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Philip Merivale
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Merivale in The Stranger (1946)
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| Born | (1886-11-02)2 November 1886 |
| Died | 12 March 1946(1946-03-12) (aged 59)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Years active | 1914–1946 |
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(m. 1912; died 1934)
(m. 1937) |
| Children | 4, including John |
Philip Merivale (2 November 1886 – 12 March 1946) was an English film and stage actor and screenwriter.
Merivale was born in Rehutia, Manickpur, India, to railway engineer Walter Merivale (1855–1902) and Emma Magdalene Merivale ("Maggie"; née Pittman; 1854–1940); his father's profession meant the family lived in India, Costa Rica, and Barbados (where he was Manager of the Barbados Railway) before settling at Chiswick. Philip's sister, Dorothea, was married to the civil servant Sir Henry Bunbury, Accountant-General of the Post Office.[1][2][3]
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:
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