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John Merton (born Myrtland F. LaVarre; February 18, 1901 – September 19, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1927 and 1959, mostly as a villain.
John Merton was born on 18 February 1901 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949), The Ten Commandments (1956) and Drums of Fu Manchu (1940). He was married to Ellen Margaret Curtan and Esther Swarts.
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Feb 25, 2011 · John Merton, who died on February 16 aged 97, was one of the most prolific portrait painters of the last century, and enjoyed a reputation for depicting sitters at their best.
Big boss or henchman, the square-jawed, glint-eyed, huskily-built John Merton was one of B-westerns’ baddest renegades in over 200 pictures and 22 serials from 1933-1956. In Seattle, Washington, on February 18, 1901, Myrtland F. LaVarre was born to William J. LaVarre and Lelia Hayes, both from Virginia. Why his birth was here seems lost to ...
Marker commemorating Thomas Merton in Louisville, Kentucky. Merton's influence has grown since his death, and he is widely recognized as an important 20th-century Catholic mystic and thinker. Interest in his work contributed to a rise in spiritual exploration beginning in the 1960s and 1970s in the United States.
Powerfully built, with a backbone like a steel ramrod and a harsh, rasping voice, John Merton spent most of his screen career playing heavies that could best be described as villainous versions of a Marine drill sergeant.
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John Merton was born on February 18, 1901 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949), The Ten Commandments (1956) and Drums of Fu Manchu (1940). He was married to Ellen Margaret Curtan and Esther Swarts.
