
Acting
Community Rating
6.0
TMDB estimate
Born
June 10, 1917
Died
February 8, 1999 (age 81)
Born in
Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
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 Playhouse. 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 Christmas Reunion
as Alf Boswell
1994

A Mind to Kill
1994

Under Milk Wood
as Butcher Benyon (voice) (archive sound)
1992

The Old Devils
as Old Bore
1992

The Winter Stallion
as Sam
1992

The District Nurse
1984

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Richard Lloyd
1981
Hawkmoor
as Sir Tom
1978

Gulliver's Travels
as Uncle Jack
1977

Sky
1975
The Inheritors
as Meirion Ryder
1974
Male Bait
1971
Kindly Leave The Kerb
1971

The Big Flame
as Logan
1969
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
as The Policeman
1968
King of the River
as Dick Conway
1966

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
as Roland Sloane
1965

Gideon's Way
as Paul Samuels
1965

The Wednesday Play
as Roland Sloane
1964