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Gary Merrill

1915–1990 · Actor

Biography

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.

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Notable Noir Roles

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950Dir. Otto Preminger · Tommy Scalise

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

A Blueprint for Murder

1953Dir. Andrew L. Stone · Fred Sargent

Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstance…

The Human Jungle

1954Dir. Joseph M. Newman · John Danforth

Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. R…

Witness to Murder

1954Dir. Roy Rowland · Police Lt. Lawrence Mathews

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

Full Noir Filmography

4 films · 1950–1954