George Martin Merrick was a writer of the Frank Buck

Frank Buck (animal collector)

Frank Howard Buck was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer...

 serial Jungle Menace

Jungle Menace

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Early life

George Merrick was the son of Michael Merrick, a French-born laborer (in the 1900 US census), and Mary Merrick, a Canadian immigrant.

Career

Merrick wrote, directed and produced many movies, among them The Revenge of Tarzan

The Revenge of Tarzan

The Revenge of Tarzan is a silent adventure film, and the third Tarzan film produced. The film was produced by the Great Western Film Producing Company, a subsidiary of Numa Pictures Corporation. It was sold to Goldwyn Distributing Company before release...

, The Secret of Treasure Island

The Secret of Treasure Island

The Secret of Treasure Island is a Columbia movie serial based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. The serial is broken into fifteen chapters. Reporter Larry Kent travels to an island in the Caribbean to investigate the disappearance of his colleague, and discovers that the island...

, Rough Riding Ranger

Rough Riding Ranger

- Cast :*Rex Lease as Ranger Corporal Daniels / Tombstone Kid*Bobby Nelson as Bobby Francis*Janet Chandler as Dorothy White*Yakima Canutt as Henchman Draw*Mabel Strickland as Mrs. Francis*Sunday as Mrs. Francis' Horse*David Horsley as Henchman Slim...

, The Mysterious Pilot

The Mysterious Pilot

The Mysterious Pilot is a Columbia movie serial based on the book by William Byron Mowery and starring the record-breaking aviator Frank Hawks...

, City of Missing Girls

City of Missing Girls

- Cast :*H.B. Warner as Police Capt. "Mac" McVeigh*Astrid Allwyn as Nora Page*John Archer as Assistant D.A. James J. Horton*Sarah Padden as Mrs. Randolph*Philip Van Zandt as King Peterson*George Rosener as Police Officer 'Copper' Dugan...

, Submarine Base (1943 film)

Submarine Base (1943 film)

- Cast :*John Litel as James Xavier "Jim" Taggart*Alan Baxter as Joe Morgan*Eric Blore as Spike, Morgan's aide*Georges Metaxa as Nazi Agent Anton Kroll*George Flaherty as David Cavanaugh*Rafael Storm as Felipo*Fifi D'Orsay as Maria Styx*Iris Adrian as Dorothy...

, Custer's Last Stand (serial)

Custer's Last Stand (serial)

Custer's Last Stand is an independent film serial based on the historical Custer's Last Stand at the Little Bighorn River.It was produced by the Poverty Row studio Stage & Screen Productions, which went bust shortly afterwards as a victim of the Great Depression...

, The Dawn Express

The Dawn Express

The Dawn Express is a 1942 American film directed by Albert Herman. The film is also known as Dawn Express .- Cast :*Michael Whalen as Robert Norton*Anne Nagel as Nancy Fielding*William Bakewell as Tom Fielding...

, A Yank in Libya

A Yank in Libya

- Plot summary :American correspondent Mike Malone uncovers a Nazi plot for an uprising of the Arab tribes in Libya. Pursued by Sheik David and his men, Mike takes refuge in the suite of Nancy Brooks, who is in the British Intelligence. He asks her to hide a gun and escapes through a window...

, and The White Gorilla

The White Gorilla

The White Gorilla is a 1945 American film directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film was made by re-editing the 1927 silent film Perils of the Jungle, and adding new footage as a framing plot...

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Work with Frank Buck

In 1937, Merrick was a writer of the Frank Buck

Frank Buck (animal collector)

Frank Howard Buck was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer...

 serial Jungle Menace

Jungle Menace

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, and film editor of Buck's 1944 movie Tiger Fangs

Tiger Fangs

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External Links

George M. Merrick on the Internet Movie Database