William Mervyn William Mervyn William Mervyn Pickwoad (3 January 1912 – 6 August 1976) was an English actor best known for his portrayal of the bishop in the clerical comedy "All Gas and Gaiters", the old gentleman in "The Railway Children" and Inspector Charles Rose in "The Odd Man" and its sequels. Mervyn was born in Nairobi, British East Africa, but educated in Britain at Forest School, Snaresbrook, before embarking on a stage career, spending five years in provincial theatre. He made his West End debut in "The Guinea Pig" at the Criterion Theatre in 1946, before parts in plays such as
Mervyn O'Gorman Highway Code. He died in 1958 in Chelsea, London. Mervyn Gorman was born in Brighton on 19 December 1871, the son of Edmund Anthony Gorman (1821-1912) and his third wife Margaret Eliza Barclay Crawford (1849-1899). Later in life, Mervyn readopted the O' prefix to his surname, which had been dropped by his Irish greatgrandfather Thomas O'Gorman (1724–1800) after he moved to England in 1747. Sources give various addresses for Mervyn's father: East Bergholt, Suffolk; Harrogate, Yorkshire; and Monamore, County Clare, Ireland. Mervyn was educated at St Edmund's College, Ware, at Downside School and at University College, Dublin, where he read