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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1885-06-02 (139 years old)

Place of Birth

Keokuk, Iowa, USA

Wilmuth Merkyl

Biography:

Wilmuth John Merkyl was an American opera singer, as well as stage and screen actor. He appeared in films from 1915 to 1945. After 1917 he was sometimes credited as John Merkyl.

Known For

Acting

1942

The Pride of the Yankees as Spectator (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim as Headwaiter (uncredited)

1940

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante as Prentiss (uncredited)

1935

Atlantic Adventure as Headwaiter (uncredited)

1934

The Merry Widow as Escort (uncredited)

1925

The Unholy Three as Jeweler (uncredited)
Fine Clothes as Receiver

1924

Captain January as Herbert Morton
The Whispered Name as Craig Stephenson
The Breaking Point as William Lucas

1918

Let's Get a Divorce as Calvignac (as Wilmuth Merkyl)
Suspicion as Leonard White
The Burden of Proof as Robert Ames
A Man's World as David Powell

1916

Her Surrender as Webster Stuyvesant
The Soul Market as Jack Dexter (as Wilmuth Merkyl)

1915

Niobe as Tompkins (as Wilmuth Merkyl)
The Celebrated Scandal as Ernesto (as Wilmuth Merkyl)
The Price as The Artist
Gretna Green as Earl of Basset