- "May I say, Dan, having resumed drinking alcohol, I cannot for the life of me remember why I ever gave it up."
- ―A.W. Merrick
Albert Walter Merrick, better known as A.W. Merrick is a main character in HBO's Deadwood as well as a minor character in Deadwood: The Movie. He is the camp's journalist and the publisher of Black Hills Weekly Pioneer.
He is portrayed by Jeffrey Jones.
Biography[]
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Behind the scenes[]
Actor Jeffrey Jones was was arrested in november 2002 and charged with violating California Penal Code Section 311.4 (c), Use of a Minor to Perform Prohibited Acts. He subsequently pled no contest to the charge of inducing a 14-year-old-boy to pose for sexually explicitly photos and was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to register as a sex offender and undergo counseling. A misdemeanor charge of possession of child pornography was dropped as part of the deal. In 2009 he pled guilty to a felony charge of failing to update his information in the sex offender registry and was sentenced to 3 years of probation and 250 hours of community service. Nevertheless he returned in Deadwood: The Movie, albeit in a very small role.
Appearances[]
| Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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| Season 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Season 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Season 3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| The Movie | ✔ |
| ✔ | Appears | ✔ | Appears as a corpse | ✔ | Appears in a flashback |