Gary Merrill

Gary Fred Merrill (August 2, 1915 March 5, 1990) was an American film and television character actor whose credits included more than fifty feature films, a half-dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of television guest appearances. Merrill starred in All About Eve and married his co-star, Bette Davis.

Life and career

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he attended private Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and Trinity College and began acting in 1944, while still in the United States Army Air Forces, in Winged Victory. Before entering films, Merrill's deep cultured voice won him a recurring role as Batman in the Superman radio series. His film career began promisingly, with roles in films like Twelve O'Clock High (1949) and All About Eve (1950), but he rarely moved beyond supporting roles in his many Westerns, war movies, and medical dramas. His television career was extensive, if not consistent. He appeared from 1954-1956 as Jason Tyler on the NBC crime drama Justice, about lawyers of the Legal Aid Society of New York. In that series, he was cast opposite Dane Clark and then William Prince in the role of Richard Adams.

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Lacrosse rivalry between Long Island’s Chaminade and St. Anthony’s goes back decades

New York Post 28 Mar 2025
Gary Merrill poses for a portrait inside the student center at Saint Anthony’s High School in Huntington, N.Y ... Anthony’s senior midfielder Gary Merrill, who will play football and lacrosse for the University of North Carolina.
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Buncombe, Asheville property transfers for Feb. 19-26

Citizen Times 16 Mar 2025
118 Lewis Lane, $225,000, Steven Merrill Feldman to Alexander J FeldmanWeaverville. 19 Carden Drive, $1,100,000, Gary D Sanders and Amy Stewart Sanders to Scott Christopher Jones West Buncombe.
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