Wilmuth Merkyl

1885-06-02 – 1954-05-01 (age 68) Keokuk, Iowa, USA

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.

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Known For

The Pride of the Yankees

1942

as Spectator (uncredited)

The Merry Widow

1934

as Escort (uncredited)

Niobe

1915

as Tompkins (as Wilmuth Merkyl)

Gentleman Jim

1942

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

Her Surrender

1916

as Webster Stuyvesant

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

1940

as Prentiss (uncredited)

The Unholy Three

1925

as Jeweler (uncredited)

Fedora

1918

as Count Vladimir Androvitch

Atlantic Adventure

1935

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

Captain January

1924

as Herbert Morton

The Breaking Point

1924

as William Lucas

Fine Clothes

1925

as Receiver

Let's Get a Divorce

1918

as Calvignac (as Wilmuth Merkyl)

The Burden of Proof

1918

as Robert Ames

Gretna Green

1915

as Earl of Basset

A Man's World

1918

as David Powell

The Whispered Name

1924

as Craig Stephenson

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The Celebrated Scandal

1915

as Ernesto (as Wilmuth Merkyl)

The Soul Market

1916

as Jack Dexter (as Wilmuth Merkyl)

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Suspicion

1918

as Leonard White