Gary Merrill Net Worth
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Updated on January 13, 2026
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Gary Merrill net worth is
$1.4 Million
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Gary Fred Merrill (August 2, 1915 – March 5, 1990) was an American film and television character actor whose credits included more than fifty feature films, a half-dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of television guest appearances. Merrill starred in All About Eve and married his co-star, Bette Davis. | Net Worth | $1.4 Million |
| Date Of Birth | August 2, 1915 |
| Died | 1990-03-05 |
| Place Of Birth | Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
| Height | 5' 8" (1.73 m) |
| Occupation | Actor, director |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack |
| Spouse | Barbara Leeds |
| Nicknames | Gary Merrill, Merrill, Gary |
| Star Sign | Leo |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on Bette Davis] Whatever Bette had chosen to do in life she would have had to be the top or she couldn't have endured it. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | According to a 1993 biography of Bette Davis, she and Merrill began arguing frequently, with Davis later recalling episodes of alcohol abuse and domestic violence. |
| 2 | Was a staunch liberal Democrat. |
| 3 | Was a Bowdoin and Trinity College student. |
| 4 | Joined the Army Air Force Special Services in 1941. |
| 5 | Born in Connecticut, his family had long had roots in New England, and in fact some of his ancestors arrived on the Mayflower. |
| 6 | Adopted Bette Davis' daughter from a previous marriage, Barbara Davis Sherry. |
| 7 | Two adopted children with Bette Davis: Michael Merrill and Margot Merrill. |
| 8 | Adopted daughter Barbara Merrill legally changed her name from Barbara Davis Merrill to Barbara Davis Sherry, to cut any ties from her adopted father. |
| 9 | Daughter Margot Merrill was named after Bette Davis' character, Margo Channing, in All About Eve (1950). |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Littlest Hobo | 1980 | TV Series | Willie Brogan |
| The Seekers | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Capt. Hull |
| The World of Darkness | 1977 | TV Movie | Dr. Thomas Madsen |
| Thieves | 1977 | Street Man | |
| Cannon | 1976 | TV Series | Andrew McGill |
| Movin' On | 1974-1975 | TV Series | Samson / Paul Lorimer |
| Huckleberry Finn | 1974 | Pap | |
| Kung Fu | 1974 | TV Series | Dan Hoyle |
| The Wide World of Mystery | 1973 | TV Series | Gordon Craig |
| The Jackie Gleason Special | 1973 | TV Movie | Family Doctor |
| Pueblo | 1973 | TV Movie | Adm. Thomas E. Moorer |
| Medical Center | 1973 | TV Series | Jason Norman |
| Young Dr. Kildare | 1972-1973 | TV Series | Dr. Leonard Gillespie Dr. Gillespie |
| Earth II | 1971 | TV Movie | Walter Dietrich |
| The Secret of the Sacred Forest | 1970 | Mike Parks | |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1970 | TV Series | Orlando 'Cord' Corday |
| NET Playhouse | 1970 | TV Series | Barney |
| Summer Is Forever | 1970 | TV Movie | Eachan |
| Amarsi male | 1969 | ||
| Then Came Bronson | 1969 | TV Series | Inspector Otis |
| Run, Psycho, Run | 1968 | George Dennison | |
| The Power | 1968 | Mark Corlane | |
| The Incident | 1967 | Douglas McCann | |
| Clambake | 1967 | Sam | |
| The Last Challenge | 1967 | Squint Calloway | |
| Hondo | 1967 | TV Series | General Sheridan |
| The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones | 1966 | TV Movie | Marshal Duncan |
| The Time Tunnel | 1966 | TV Series | Sen. Leroy Clark |
| Around the World Under the Sea | 1966/I | Dr. August 'Gus' Boren | |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | 1966 | TV Series | Sheriff Ben Sumner |
| Destination Inner Space | 1966 | Dr. LaSatier | |
| Cast a Giant Shadow | 1966 | Pentagon Chief of Staff (scenes deleted) | |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | 1966 | TV Series | Park |
| Ride Beyond Vengeance | 1966 | Dub Stokes | |
| Branded | 1965 | TV Series | Aaron Shields |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1965 | TV Series | John Perry |
| The Woman Who Wouldn't Die | 1965 | Raymond Garth | |
| Profiles in Courage | 1965 | TV Series | John Marshall |
| For the People | 1965 | TV Series | Carl Whaley |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | 1965 | TV Series | James Lloyd |
| The Reporter | 1964 | TV Series | Lou Sheldon |
| Suspense | 1964 | TV Series | |
| The Searching Eye | 1964 | Short | Narrator |
| Hong Kong un addio | 1963 | ||
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | 1963 | TV Series | Mark Jordan |
| The Outer Limits | 1963 | TV Series | Dr. James Hamilton Major Roger Brothers |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1963 | TV Series | Harry Jarvis / John Pemberton |
| Combat! | 1963 | TV Series | Capt. August |
| Ben Casey | 1963 | TV Series | Miles Houghton |
| Sam Benedict | 1963 | TV Series | Merriman |
| A Girl Named Tamiko | 1962 | Max Wilson | |
| Alcoa Premiere | 1962 | TV Series | Jim Hunter |
| Bus Stop | 1962 | TV Series | Frank Everest |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | 1962 | TV Series | Harry Sellers |
| General Electric Theater | 1958-1961 | TV Series | John Dwight / McMasters |
| The Twilight Zone | 1961 | TV Series | Sgt. Joseph Paradine |
| The New Breed | 1961 | TV Series | Karl Lippert |
| Mysterious Island | 1961 | Gideon Spilitt | |
| The Pleasure of His Company | 1961 | James Dougherty | |
| Zane Grey Theater | 1957-1961 | TV Series | Ken Kenyon / Luke Cannon / Noah Rawlins / ... |
| Outlaws | 1961 | TV Series | Frank Denton |
| Checkmate | 1961 | TV Series | Ernie Stone |
| The Great Impostor | 1961 | Pa Demara | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1957-1960 | TV Series | Cash Bentley / Joseph Pond / Carl Adams / ... |
| The Savage Eye | 1960 | The poet | |
| Laramie | 1959 | TV Series | Ed Farrell |
| The Wonderful Country | 1959 | Maj. Stark Colton | |
| Alcoa Theatre | 1959 | TV Series | Dick Bowen |
| Rawhide | 1959 | TV Series | Jed Mason |
| Playhouse 90 | 1957-1959 | TV Series | Louis / McBurnie / Walter Hubbard |
| New York Confidential | 1959 | TV Series | |
| Rhapsody of Steel | 1959 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| Pursuit | 1958 | TV Series | Det. Eddie Hackett |
| Cimarron City | 1958 | TV Series | Joshua Newton |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1958 | TV Series | Paul Gormay |
| Crash Landing | 1958 | Capt. Steve Williams | |
| Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre | 1958 | TV Series | Dicksen |
| Studio 57 | 1958 | TV Series | |
| The Loretta Young Show | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Bill Masters / Lou Mason |
| The Missouri Traveler | 1958 | Doyle Magee | |
| Rendezvous | 1958 | TV Series | |
| Suspicion | 1957 | TV Series | |
| Wagon Train | 1957 | TV Series | Zeke Thomas |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1957 | TV Series | John Beasley / Nash |
| The Alcoa Hour | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Johnny Davis / Walter Keyser |
| Bermuda Affair | 1956 | Bob Scoffield | |
| Navy Wife | 1956 | Jack Blain | |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | 1956 | TV Series | David Trask / Alan Byrnes |
| Star Stage | 1955 | TV Series | |
| Justice | 1954-1955 | TV Series | Jason Tyler |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1953-1954 | TV Series | Dennis / Wakeman / Major Mead |
| The Human Jungle | 1954 | Police Capt. John Danforth | |
| The Black Dakotas | 1954 | Brock Marsh posing as Zachary Paige | |
| Witness to Murder | 1954 | Lawrence Mathews | |
| The Mask | 1954 | TV Series | Walter Guilfoyle |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | 1953 | TV Series | Felice Benuzzi |
| A Blueprint for Murder | 1953 | Fred Sargent | |
| Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City | 1953 | TV Series | |
| Danger | 1953 | TV Series | |
| Night Without Sleep | 1952 | Richard Morton | |
| The Girl in White | 1952 | Dr. Seth Pawling | |
| Phone Call from a Stranger | 1952 | David Trask | |
| Decision Before Dawn | 1951 | Col. Devlin | |
| Another Man's Poison | 1951 | George Bates | |
| The Frogmen | 1951 | Lt. Cmdr. Pete Vincent | |
| Rawhide | 1951 | Narrator (voice, uncredited) | |
| All About Eve | 1950 | Bill Simpson | |
| Where the Sidewalk Ends | 1950 | Tommy Scalise | |
| Mother Didn't Tell Me | 1950 | Doctor Peter Roberts | |
| Twelve O'Clock High | 1949 | Col. Davenport | |
| Slattery's Hurricane | 1949 | Cmdr. E.T. Kramer | |
| Winged Victory | 1944 | Capt. McIntyre (as Cpl. Garry Merrill) | |
| This Is the Army | 1943 | Backstage MP on Right (uncredited) |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckleberry Finn | 1974 | performer: "Rotten Luck" | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1960 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | 1987 | Documentary | Bill Simpson |
| The Making of Liberty | 1986 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Men from Boys: The First Eight Weeks | 1968 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Revolution in Our Time | 1965 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| The Presidency: A Splendid Misery | 1964 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1959-1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years | 1960-1961 | TV Series documentary | Narrator / Himself - Narrator |
| Here's Hollywood | 1960 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Juke Box Jury | 1959 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Is Your Life | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
| Person to Person | 1956 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1953 | TV Series | Himself |
| Strange Victory | 1948 | Documentary | Narrator |
| The Quiet One | 1948 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
Archive Footage
Known for movies
All About Eve (1950)
as Bill Simpson
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
as Col. Davenport
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
as Col. Devlin
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
as Tommy Scalise