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 Bishop to Gurindji country at Wattie Creek. This photograph has been seen as capturing "the symbolic birth of landrights". He returned to the "Herald" in 1979, before becoming a freelance photographer in 1986, working for such agencies as the National Geographic Society. Bishop completed further studies and lectured in photography at Tranby Aboriginal College, the Eora College and at the Tin Sheds Gallery at the University of Sydney. In 1991 he had his first solo exhibition, "In Dreams: Mervyn, Thirty Years of Photography 1960 to 1990", at the Australian Centre for Photography. Originally curated by Tracey Moffatt, it went on to