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Wikipedia / Philip Merivale

Philip Merivale (2 November 1886 12 March 1946) was an English film and stage actor and screenwriter.

Early years

Merivale was born on 2 November 1886 in Rehutia, Manickpur, India, to railway engineer Walter Merivale (18551902) and Emma Magdalene Merivale ("Maggie"; née Pittman; 18541940); 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.

Merivale graduated from St Edward's School, Oxford.

Career

Merivale was a respected stage actor who entered the cinema during the silent era. Merivale appeared in 20 films and also scripted one.

Merivale's professional stage debut came in 1906 in the F. R. Benson company's production of the Orestean Trilogy of Aeschylus. His Broadway debut came in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1910), and he was in Henry of Navarre (1910) on Broadway before he returned to England. He appeared in approximately 50 plays before returning to the United States in 1914 in a production of Pygmalion.

Merivale's career was interrupted by his service in the Canadian Air Force during World War I, after which he came back to the United States in 1919, touring with George Arliss. After a return to England, he performed again in the United States, this time portraying Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice.

Personal life and death

Merivale was twice married to:

He died from a heart ailment aged 59.

Broadway roles

Filmography

References