Gary Fred Merrill was an American film and television actor whose credits included more than 50 feature films, a half-dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of television guest appearances.
10 Facts About Gary Merrill
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Gary Merrill starred in All About Eve and married his costar Bette Davis.
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Gary Merrill began acting in 1944, while still in the United States Army Air Forces, in the play Winged Victory.
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Gary Merrill played a detective and love interest of Barbara Stanwyck's character in Witness to Murder.
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Gary Merrill appeared from 1954 to 1956 as Jason Tyler on the crime drama Justice.
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In 1958, Gary Merrill guest starred with June Lockhart in the roles of Joshua and Emily Newton in the episode "Medicine Man" of the series Cimarron City.
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Gary Merrill had recurring roles in Then Came Bronson with Michael Parks and Young Doctor Kildare, both of which lasted less than a season.
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Gary Merrill took part in the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 to promote Black voter registration.
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Gary Merrill survived his second ex-wife, Bette Davis, by only five months, dying of lung cancer in Falmouth, Maine, on March 5,1990.
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Gary Merrill was survived by a son, Michael; a daughter, Margot; a brother, Jerry; and two grandchildren.