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William Mervyn, the Glossary

William Mervyn Pickwoad (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, the old gentleman in The Railway Children and Inspector Charles Rose in The Odd Man and its sequels.^[1]

103 relations: A Disturbing Case, A Touch of Larceny, A Woman of No Importance, All Gas and Gaiters, Apollo Theatre, Aren't We All?, Atlantic Wall (film), Barnacle Bill (1957 film), Bristol Hippodrome, British Film Institute, Bulldog Breed, Carry On (franchise), Carry On Again Doctor, Carry On Henry, Carve Her Name with Pride, Charlesworth (TV series), Charley's Aunt, Circus of Horrors, Conflict of Wings, Court Martial (TV series), Criterion Theatre, Crown Court (TV series), Deadlier Than the Male, Dirk Bogarde, Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor Who, Duke of York's Theatre, Ealing Studios, East Africa Protectorate, Embassy Theatre (London), Follow That Camel, Fortune Theatre, Four Men in Prison, Gideon's Way, Hammerhead (film), Hot Enough for June, Hot Millions, Incense for the Damned, Invasion Quartet, ITV Granada, J. P. Wearing, London, Maigret (1960 TV series), Murder Ahoy!, Nairobi, No Hiding Place, No Love for Johnnie, Noël Coward Theatre, Novello Theatre, Oliver Twist (1962 TV serial), ... Expand index (53 more) »
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A Disturbing Case

"A Disturbing Case" is the second episode of the 1969 British television series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), distributed by ITC Entertainment and starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre.

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A Touch of Larceny

A Touch of Larceny is a 1959 black-and-white comedy film produced by Ivan Foxwell, directed by Guy Hamilton, and starring James Mason, George Sanders and Vera Miles.

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A Woman of No Importance

A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde is "a new and original play of modern life", in four acts, first given on 19 April 1893 at the Haymarket Theatre, London.

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All Gas and Gaiters

All Gas and Gaiters is a British television ecclesiastical sitcom which aired on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971.

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Apollo Theatre

The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, in central London.

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Aren't We All?

Aren't We All? is a comic play by Frederick Lonsdale.

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Atlantic Wall (film)

Atlantic Wall (Le Mur de l'Atlantique, Un elmetto pieno di...) is a 1970 French-Italian war-comedy film written and directed by Marcel Camus and starring Bourvil and Peter McEnery.

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Barnacle Bill (1957 film)

Barnacle Bill (U.S. title: All at Sea) is a 1957 Ealing Studios comedy film directed by Charles Frend and starring Alec Guinness.

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Bristol Hippodrome

The Bristol Hippodrome is a theatre located in The Centre, Bristol, England, United Kingdom with seating on three levels giving a capacity of 1,951.

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British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom.

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Bulldog Breed

Bulldog Breed is a British television sitcom.

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Carry On (franchise)

Carry On is a British comedy franchise comprising 31 films, four Christmas specials, a television series and stage shows produced between 1958 and 1992.

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Carry On Again Doctor

Carry On Again Doctor is a 1969 British comedy film, the 18th release in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992).

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Carry On Henry

Carry On Henry is a 1971 British historical comedy film, the 21st release in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992).

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Carve Her Name with Pride

Carve Her Name with Pride is a 1958 British war drama film based on the book of the same name by R. J. Minney.

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Charlesworth (TV series)

Charlesworth is a British crime television series which first aired on BBC in 1959.

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Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas.

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Circus of Horrors

Circus of Horrors is a 1960 British horror film directed by Sidney Hayers, and starring Anton Diffring, Yvonne Monlaur, Erika Remberg, Kenneth Griffith, Jane Hylton, Conrad Phillips, Yvonne Romain, and Donald Pleasence.

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Conflict of Wings

Conflict of Wings is a 1954 British comedy drama film directed by John Eldridge and starring John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow and Kieron Moore.

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Court Martial (TV series)

Court Martial is an ITC Entertainment and Roncom Productions co-production British crime drama TV series that premiered in 1966.

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Criterion Theatre

The Criterion Theatre is a West End theatre at Piccadilly Circus in the City of Westminster, and is a Grade II* listed building.

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Crown Court (TV series)

Crown Court is a British television courtroom drama series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network.

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Deadlier Than the Male

Deadlier Than the Male is a 1967 British crime and mystery film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Richard Johnson and Elke Sommer.

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Dirk Bogarde

Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter.

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Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green is a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding.

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963.

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Duke of York's Theatre

The Duke of York's Theatre is a West End theatre in St Martin's Lane, in the City of Westminster, London.

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Ealing Studios

Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in west London, England.

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East Africa Protectorate

East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the African Great Lakes, occupying roughly the same area as present-day Kenya, from the Indian Ocean inland to the border with Uganda in the west.

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Embassy Theatre (London)

The Embassy Theatre is a theatre at 64 Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, in the London Borough of Camden, England.

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Follow That Camel

Follow That Camel is a 1967 British comedy film, the 14th in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992).

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Fortune Theatre

The Fortune Theatre is a 432-seat West End theatre on Russell Street, near Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster.

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Four Men in Prison

Four Men In Prison is a 1950 documentary film about English prison conditions directed by Max Anderson.

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Gideon's Way

Gideon's Way is a British television crime series that was made by ITC Entertainment and broadcast by ITV in 1964–1966.

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Hammerhead (film)

Hammerhead is a 1968 British Eurospy thriller film directed by David Miller and starring Vince Edwards, Judy Geeson and Diana Dors.

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Hot Enough for June

Hot Enough for June is a 1964 British spy comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas, and starring Dirk Bogarde with Sylva Koscina in her English film debut, Robert Morley and Leo McKern.

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Hot Millions

Hot Millions is a 1968 British caper story feature film made by MGM.

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Incense for the Damned

Incense for the Damned (also known as Bloodsuckers, Freedom Seeker and Doctors Wear Scarlet) is a 1971 British horror film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Patrick Macnee, Johnny Sekka, Madeleine Hinde, Alexander Davion, Peter Cushing and Edward Woodward.

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Invasion Quartet

Invasion Quartet is a 1961 British World War II comedy-drama film directed by Jay Lewis and starring Bill Travers and Spike Milligan.

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ITV Granada

ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man.

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J. P. Wearing

John Peter Wearing (born c. 1945) is an Anglo-American theatre historian and professor, who has written numerous books and articles about nineteenth and twentieth-century drama and theatre, including The Shakespeare Diaries: A Fictional Autobiography, published in 2007.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Maigret (1960 TV series)

Maigret is a British television series made by the BBC and which – following a pilot episode broadcast in 1959 – ran for 52 episodes from 1960 to 1963.

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Murder Ahoy!

Murder Ahoy! is the last of four Miss Marple films made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that starred Margaret Rutherford.

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Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya.

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No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967.

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No Love for Johnnie

No Love for Johnnie is a 1961 British drama film in CinemaScope directed by Ralph Thomas.

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Noël Coward Theatre

The Noël Coward Theatre, formerly known as the Albery Theatre, is a West End theatre in St.

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Novello Theatre

The Novello Theatre is a West End theatre on Aldwych, in the City of Westminster.

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Oliver Twist (1962 TV serial)

Oliver Twist is a 1962 BBC TV adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1838 novel Oliver Twist, serialised in 13 episodes.

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Operation Crossbow (film)

Operation Crossbow (later re-released as The Great Spy Mission) is a 1965 British espionage thriller set during the Second World War.

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright.

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Persuasion (1960 TV series)

Persuasion is a 1960 British television mini-series adaptation of the 1817 Jane Austen novel of the same name.

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Play of the Month

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series, which ran from 1965 to 1983 featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays (or adaptations) which were usually broadcast on BBC1.

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Raffles (TV series)

Raffles is a 1977 television series adapted from the A. J. Raffles stories by E. W. Hornung.

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Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series, starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope respectively as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk.

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Ring Round the Moon

Ring Round the Moon is a 1950 adaptation by the English dramatist Christopher Fry of Jean Anouilh's Invitation to the Castle (1947).

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Rowman & Littlefield

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949.

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Saki

Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture.

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Salt and Pepper (film)

Salt and Pepper (also known as Salt & Pepper) is a 1968 British comedy film directed by Richard Donner and starring Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Michael Bates, Ilona Rodgers and John Le Mesurier.

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Saville Theatre

ODEON Covent Garden is a four-screen cinema in the heart of London's West End.

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Savoy Theatre

The Savoy Theatre is a West End theatre in the Strand in the City of Westminster, London, England.

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Snaresbrook

Snaresbrook is a district in the London Borough of Redbridge, in East London.

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Star! (film)

Star! (re-titled Those Were the Happy Times for its 1969 re-release) is a 1968 American biographical musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews.

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Stop Press Girl

Stop Press Girl is a 1949 British fantasy comedy film directed by Michael Barry and starring Sally Ann Howes, Gordon Jackson, Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne; the latter two appearing in several different roles in the film.

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Tamahine

Tamahine is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Nancy Kwan, Dennis Price and John Fraser.

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That Dangerous Age

That Dangerous Age is a 1949 British romance film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Myrna Loy, Roger Livesey and Peggy Cummins.

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The 39 Steps (1959 film)

The 39 Steps is a 1959 British thriller film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Kenneth More and Taina Elg.

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The Admirable Crichton (1957 film)

The Admirable Crichton is a 1957 British south seas adventure comedy romance film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker and Sally Ann Howes.

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The Battle of the Sexes (1959 film)

The Battle of the Sexes is a 1959 British black and white comedy film starring Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, and Constance Cummings, and directed by Charles Crichton.

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The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones is a 1976 British comedy film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Nicky Henson, Trevor Howard and Terry-Thomas.

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The Best House in London

The Best House in London is a 1969 British comedy film directed by Philip Saville and starring David Hemmings, Joanna Pettet, George Sanders, Warren Mitchell, John Bird, Maurice Denham and Bill Fraser.

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The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp is a 1950 British police procedural film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner as PC Dixon, Jimmy Hanley as newcomer PC Mitchell, and Dirk Bogarde as criminal Tom Riley.

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The Doctor's Dilemma (play)

The Doctor's Dilemma is a play by George Bernard Shaw first staged in 1906.

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The Four Just Men (TV series)

The Four Just Men is a 1959 television series produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment.

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The Ghosts of Motley Hall

The Ghosts of Motley Hall is a British children's television series written by Richard Carpenter.

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The Guinea Pig (Chetham-Strode)

The Guinea Pig is a three-act play by Warren Chetham-Strode.

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The Iron Duchess

The Iron Duchess is a 1957 comedy play by the British writer William Douglas Home.

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The Jokers

The Jokers is a 1967 British comedy film directed by Michael Winner and starring Michael Crawford and Oliver Reed.

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The Long Arm (film)

The Long Arm (USA title: The Third Key) is a 1956 British film noir police procedural crime film directed by Charles Frend and starring Jack Hawkins.

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The Loves of Joanna Godden

The Loves of Joanna Godden is a 1947 British historical drama film directed by Charles Frend and produced by Michael Balcon.

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The Mark of Cain (1947 film)

The Mark of Cain is a 1947 British drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Eric Portman, Sally Gray, Patrick Holt and Dermot Walsh.

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The Massingham Affair (TV series)

The Massingham Affair is a British period crime television series which originally aired on BBC 2 in six episodes from 12 September to 17 October 1964.

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The Mortimer Touch

The Mortimer Touch is a comedy play by the British writer Eric Linklater.

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The Odd Man trilogy

The Odd Man was a police series produced by Granada Television, running over four series between 1960 and 1963.

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The Railway Children (1970 film)

The Railway Children is a 1970 British family drama film based on the 1906 novel of the same name by E. Nesbit.

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The Rivals

The Rivals is a comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in five acts which was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on 17 January 1775.

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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes is a British anthology mystery television series produced by Thames Television which was originally broadcast on the ITV Network.

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The Ruling Class (film)

The Ruling Class is a 1972 British black comedy film.

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The Sentimental Agent

The Sentimental Agent is a television drama series spin-off from Man of the World. It was produced in the United Kingdom in 1963 by Associated Television and distributed by ITC Entertainment.

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The War Machines

The War Machines is the tenth and final serial of the third season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in 4 weekly parts from 25 June to 16 July 1966.

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Theatre Royal, Bath

The Theatre Royal in Bath, England, was built in 1805.

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Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre was a British anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short running length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mervyn

Also known as Mervyn, William.

, Operation Crossbow (film), Oscar Wilde, Persuasion (1960 TV series), Play of the Month, Raffles (TV series), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Ring Round the Moon, Rotten Tomatoes, Rowman & Littlefield, Saki, Salt and Pepper (film), Saville Theatre, Savoy Theatre, Snaresbrook, Star! (film), Stop Press Girl, Tamahine, That Dangerous Age, The 39 Steps (1959 film), The Admirable Crichton (1957 film), The Battle of the Sexes (1959 film), The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones, The Best House in London, The Blue Lamp, The Doctor's Dilemma (play), The Four Just Men (TV series), The Ghosts of Motley Hall, The Guinea Pig (Chetham-Strode), The Iron Duchess, The Jokers, The Long Arm (film), The Loves of Joanna Godden, The Mark of Cain (1947 film), The Massingham Affair (TV series), The Mortimer Touch, The Odd Man trilogy, The Railway Children (1970 film), The Rivals, The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series), The Ruling Class (film), The Sentimental Agent, The War Machines, Theatre Royal, Bath, Thirty-Minute Theatre, Tons of Trouble, Tottering Towers, University of Birmingham, Up Jumped a Swagman, Up the Front, Upstairs and Downstairs, Watch It, Sailor!, West End theatre, Witness for the Prosecution (play).

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