Arthur Mertz was born in 1915 in South Shields, Durham, England as Arthur James Mertz. He was an actor and writer, known for Somewhere in Politics (1948), Holidays with Pay (1948) and Mancunian Presents (1993). He was married to Winefride Donlan and Wynne Donlan. He died in 2011 in High Peak, Derbyshire, England.