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navigation, search John Merivale Born John Herman Merivale
(1917-12-01)1 December 1917 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Died 6
February 1990(1990-02-06) (aged 72) London, England, UK
Spouse(s) Jan Sterling (1941-1948) Dinah Sheridan (1986-1990)
Partner(s) Vivien Leigh (1960-1967)  John Herman Merivale (1
December 1917 – 6 February 1990), also known as Jack Merivale,
was a Canadian-born British theatre actor, and occasional
supporting player in British films.   Born in Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, he was the son of English actor Philip Merivale, and was
educated in England, at Rugby and New College, Oxford. His
stepmother was the renowned English actress Gladys Cooper.
Merivale made his acting debut at age 15, playing the small role
of a newsboy in James Whale's The Invisible Man (1933), while
his stage career started when he was 21, as an understudy in a
production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, where he first met
Vivien Leigh. He later worked in the producti