A Canadian actor, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of English actor Philip Merivale. He served in World War II in the British Royal Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force. He studied in England, at Oxford, and began his artistic career at the age of fifteen. Among his most prominent works are the movies A Night to Remember (1958), Circus of Horrors (1960), King Rat (1965), and Arabesque (1966).