Mary Merrall
Acting
Biography
Mary Merrall ( born Elsie Lloyd; 5 January 1890 - 31 August 1973) was an English actress. She was known for Dead of Night (1945), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947) and Love on the Dole (1941). She was married to Franklin Dyall, John Bouch Hissey and Ian Swinley. She died on August 31, 1973 in London, England.
Born: January 5, 1890
Place of Birth: Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For
The Expert
The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases. The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.
Rx Murder
An American doctor, Jethro Jones, comes into a quiet British seaside community and becomes entangled in a murder mystery when the town gossips inform him that all of the three wives of the town doctor, Doctor Dysert (or Doctor Deadcert as they call him) have had mysterious deaths. And now Doctor Dysert is treating his own secretary, Kitty, who he wants to make her his next wife, as she has inexplicably fallen ill.
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
UFO
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.
The Saint
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
Dead of Night
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
The Three Weird Sisters
Three older sisters live on their family estate in Wales. This household once proudly reigned over a mining town, but the mines dried up and the estate and the town have fallen on hard times. When the land crumbles and a number of homes in the town are destroyed the sisters promise to rebuild the homes.
Who Killed the Cat?
A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her.
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. In the initial episode Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation, but returns as a ghost. Randall is the only main character able to see or hear him, although certain minor characters are also able to do so in various circumstances throughout the series.
Filmography
as Aunt Deborah
as Mrs. O'Connor
as Kevin's Mother
as The Aunt
as Clara Faringham
as Mrs Peters
as Janet Bowering
as Amy
as Aunt Louisa
as Sophie Yarmouth
as Duchess
as Miss Fogg
as Georgina
as Mrs. Helen Beattie
as Miss Bettyhill
as Miss Ruth
as Miss Wyvern, a School Mistress
as Mrs. Rydon-Smith
as Miss Buckland
as Mrs. Henderson
as Mrs Skinner
as Grandma Wardle
as Mrs. Rockett
as Flora Penezzi
as Lady Southdale
as Miss Atkin (uncredited)
as Mrs. Drew
as Isobel Morgan-Vaughan
as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
as Aggie
as Mrs. Nickleby
as Mrs Jarvis
as Ellen Sutton
as Mrs. Foley (Segment "Linking Story")
as Miss Thorndike
as Mrs. Hardcastle
as Landlady (London)
as Constantia