

A Welsh nationalist and [[Welsh language|Welsh]] speaker, he stood as [[Plaid Cymru]] candidate for [[Denbigh (UK Parliament constituency)|Denbigh]] in the [[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966 general election]].<ref name=obit/> He was awarded an honorary degree in 1997 by the University of Wales, and was a member of the [[Gorsedd of Bards]].<ref>[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=100460&sectioncode=26 Honorary degrees – 1997] Times Higher Education</ref>

He married Daisy Clark in 1942. They had two sons and a daughter.<ref name=obit/> He is the father of actor [[Ioan Meredith]] and the grandfather of actors [[Ifan Meredith]] and Rhys Meredith.

==Partial filmography==
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* ''[[A Run for Your Money]]'' (1949) – Twm
* ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'' (1950) – PC Hughes
* ''[[The Magnet (film)|The Magnet]]'' (1950) – Harper
* ''[[Midnight Episode]]'' (1950) – Detective Sergeant Taylor
* ''[[There Is Another Sun]]'' (1951) – Bratcher
* ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]'' (1951) – P.C. Williams
* ''[[Where No Vultures Fly]]'' (1951) – Gwyl Davis
* ''[[The Last Page]]'' (1952) – Inspector Dale
* ''[[Gift Horse (film)|Gift Horse]]'' (1952) – Jones
* ''[[The Gambler and the Lady]]'' (1952) – Dave Davies
* ''[[Girdle of Gold]]'' (1952) – Griffiths the Hearse
* ''[[The Great Game (1953 film)|The Great Game]]'' (1953) – Skid Evans
* ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'' (1953) – Yeoman Wells
* ''[[A Day to Remember (1953 film)|A Day to Remember]]'' (1953) – Bert Tripp
* ''[[Meet Mr. Malcolm]]'' (1954) – Whistler Grant
* ''[[Devil on Horseback]]'' (1954) – Ted Fellowes
* ''[[Final Appointment]]'' (1954) – Tom Martin
* ''[[To Dorothy a Son]]'' (1954) – Carter
* ''[[Mad About Men]]'' (1954) – Police Constable (uncredited)
* ''[[Mask of Dust]]'' (1954) – Laurence Gibson
* ''[[Burnt Evidence]]'' (1954) – Police Inspector Bob Edwards
* ''[[Lost (1956 film)|Lost]]'' (1956) – Sgt. Davies
* ''[[The Long Arm (film)|The Long Arm]]'' (1956) – Mr. Thomas
* ''[[Town on Trial]]'' (1957) – Sgt. Rogers
* ''[[Escapement (film)|Escapement]]'' (1958) – Dr. Phillip Maxwell
* ''[[Dunkirk (1958 film)|Dunkirk]]'' (1958) – Dave Bellman
* ''[[Law and Disorder (1958 film)|Law and Disorder]]'' (1958) – Sergeant Bolton
* ''[[Tiger Bay (1959 film)|Tiger Bay]]'' (1959) – P.C. Williams
* ''[[The Trials of Oscar Wilde]]'' (1960) – Auctioneer
* ''[[Doctor in Love]]'' (1960) – Father
* ''[[Flame in the Streets]]'' (1961) – Harry Mitchell
* ''[[Only Two Can Play]]'' (1962) – Clergyman on the Committee
* ''[[Mix Me a Person]]'' (1962) – Johnson
* ''[[This Is My Street]]'' (1964) – Steve
* ''[[The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery]]'' (1966) – Chairman
* ''[[Gulliver's Travels (1977 film)|Gulliver's Travels]]'' (1977) – Uncle
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0250215|Meredith Edwards}}

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[[Category:Welsh conscientious objectors]]
[[Category:Calvinist pacifists]]
[[Category:Bards of the Gorsedd]]
[[Category:People educated at Ruabon Grammar School]]
[[Category:Personnel of the Non-Combatant Corps]]
[[Category:20th-century Welsh male actors]]
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