Merle Dixon is a major antagonist turned redeemed protagonist in The Walking Dead tv show. He is the brother of Daryl Dixon and son of Will Dixon.
He is portrayed by Michael Rooker.
Victims[]
The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct[]
- Ash - Either ripped apart by Walkers or shot by Merle Dixon.
- Three Walkers - Ran over by Merle Dixon in a jeep.
- Total - 4
The Walking Dead[]
Season 1[]
Guts[]
- Walker - Shot in the head by Merle Dixon.
- Total - 1
Tell It to the Frogs[]
- None
Vatos[]
- Two Walkers - Killed by Merle Dixon with a wrench off-screen, bodies shown.
- Total - 2
Season 3[]
Walk With Me[]
- Walker - Stabbed in the head by Merle Dixon with his knife hand.
- Three Walkers - Shot in the head by Merle Dixon.
- Five Unnamed Male United States Soldiers - Shot to death by Shumpert, Caesar Ramón Martínez, Tim, Crowley, and Merle Dixon on the orders of Philip "The Governor" Blake. Shared kills.
- Wilson - Shot to death by Shumpert, Caesar Ramón Martínez, Tim, Crowley, and Merle Dixon on the orders of Philip "The Governor" Blake. Shared kill.
- Total - 10
Killer Within[]
- None
Say the Word[]
- Walker - Stabbed in the head by Merle Dixon with his knife hand.
- Total - 1
Hounded[]
- Tim - Impaled through the stomach by Michonne Hawthorne with her katana and then accidentally shot twice in the back by Merle Dixon whilst aiming for her. Shared kill.
- Walker - Stabbed in the back of the head by Gargulio to save Merle Dixon.
- Walker - Stabbed under the chin and through the head by Merle Dixon with his knife hand.
- Gargulio - Shot in the head by Merle Dixon.
- Total - 4
When the Dead Come Knocking[]
- None
Made to Suffer[]
- None
The Suicide King[]
- Walker - Head smashed by Merle Dixon with his prosthetic hand.
- Walker - Head smashed by Merle Dixon with his prosthetic hand.
- Total - 2
Home[]
- Walker - Shot in the back of the head by Merle Dixon.
- Walker - Stabbed in the head by Merle Dixon with a rebar pipe.
- Walker - Head smashed by Merle Dixon with his prosthetic hand.
- Total - 3
I Ain't a Judas[]
- None
Arrow on the Doorpost[]
- None
This Sorrowful Life[]
- Four Walkers - Stabbed in the head by Merle Dixon with his knife hand.
- Seven Unnamed Men - Killed by Merle Dixon off-screen, 16 mentioned minus nine previously counted victims. (Eight in The Walking Dead, one in Survival Instinct)
- Walker - Skull sliced horizontally in half by Merle Dixon with Michonne's katana.
- Three Walkers - Shot in the head by Merle Dixon.
- Walker - Decapitated by Merle Dixon and then later stabbed in the head by Michonne Hawthorne with her katana. Shared kill.
- Four Unnamed Male Woodbury Soldiers - Shot by Merle Dixon and then eaten alive by Walkers.
- Three Unknown Woodbury Soldiers - Shot by Merle Dixon and then eaten alive by Walkers off-camera, bodies shown.
- Ben - Accidentally shot in the shoulder by Merle Dixon while aiming for Philip "The Governor" Blake.
- Walker - Stabbed in the head by Merle Dixon with his knife hand.
- Total - 25
Kill Count[]
- Total - 52
- Survival Instinct - 4
- The Walking Dead - 48
- Season 1 - 3
- Season 3 - 45
Group Kills[]
Humans[]
- Total - 24
- All Men
Walkers[]
- Total - 28
- Survival Instinct - 3
- The Walking Dead - 25
- Season 1 - 3
- Season 3 - 22
Characters Killed by Merle Dixon[]
- Ash - Either ripped apart by Walkers or shot by Merle Dixon.
- Wilson - Shot to death by Shumpert, Caesar Ramón Martínez, Tim, Crowley, and Merle Dixon on the orders of Philip "The Governor" Blake. Shared kill.
- Tim - Impaled through the stomach by Michonne Hawthorne with her katana and then accidentally shot twice in the back by Merle Dixon whilst aiming for her. Shared kill.
- Gargulio - Shot in the head by Merle Dixon.
- Ben - Accidentally shot in the shoulder by Merle Dixon while aiming for Philip "The Governor" Blake.
Deaths[]
Presumed Death[]
- Eaten alive by Walkers off-screen after being left chained to a rooftop by Rick Grimes, implied. Proxy kill. (Season 1 - Guts)
Actual Deaths[]
- Shot in the chest by Philip "The Governor" Blake with a pistol off-camera. Revived as a Walker. (Season 3 - This Sorrowful Life)
- Stabbed repeatedly in the head by Daryl Dixon with a knife. (Season 3 - This Sorrowful Life)
