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John Herman Merivale (1 December 1917 – 6 February 1990) was a Canadian-born British theatre actor, and occasional supporting player in British films.
Merivale's career was put on hold while he served as a pilot with both the RAF and Canadian air forces during World War II. He resumed his career in 1946, with a starring role in a successful U.S. production of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan.
In 1956 Merivale made his second film appearance, in The Battle of the River Plate. He went on to have supporting roles in films such as A Night to Remember (1958), Circus of Horrors (1960), House of Mystery (1961), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), (where he played the title character, who is killed thirteen minutes into the film), King Rat (1965), and Arabesque (1966).
Although Merivale had the leading role in the Italian horror film Caltiki - il mostro immortale (1959), he tended to concentrate on theatre work, in such productions as Venus Observed, Anne of the Thousand Days, The Reluctant Debutante and The Last of Mrs. Cheyney.
Merivale died in 1990 from kidney failure.
Personal life and death
He was married to the US actress Jan Sterling from 1941 until 1948, and lived with Vivien Leigh from 1960 until her death in 1967, becoming her dedicated caretakerCapua, Michelangelo (2003). Vivien Leigh: a biography. Jefferson, NC, USA: McFarland. p 157. , in her final years. He began a relationship with actress Dinah Sheridan in 1968; they married in 1986.
Filmography
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Categories: English Male Film Actors, English Male Stage Actors, 1917 Births, 1990 Deaths, Male Actors From Toronto, People Educated At Rugby School, Alumni Of New College, Oxford, Canadian Emigrants To The United Kingdom, Royal Air Force Personnel Of World War Ii, Royal Canadian Air Force Personnel Of World War Ii, 20th-century English Male Actors, Canadian People Of English Descent, Military Personnel From Toronto, Royal Air Force Airmen, Royal Canadian Air Force Airmen
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