Philip Merivale
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Philip Merivale (2 November 1886 Rehutia, Manickpur, India – 12 March 1946 Los Angeles, California, USA) was an English film and stage actor and screenwriter.
He was a respected stage actor who entered the cinema during the silent era. Merivale appeared in twenty films and also scripted one. He died from a heart ailment aged 59.
He was twice married:
- the actress Viva Birkett (died 1934); (four children, including a son, the actor John Merivale)
- the actress Gladys Cooper (30 April 1937 – 12 March 1946).
[edit] Selected filmography
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
- Rage in Heaven (1941)
- Lady for a Night (1942)
- Crossroads (1942)
- This Land Is Mine (1943)
- Nothing But Trouble (1944)
- Tonight and Every Night (1945)
- The Stranger (1946)
- Sister Kenny (1946)
