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William Mervyn (3 January 1912 – 6 August 1976) was an English actor best known for his portrayal of the bishop in the clerical comedy ''All Gas and Gaiters'' and the old gentleman in ''The Railway Children''. ==Life and career== Mervyn was born in Nairobi, British East Africa, but educated in Britain before embarking on a stage career, spending five years in provincial theatre. He made his West End debut in ''The Guinea Pig'' at the Criterion Theatre in 1946,〔Wearing, 2014, ''The London Stage 1940-1949'', p. 222〕 before parts in plays such as ''Lend Me Robin'' at the Embassy Theatre, the comedy ''Ring Round the Moon'', ''The Mortimer Touch'', ''A Woman of No Importance'' by Oscar Wilde at the Savoy Theatre in 1953〔Wearing, 2014, ''The London Stage 1950-1959'', p.214〕 and ''Charley's Aunt''. Mervyn's later stage roles included those of O'Trigger in ''The Rivals'', Lord Greenham in the comedy ''Aren't We All?'' and Sir Patrick Cullen in ''The Doctor's Dilemma''. Although he was admired in the theatre, it was with television that he became really well known. One of his first major small screen roles was Sir Hector in the 1962 series ''Saki''. Four years later, he played the Bishop of St. Ogg's in the comedy series ''All Gas and Gaiters''. It was, at that time, breaking with tradition, allowing a laugh at the expense of the established church. He also played the police chief inspector Charles Rose in the Granada TV series ''The Odd Man'' and its spin-offs ''It's Dark Outside'' and ''Mr Rose''. He played the Hon. Mr. Justice Campbell in the Granada TV series ''Crown Court''. Having taken the part of a Chief Inspector in the 1949 Ealing Studios film ''The Blue Lamp'', in which PC George Dixon first appears (only to be shot dead by a young Dirk Bogarde), he then reappeared in a 1960 ''Dixon of Dock Green'' episode "The Hot Seat". He was in the 1966 ''Doctor Who'' story ''The War Machines'' and several ''Carry On'' films in the late 1960s, and also appeared as Mr. Whitty in the ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' episode "A Disturbing Case" in 1969. Usually cast as a wealthy upper class gentleman, he also appeared in ''The Railway Children'' (1970), as the children's train passenger friend, and ''The Ruling Class'' (1972). Around the same time, he appeared as Sir Hector Drummond, Bt., in the British TV series ''The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes'', in an episode entitled "The Superfluous Finger" (1973). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Mervyn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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