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John Merton (born Myrtland F. LaVarre; February 18, 1901 – September 19, 1959) was an American film actor. [1] [2] 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.
John Merton was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1927 and 1959, mostly as a villain. He was the brother of filmmaker André de la Varre and William LaVarre, the grandfather of actress Diane Delano, and the great uncle of academic Hollis Robbins.
As “Captain” Kester, the henchman of a bogus Texas administrator (Stanley Andrews), Merton led a troop of a troop of mercenaries in oppressing the ranchers of Texas, and handled a large share of the serial’s villainy, since Andrews almost never left his fortress.
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One of the best of the badmen, John Merton died of a heart attack September 18, 1959, at his home at 7629 Coldwater Canyon in Los Angeles. He’s buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood.
John Merton has worked all his life in a meticulous technique with frequent references to the art of the Italian Renaissance, quoting specific portraits by artists such as Botticelli and Giovanni Bellini and, as here, often using the fifteenth-century medium of metalpoint.
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.
John Merton is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes The Ten Commandments, Red River, The Big Heat, Gilda, Thieves' Highway, Invisible Agent, The Crooked Trail, and Zorro's Fighting Legion.
John Merton Aldrich (January 28, 1866 – May 27, 1934) was an American entomologist. Aldrich was the Associate Curator of Insects at the United States National Museum . He is considered one of the most prolific entomologists in the study of flies .
