

Acting
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. Mervyn was born in Nairobi, British East Africa, but educated in Britain at Forest School, Snaresbrook, before embarking on a stage career, spending five years in provincial theatre. He made his West End debut in The Guinea Pig at the Criterion Theatre in 1946, before parts in plays such as Lend Me Robin at the Embassy Theatre,...
Highest rated appearances

Carry On Again Doctor
as Lord Paragon

The Best House in London
as Cabinet Minister (uncredited)

Hammerhead
as Walter Perrin

Salt & Pepper
as Prime Minister

Follow That Camel
as Sir Cyril Ponsonby

The Jokers
as Uncle Edward

Deadlier Than the Male
as Chairman of the Phoenician Board

Doctor Who: The War Machines
as Sir Charles Summer

Operation Crossbow
as Dutch Technical Examiner

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
as Lord Justice
Old Man's Fancy
as The Bishop

Murder Ahoy
as Breeze-Connington

Hot Enough for June
as Passenger on Plane

Watch It, Sailor!
as Ship's Captain

No Love for Johnnie
as Postmaster-General (uncredited)

Circus of Horrors
as Dr. Morley

The Battle of the Sexes
as Detective's Friend

A Touch of Larceny
as Capt. Balfour (uncredited)

Upstairs and Downstairs
as Kingsley

Carve Her Name with Pride
as Colonel Buckmaster

Barnacle Bill
as Captain

Now Let Him Go
as Sir Edmund

The Long Arm
as Manager of Festival Hall

Tons of Trouble
as Roberts (MI5)
Kitty Clive
as Colley Cibber

Conflict of Wings
as Mr. Wentworth/Col. Wentworth
Four Men in Prison
as (uncredited)

The Blue Lamp
as Chief Inspector Hammond (Uncredited)