{{short description|American actor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Wilmuth Merkyl | image = Wilmuth Merkyl.JPG | image_size = | caption = from ''The Moving Picture World'' (1916) | birth_name = Wilmuth John Merkyl | birth_date = {{birth date|1885|6|2}} | birth_place = Iowa, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1954|5|1|1885|6|2}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | other_names = John Merkyl | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1913–1954 }}
'''Wilmuth John Merkyl''' (June 2, 1885 – May 1, 1954) was an American stage and screen actor popular in early silent films. On stage he had also been a singer in light operettas. He was born in Iowa and died in California.<ref>''Who Was Who on Screen'' by Evelyn Mack Truitt, 3rd Edit. p.502; c.1983</ref><ref>''Silent Film Necrology'' 2nd Edit. by Eugene Michael Vazzana, c.2001 p.364</ref>
==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Gretna Green'' (1915) *''The Celebrated Scandal'' (1915) *''Niobe'' (1915) *''The Price'' (1915) *''Let's Get a Divorce'' (1918) *''A Man's World'' (1918)(*as John Merkyl) *''Fedora'' (1918) *''The Burden of Proof'' (1918) *''Suspicion'' (1918) *''The Whispered Name'' (1924) *''The Breaking Point'' (1924) *''Captain January'' (1924) *''The Unholy Three'' (1925)(*uncredited) *''The Merry Widow'' (1934) *''Atlantic Adventure'' (1935) *''The Buccaneer'' (1938)(*uncredited) *''Andy Hardy Meets Debutante'' (1940) (*uncredited) *''Reap the Wild Wind'' (1942)(*uncredited) *''They All Kissed the Bride'' (1942)(*uncredited) *''The Pride of the Yankees'' (1942) (*uncredited) *''Gentleman Jim'' (1942)(*uncredited) *''The Pearl of Death'' (1944) (*uncredited) *''Nob Hill'' (1945)(*uncredited) {{div col end}}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0580961}} * {{IBDB name}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Merkyl, Wilmuth}} Category:1885 births Category:1954 deaths Category:Male actors from Iowa Category:American male film actors Category:American male silent film actors Category:20th-century American male actors