Wilmuth Merkyl
Acting
Biography
Wilmuth John Merkyl was an American opera singer, as well as stage and screen actor. He appeared in films from 1915 to 1945. After 1917 he was sometimes credited as John Merkyl.
Born: June 2, 1885
Place of Birth: Keokuk, Iowa, USA
Known For
The Pride of the Yankees
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Gentleman Jim
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
The Merry Widow
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
The Unholy Three
Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.
Captain January
During a tempestuous storm, a lighthouse keeper finds an infant girl who washes ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become inseparable. Eventually her real family finds her and wants her to live with them.
Atlantic Adventure
When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he is working on a story, Helen breaks up with him. Later, in an effort to reconcile with her, Dan misses an appointment with the district attorney, and is fired when his editor learns that the district attorney was murdered in Dan's absence. The man suspected of the crime, Mitts Coster, is rumored to be traveling to Europe aboard an ocean liner. While Dan's friend, photographer Snapper McGillicuddy, fetches Helen to the boat, under the pretense that Dan is leaving town to forget her, Dan searches the ship for Mitts, whom he does not recognize. When Helen arrives, Dan feigns illness, and she admits her love for him. When Helen learns of Dan's ruse, however, she angrily hits him with a package that a passenger gave her when she boarded the ship. The package contains a passport for Dorothy Madden, who greatly resembles Helen, and $2,000 dollars.
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.
The Soul Market
Having made public her disdain for wealthy men, musical comedy actress Elaine Elton is nonetheless ardently pursued by a handsome young millionaire who, for her sake, poses as his own chauffeur. A romance blossoms, but Elaine cannot accept the handsome millionaire's marriage proposal; she has already promised to marry a powerful producer who has threatened to blacklist her from Broadway if she refuses to become his bride.
Niobe
The statue of Niobe comes to life through the dream of a hen-pecked old man.
Let's Get a Divorce
A bit too immature for marriage, Cyprienne allows her pretty head to be turned by an egotistical fop. The girl demands that her husband Prunelles grant her a divorce, but he devises a scheme to bring her back into the matrimonial fold.
Filmography
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
as Spectator (uncredited)
as Prentiss (uncredited)
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
as Escort (uncredited)
as Receiver
as Jeweler (uncredited)
as Herbert Morton
as William Lucas
as Craig Stephenson
as Robert Ames
as Count Vladimir Androvitch
as David Powell
as Calvignac (as Wilmuth Merkyl)
as Webster Stuyvesant
as Jack Dexter (as Wilmuth Merkyl)
as The Artist
as Tompkins (as Wilmuth Merkyl)
as Earl of Basset
as Ernesto (as Wilmuth Merkyl)