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((Short description|American actor (1915–1990)))
((more citations needed|date=March 2013))
((Infobox person
| name            = Gary Merrill
| image           = Gary merrill.png
| caption         = Merrill in the trailer for ''A Blueprint for Murder'' (1953)
| birthname       = Gary Fred Merrill
| birth_date      = ((birth date|1915|08|02))
| birth_place     = [[Hartford, Connecticut]], U.S.
| death_date      = ((death date and age|1990|03|05|1915|08|02))
| death_place     = [[Falmouth, Maine]], U.S.
| yearsactive     = 1943–1980
| occupation      = ((hlist|Actor))
| spouse          = ((plainlist|
* ((marriage|Barbara Leeds <br>|1941|1950|end=div))
* ((marriage|[[Bette Davis]] <br>|1950|1960|end=div))
))
| children        = 3
))

'''Gary Fred Merrill''' (August 2, 1915 &ndash; March 5, 1990) 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. He starred in ''[[All About Eve]]'' and married his costar [[Bette Davis]].

==Early life==
Merrill was born in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], and attended [[Bowdoin College]] in [[Brunswick, Maine]], and [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] in Hartford.<ref name=nyt/>  He began acting in 1944, while still in the [[United States Army Air Forces]], in the play ''[[Winged Victory (play)|Winged Victory]]''.

==Career==
Before entering films, Merrill's deep cultured voice won him a recurring role as [[Batman]] in the ''Superman'' radio series. His film career began promisingly, with roles in films such as ''[[Twelve O'Clock High]]'' (1949) and ''[[All About Eve]]'' (1950), but he rarely moved beyond supporting roles in his many Westerns, war movies, and medical dramas. He played a detective and love interest of [[Barbara Stanwyck]]'s character in ''[[Witness to Murder]]'' (1954). His television career was extensive. He appeared from 1954 to 1956 as Jason Tyler on the crime drama ''Justice''.<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', p. 444</ref>

In 1958, Merrill guest starred with [[June Lockhart]] in the roles of Joshua and Emily Newton in the episode "Medicine Man" of the series ''[[Cimarron City (TV series)|Cimarron City]]''.

Merrill had recurring roles in ''[[Then Came Bronson]]'' with [[Michael Parks]] and ''[[Young Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Young Doctor Kildare]]'', both of which lasted less than a season.

In addition to Merrill's starring roles in several episodes of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', in November 1963 he starred with [[Phyllis Thaxter]] and [[Fess Parker]] (''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]'') in an episode of ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' ("Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale").

In 1964, he starred as [[city editor]] Lou Sheldon in the short-lived drama ''[[The Reporter (TV series)|The Reporter]]''.

In 1967, he starred in the [[Elvis Presley]] film ''[[Clambake (film)|Clambake]]'', with costar [[James Gregory (actor)|James Gregory]].

Aside from an occasional role as narrator, Merrill essentially retired from the entertainment business after 1980. Shortly before his death, he authored the autobiography ''Bette, Rita and the Rest of My Life'' (1989).

==Personal life==
[[File:Bette Davis and Gary Merrill in All About Eve.jpg|thumb|upright|Merrill posing in a promotional image for ''[[All About Eve]]'' (1950): He is pictured with [[Bette Davis]], to whom he was married from 1950 to 1960.]]
Merrill's first marriage, to Barbara Leeds in 1941, ended in divorce in Mexico on July 28, 1950. That same day, he married [[Bette Davis]],<ref>((cite news|title=Bette Davis, Gary Merrill Wed In Mexico|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/56349867/?terms=%22Gary%2BMerrill%22|agency=Dunkirk Evening Observer|date=July 29, 1950|page=5|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = May 23, 2015)) ((Open access))</ref> his costar from ''All About Eve'', and adopted her daughter, [[B.D. Hyman|Barbara]], from a previous marriage. They adopted two more children, Margot and Michael,<ref name=nyt/> but they had a bitter divorce in 1960.

Often politically active, he campaigned in 1958 to elect the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Edmund Muskie]] as governor of [[Maine]]. He also took part in the [[Selma to Montgomery marches]] in 1965 to promote Black voter registration. In response to U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s [[Vietnam War]] policy, he unsuccessfully sought nomination to the Maine legislature as an anti-war, pro-environmentalist primary candidate.<ref name=nyt>((cite news|last1=Yarrow|first1=Andrew L.|title=Gary Merrill, Actor, Dies at 74; Worked in More Than 40 Films|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/07/obituaries/gary-merrill-actor-dies-at-74-worked-in-more-than-40-films.html|access-date=2 January 2017|agency=New York Times|date=March 7, 1990))</ref>

Merrill survived his second  ex-wife, Bette Davis, by only five months, dying of lung cancer in [[Falmouth, Maine]], on March 5, 1990. He is buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery. He was survived by a son, Michael; a daughter, Margot; a brother, Jerry; and two grandchildren.<ref name=nyt/>

==Filmography==
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*''[[This Is the Army]]'' (1943) - Backstage MP on Right (uncredited)
*''[[Winged Victory (film)|Winged Victory]]'' (1944) - Capt. McIntyre 
*''[[Slattery's Hurricane]]'' (1949) - Cmdr. E.T. Kramer
*''[[Twelve O'Clock High]]'' (1949) - Col. Keith Davenport
*''[[Mother Didn't Tell Me]]'' (1950) - Doctor Peter Roberts
*''[[Where the Sidewalk Ends (film)|Where the Sidewalk Ends]]'' (1950) - Tommy Scalise
*''[[All About Eve]]'' (1950) - Bill Sampson (A typographical error in the film's credits lists the character's name as "Simpson.)
*''[[Rawhide (1951 film)|Rawhide]]'' (1951) - Narrator (voice, uncredited)
*''[[The Frogmen]]'' (1951) - Lt. Cmdr. Pete Vincent
*''[[Another Man's Poison]]'' (1951) - George Bates
*''[[Decision Before Dawn]]'' (1951) - Col. Devlin
*''[[Phone Call from a Stranger]]'' (1952) - David Trask
*''[[The Girl in White]]'' (1952) - Dr. Seth Pawling
*''[[Night Without Sleep]]'' (1952) - Richard Morton
*''[[A Blueprint for Murder]]'' (1953) - Fred Sargent
*''[[Witness to Murder]]'' (1954) - Lawrence Mathews
*''[[The Black Dakotas]]'' (1954) - Brock Marsh posing as Zachary Paige
*''[[The Human Jungle (film)|The Human Jungle]]'' (1954) - Police Capt. John Danforth
*''[[Navy Wife (1956 film)|Navy Wife]]'' (1956) - Jack Blain
*''[[Bermuda Affair]]'' (1956) - Bob Scoffield
*''[[The Missouri Traveler]]'' (1958) - Doyle Magee
*''[[Crash Landing (1958 film)|Crash Landing]]'' (1958) - Capt. Steve Williams
*''[[The Wonderful Country]]'' (1959) - Maj. Stark Colton
*''[[The Savage Eye]]'' (1960) - The poet
*''[[The Great Impostor]]'' (1961) - Pa Demara
*''[[The Pleasure of His Company]]'' (1961) - James Dougherty
*''[[Mysterious Island (1961 film)|Mysterious Island]]'' (1961) - Gideon Spilitt
*''[[A Girl Named Tamiko]]'' (1962) - Max Wilson
*''Hong Kong un Addio'' (''Farewell to Hong Kong'', 1963)
*''The Searching Eye'' (1964) - Narrator
*''[[Catacombs (1965 film)|Catacombs]]'' (1965) - Raymond Garth
*''[[Ride Beyond Vengeance]]'' (1966) - Dub Stokes
*''[[Cast a Giant Shadow]]'' (1966) - Pentagon Chief of Staff (scenes deleted)
*''[[Destination Inner Space]]'' (1966) - Dr. LaSatier
*''[[Around the World Under the Sea]]'' (1966) - Dr. August 'Gus' Boren
*''[[The Last Challenge (1967)|The Last Challenge]]'' (1967) - Squint Calloway
*''[[Clambake (film)|Clambake]]'' (1967) - Sam
*''[[The Incident (1967 film)|The Incident]]'' (1967) - Douglas McCann
*''[[The Power (1968 film)|The Power]]'' (1968) - Mark Corlane
*''[[Più tardi, Claire, più tardi]]'' (1968) - George Dennison
*''[[Amarsi male]]'' (1969)
*''The Secret of the Sacred Forest'' (1970) - Mike Parks
*''[[Earth II]]'' (1971) - Walter Dietrich
*''[[Huckleberry Finn (1974 film)|Huckleberry Finn]]'' (1974) - Pap
*''[[Thieves (1977 film)|Thieves]]'' (1977) - Street Man
*''[[The Seekers (1979 film)|The Seekers]]'' (1979) - Capt. Hull
*''September Song'' (1984)
((div col end))

==Television==
Merrill's television work spanned from 1953 to 1980. Most of his appearances were in guest-star roles in episodic and [[anthology series]]. Among the programs he appeared in were: 
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*''[[The 20th Century-Fox Hour]]''
*''[[Wagon Train]]''
*''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show]]''
(Season 3 Episode 25: "The Last Test") (1958)
*''[[Studio 57]]''
*''[[Studio One (American TV series)|Studio One]]''
*''[[Playhouse 90]]'', ''[[Alcoa Theatre]]''
*''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''
*''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]''
*''[[Cimarron City (TV series)|Cimarron City]]''
*''[[Sam Benedict]]''
*''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' 
**(Season 2 Episode 18: "The Manacled") (1955) as Sergeant Rockwell
**(Season 3 Episode 25: "Flight to the East") (1958) as Ted Franklin
**(Season 4 Episode 7: "Man with a Problem") (1958) as Carl Adams
**(Season 4 Episode 36: "Invitation to an Accident") (1959) as Joseph Pond
**(Season 6 Episode 8: "Youth and Beauty") (1960) as Cash Bentley 
*''[[Zane Grey Theater]]''
*''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' (episode "[[Still Valley]]" as Confederate soldier Joseph Paradine)
*''[[General Electric Theater]]''
*''[[Ben Casey]]''
*''[[Checkmate]]''
*''[[Combat!]]''
*''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 20: "The Paragon") as John Pemberton
*''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' (1963) (Season 2 Episode 6: "Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale") as Harry Jarvis
*''[[The Human Factor (1963 The Outer Limits)|The Outer Limits]]''
*''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''
*''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]''
*''[[The Time Tunnel]]'' as Senator Leroy Clark
*''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]''
*''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]''
*''[[Kung Fu (TV series)|Kung Fu]]''
*''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]''
*''[[Movin' On (TV series)|Movin' On]]''.
*''[[The American Adventure (TV series)|The American Adventure]]'' (narrator, 1972–73)
*''[[The Valiant Years (narrator TV series)|The Valiant Years]]''
*''[[Branded (TV series)|Branded]]'' 

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==Radio appearances==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Program !! Episode/source
|-
| 1952|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''[[Follow the Sun (film)|Follow the Sun]]''<ref>((cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2477300/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=March 9, 1952|page=42|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = May 25, 2015)) ((Open access))</ref>
|-
| 1952|| ''Hollywood Star Playhouse'' || "The Patient Stranger"<ref>((cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2426009/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=April 6, 1952|page=52|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = May 16, 2015)) ((Open access))</ref>
|-
| 1953|| ''[[Lux Radio Theatre]]'' || ''[[Phone Call from a Stranger]]''<ref>((cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2648002/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=January 4, 1953|page=38|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = June 19, 2015)) ((Open access))</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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