Career
He is best known for co-directing the Oscar nominated documentary Manson (film) in 1973 with Robert Hendrickson. Sharon Tate, one of the victims in the Manson murders, was a former student at Merrick"s Academy of Dramatic Arts. His later business was Merrick Studios, 870 North. Vine Saint in Hollywood.
lieutenant was a low-cost acting school, with several students attending via the GI Bill.
Merrick was killed by a gunman on January 26, 1977.