Wilmuth Merkyl

Wilmuth Merkyl

Born: June 2, 1885
Died: May 1, 1954
in Keokuk, Iowa, USA
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.

Movies for Wilmuth Merkyl...

Gentleman Jim
Title: Gentleman Jim
Character: Headwaiter (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1942
Type: Movie
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
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The Pride of the Yankees
Title: The Pride of the Yankees
Character: Spectator (uncredited)
Released: July 14, 1942
Type: Movie
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Title: Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Character: Prentiss (uncredited)
Released: July 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.
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Atlantic Adventure
Title: Atlantic Adventure
Character: Headwaiter (uncredited)
Released: August 25, 1935
Type: Movie
When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he is working on a story, Helen breaks up with him. Later, in an effort to reconcile with her, Dan misses an appointment with the district attorney, and is fired when his editor learns that the district attorney was murdered in Dan's absence. The man suspected of the crime, Mitts Coster, is rumored to be traveling to Europe aboard an ocean liner. While Dan's friend, photographer Snapper McGillicuddy, fetches Helen to the boat, under the pretense that Dan is leaving town to forget her, Dan searches the ship for Mitts, whom he does not recognize. When Helen arrives, Dan feigns illness, and she admits her love for him. When Helen learns of Dan's ruse, however, she angrily hits him with a package that a passenger gave her when she boarded the ship. The package contains a passport for Dorothy Madden, who greatly resembles Helen, and $2,000 dollars.
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The Merry Widow
Title: The Merry Widow
Character: Escort (uncredited)
Released: November 2, 1934
Type: Movie
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
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Fine Clothes
Title: Fine Clothes
Character: Receiver
Released: August 9, 1925
Type: Movie
The owner of a London clothing store is driven out of business, but later makes a triumphant return.
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The Unholy Three
Title: The Unholy Three
Character: Jeweler (uncredited)
Released: July 20, 1925
Type: Movie
Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.
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Captain January
Title: Captain January
Character: Herbert Morton
Released: July 6, 1924
Type: Movie
During a tempestuous storm, a lighthouse keeper finds an infant girl who washes ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become inseparable. Eventually her real family finds her and wants her to live with them.
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The Whispered Name
Title: The Whispered Name
Character: Craig Stephenson
Released: January 21, 1924
Type: Movie
Anne Gray (Ruth Clifford) runs off with Robert Gordon (William E. Lawrence), believing that he is going to marry her. When they arrive at a hotel, another guest, Langdon Van Kreel (Charles Clary), sees though Gordon's ploy and chases him away.
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The Burden of Proof
Title: The Burden of Proof
Character: Robert Ames
Released: September 21, 1918
Type: Movie
Elaine Brooks marries Robert Ames, a junior member of the Department of Justice. Mrs. Durand, a spy uses underhanded means to steal important papers from Ames, which she gives to her superior, Dr. Kemp. Although she is innocent, Elaine becomes implicated in this plot.
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Let's Get a Divorce
Title: Let's Get a Divorce
Character: Calvignac (as Wilmuth Merkyl)
Released: April 28, 1918
Type: Movie
A bit too immature for marriage, Cyprienne allows her pretty head to be turned by an egotistical fop. The girl demands that her husband Prunelles grant her a divorce, but he devises a scheme to bring her back into the matrimonial fold.
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The Soul Market
Title: The Soul Market
Character: Jack Dexter (as Wilmuth Merkyl)
Released: March 12, 1916
Type: Movie
Having made public her disdain for wealthy men, musical comedy actress Elaine Elton is nonetheless ardently pursued by a handsome young millionaire who, for her sake, poses as his own chauffeur. A romance blossoms, but Elaine cannot accept the handsome millionaire's marriage proposal; she has already promised to marry a powerful producer who has threatened to blacklist her from Broadway if she refuses to become his bride.
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The Price
Title: The Price
Released: October 4, 1915
Type: Movie
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Niobe
Title: Niobe
Character: Tompkins (as Wilmuth Merkyl)
Released: April 4, 1915
Type: Movie
The statue of Niobe comes to life through the dream of a hen-pecked old man.
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The Celebrated Scandal
Title: The Celebrated Scandal
Character: Ernesto (as Wilmuth Merkyl)
Released: March 1, 1915
Type: Movie
The Celebrated Scandal