A former song plugger and vaudeville performer, athletic Wally Merrill began his screen career doubling Antonio Moreno in a film produced near his adopted hometown of Miami, FL. The experience led to the juvenile lead in Down Upon the Suwannee River (1925) and other such roles, and he later appeared opposite Buster Keaton in the much revived Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931). By the mid-'30s, however, Merrill was playing unbilled bit roles.
Wally Merrill
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