Philip Merivale


Philip Merivale was an English film and stage actor and screenwriter.

Life and career

Merivale was born in Rehutia, Manickpur, India, to railway engineer Walter Merivale and Emma Magdalene ; his father's profession meant the family lived in India, Costa Rica, and Barbados before settling at Chiswick. Philip's sister, Dorothea, was married to the civil servant Sir Henry Bunbury, Accountant-General of the Post Office.
Merivale 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 to: