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 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

• Mary of Scotland (1933) as James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
• Valley Forge (1934) as George Washington

Filmography

• Trilby (1914)
• Whispering Shadows (1921)
• I Love You Wednesday (1933) (uncredited)
• Give Us This Night (1936)
• All In (1936)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
• Rage in Heaven (1941)
• Pacific Blackout (1941)
• Lady for a Night (1942)
• This Above All (1942)
• Crossroads (1942)
• Hangmen Also Die! (1943) (uncredited)
• This Land Is Mine (1943)
• Lost Angel (1943)
• The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
• Nothing But Trouble (1944)
• Tonight and Every Night (1945)
• Adventure (1945)
• The Stranger (1946)
• Sister Kenny (1946)