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- Birth nameGwilym Meredith Edwards.
- While working as a lab assistant, Meredith Edwards did amateur acting, winning some cups. When he saw an advertisement about the setting up of the Welsh National Theatre, he applied to join and spent some months training with them without pay. During the war, he went on an ENSA tour, before serving in the army in the Far East and Germany. After being demobbed, he joined the Liverpool Playhouse, then got an audition with and joined the Welsh National Theatre, playing Col Pickering in Pygmalion. In the mid- 50's, he joined the Old Vic. He had a daughter, Lisa, who is a television director, and two sons, Ioan and Peter.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tonyman 5
- SpouseDaisy Clark (3 children)
- Stood (and lost) as a Welsh Nationalist candidate in the 1966 General Election.
- Born the son of a collier, his full name was Gwilym Meredith Edwards.
- Turned down offers from Hollywood, following his performance in the Ealing comedy A Run for Your Money (1949).
- First worked as a lab assistant at the Courtaulds factory in Flint. Became a professional actor in 1938 with the Welsh National Theatre Company.
- A dedicated pacifist, he was a conscientious objector during World War II and spent the war years as a fireman in Liverpool, Chester and London, before joining ENSA.
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