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 Archdall (Irish antiquary) Mervyn Archdall (Irish antiquary) Mervyn Archdall (1723 – 1791) was an Irish antiquary and clergyman of the Church of Ireland. He was descended from John Archdale, of Abbotts Hall, Darsham, in Suffolk, who settled at Castle Archdale, County Fermanagh as an Undertaker in the Plantation of Ulster. He was born in Dublin 22 April 1723. After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, his antiquarian tastes introduced him to the acquaintance of Walter Harris, Charles Smith the topographer, Thomas Prior, and Richard Pococke, archdeacon of Dublin. When Pococke became bishop of Ossory, he appointed Archdall his domestic chaplain, bestowed on him the