Highest Rated: 100% Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Lowest Rated: 20% Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
Birthday: Aug 2, 1915
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
A rugged, deep-voiced stage actor who made his first film appearances in "This Is the Army" (1943) and "Winged Victory" (1944), Merrill gained attention in a fine turn supporting Gregory Peck in "Twelve O'Clock High" (1949). He came to prominence opposite future wife Bette Davis in a splendid performance as a cynical and hot-tempered but ultimately reasonable stage director in the backstage comedy-drama "All About Eve" (1950). A likable and reliable performer, he went on to play a number of earnest leads and secondary parts, mostly with 20th Century-Fox, through the 1970s. His 1988 autobiography "Bette, Rita and the Rest of My Life" chronicled his turbulent 10-year marriage to Davis (1950-60) and his affair with actor-dancer Rita Hayworth.
Highest rated movies
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thieves | Street Man (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | | Huckleberry Finn | Pap (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pueblo | Adm. Thomas E. Moorer (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Murderers | Unknown (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder and the Computer | Unknown (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | | Earth II | Walter Dietrich (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Then Came Bronson | Inspector Otis (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | | The Power | Mark Corlane (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | | The Last Challenge | Squint Calloway (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 20% | | Clambake | Sam (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 88% | | The Incident | Douglas McCann (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hong Kong Farewell | Unknown (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | | Destination Inner Space | Dr. LaSatier (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | | Ride Beyond Vengeance | Dub Stokes (Character) | - | 1966 |
| 20% | | Around the World Under the Sea | Dr. August "Gus" Boren (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones | Marshal Duncan (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Run, Psycho, Run | George (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Woman Who Wouldn't Die | Raymond Garth (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Girl Named Tamiko | Max Wilson (Character) | - | 1962 |
| 81% | | Mysterious Island | Gideon Spilitt (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | | The Pleasure of His Company | James `'Jim'` Dougherty (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | | The Great Impostor | Pa Demara (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | | The Wonderful Country | Maj. Stark Colton (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crash Landing | Capt. Steve Williams (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | | The Missouri Traveler | Doyle Magee (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bermuda Affair | Bob Scoffield (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Navy Wife | Jack Blain (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | | Witness to Murder | Lawrence Mathews (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | | The Black Dakotas | Brock Marsh/ | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Human Jungle | Police Capt. John Danforth (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | | A Blueprint for Murder | Fred Sargent (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | | Phone Call From a Stranger | David L. Trask (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Without Sleep | Richard Morton (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girl in White | Dr. Seth Pawling (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | | Another Man's Poison | George Bates (Character) | - | 1951 |
| 100% | | Decision Before Dawn | Col. Devlin (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | | The Frogmen | Lt. Cmdr. Pete Vincent (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mother Didn't Tell Me | Doctor Peter Roberts (Character) | - | 1950 |
| 100% | | Where the Sidewalk Ends | Tommy Scalise (Character) | - | 1950 |
| 99% | | All About Eve | Bill Sampson (Character) | $10.2K | 1950 |
| 96% | | Twelve O'Clock High | Col. Ernie Davenport (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strange Victory | Narrator | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Winged Victory | Capt. McIntyre (Character) | - | 1944 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Littlest Hobo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Andrew McGill (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Orlando 'Cord' Corday (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Branded | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| 92% | 86% | The Outer Limits | Dr. James Hamilton / | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchco*ck Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Miles Houghton (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bus Stop | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| 92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Sgt. Joseph Paradine (Character) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1957-1958 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Alfred Hitchco*ck Presents | Sgt. Rockwell (Character) | 1957-1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Ed Farrell (Guest Star) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Zeke Thomas (Guest Star) | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alcoa Hour | Johnny Davis (Character) | 1956-1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The United States Steel Hour | Wakeman (Character) | 1953-1954 |
