promote Black voter registration. In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's Vietnam War policy, he unsuccessfully sought nomination to the Maine legislature as an anti-war, pro-environmentalist primary candidate. Merrill survived his second ex-wife, Bette Davis, by only five months, dying of lung cancer in Falmouth, Maine, on March 5, 1990. He is buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery. He was survived by a son, Michael; a daughter, Margot; a brother, Jerry; and two grandchildren. Filmography This Is the Army (1943) - Backstage MP on Right (uncredited) Winged Victory (1944) - Capt. McIntyre Slattery's Hurricane (1949) - Cmdr. E.T. Kramer Twelve O'Clock High (1949) - Col. Keith Davenport Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950) - Doctor Peter Roberts Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) - Tommy Scalise All About Eve (1950) - Bill Sampson (A typographical error in the film's credits lists the character's name as "Simpson.) Rawhide (1951) - Narrator (voice, uncredited) The Frogmen (1951) - Lt. Cmdr. Pete Vincent Another Man's Poison (1951) - George Bates Decision Before Dawn (1951) - Col. Devlin Phone Call from a Stranger (1952) - David Trask The Girl in White (1952) - Dr. Seth Pawling Night Without Sleep (1952) - Richard Morton A Blueprint for Murder (1953) - Fred Sargent Witness to Murder (1954) - Lawrence Mathews The Black Dakotas (1954) - Brock Marsh posing as Zachary Paige The Human Jungle (1954) - Police Capt. John Danforth Navy Wife (1956) - Jack Blain Bermuda Affair (1956) - Bob Scoffield The Missouri Traveler (1958) - Doyle Magee Crash Landing (1958) - Capt. Steve Williams The Wonderful Country (1959) - Maj. Stark Colton The Savage Eye (1960) - The poet The Great Impostor (1961) - Pa Demara The Pleasure of His Company (1961) - James Dougherty Mysterious Island (1961) - Gideon Spilitt A Girl Named Tamiko (1962) - Max Wilson Hong Kong un Addio (Farewell to Hong Kong, 1963) The Searching Eye (1964) - Narrator Catacombs (1965) - Raymond Garth Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966) - Dub Stokes Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) - Pentagon Chief of Staff (scenes deleted) Destination Inner Space (1966) - Dr. LaSatier Around the World Under the Sea (1966) - Dr. August 'Gus' Boren The Last Challenge (1967) - Squint Calloway Clambake (1967) - Sam The Incident (1967) - Douglas McCann The Power (1968) - Mark Corlane Più tardi, Claire, più tardi (1968) - George Dennison Amarsi male (1969) The Secret of