Garry Marsh
Garry Marsh | |
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 Garry Marsh in 1932 | |
| Born | Leslie March Gerahty 21 May 1902 St Margarets, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 6 March 1981 (aged 78) Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England[1] |
| Years active | 1922–1970 |
| Spouse(s) | Adele Lawson Muriel Martin-Harvey |
Garry Marsh (21 May 1902 – 6 March 1981) was an English stage and film actor.[2][3]
Biography
[edit]Born Leslie March Gerahty on 21 May 1902[4] in St Margarets, Middlesex,[5] his parents were George and Laura.[6] His elder brothers were the author Digby George Gerahty and the journalist Cecil Gerahty.[7]
Marsh began acting on the stage at the age of fifteen. He started off in films as a leading man but later became a character actor playing self-important roles.[8]
During the War he served as a Flying Officer in the RAF.[9] In the mid-1950s, he chronicled his wartime adventures in North Africa in the memoir Sand in My Spinach.
Marsh married Adele Lawson in 1920 in Kensington, London.[10] He married for the second time to Muriel Martin-Harvey in 1926 in Chelsea, London[11] before divorcing in 1935.[12]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Long Odds (1922) – Pat Malone
- Night Birds (1930) – Archibald Bunny
- The Professional Guest (1931, Short) – Seton Fanshawe
- Uneasy Virtue (1931) – Arthur Tolhurst
- Third Time Lucky (1931) – Capt. Adrian Crowther
- The Eternal Feminine (1931) – Arthur Williams
- Dreyfus (1931) – Maj. Esterhazy
- The Man They Couldn't Arrest (1931) – Delbury
- Stranglehold (1931) – Bruce
- Dr. Josser, K.C. (1931) – Carson
- Keepers of Youth (1931) – Knox
- Postal Orders (1932, Short)
- The Star Reporter (1932, Short) – Mandel
- Stamboul (1932) – Prince Cernuwitz
- After Office Hours (1932) – Brewer
- Number Seventeen (1932) – Sheldrake
- COD (1932) – Peter Craven
- Fires of Fate (1932) – Captain Archer
- The Maid of the Mountains (1932) – Beppo
- Don't Be a Dummy (1932) – Captain Fitzgerald
- Taxi to Paradise (1933, Short) – George Melhuish
- Forging Ahead (1933) – Honorable Horace Slimminger
- The Lost Chord (1933) – Joseph Mendel
- Falling for You (1933) – Archduke Karl
- That's a Good Girl (1933) – Francis Moray
- The Silver Spoon (1933) – Hon. Roland Stone
- Two Wives for Henry (1933) – Henry Stetson
- The Love Nest (1933) – Hugo
- Ask Beccles (1933) – Eustace Beccles
- Rolling in Money (1934) – Dursingham
- It's a Cop (1934) – James Risden
- Warn London (1934) – Van Der Meer
- Gay Love (1934) – Freddie Milton
- Money Mad (1934) – Rutherford
- The Green Pack (1934) – Tubby Storman
- Josser on the Farm (1934) – Granby
- Widow's Might (1935) – Barry Carrington
- Three Witnesses (1935) – Charles Rowton
- Inside the Room (1935) – Geoffrey Luce
- Mr. What's-His-Name? (1935) – Yates
- Full Circle (1935) – Max Reeves
- Department Store (1935) – Timothy Bradbury
- Night Mail (1935) – Capt. Ronnie Evans
- Death on the Set (1935) – Inspector Burford
- Scrooge (1935) – Belle's Husband
- Charing Cross Road (1935) – Berry
- A Wife or Two (1936) – George Hamilton
- When Knights Were Bold (1936) – Brian Ballymoat
- Debt of Honour (1936) – Bill
- The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936) – The Buyer
- The Man in the Mirror (1936) – Tarkington
- All In (1936) – Lilleywhite
- The Vicar of Bray (1937) – Sir Richard Melross
- The Angelus (1937) – Fen Markham
- Intimate Relations (1937) – George Gommery
- Melody and Romance (1937) – Warwick Mortimer
- Leave It to Me (1937) – Sergeant
- It's a Grand Old World (1937) – Stage Manager
- A Romance in Flanders (1937) – Rodd Berry
- Bank Holiday (1938) – 'Follies' Manager
- The Dark Stairway (1938) – Dr. Mortimer
- I See Ice (1938) – Tim Galloway
- The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938) – Sir George Ilford
- Break the News (1938) – The Producer
- Convict 99 (1938) – Johnson
- It's in the Air (1938) – Commanding Officer Hill
- This Man Is News (1938) – Sergeant Bright
- The Ringer (1938, TV Movie) – Central Det. Insp. Bliss
- Let's Be Famous (1939) – Walton
- Trouble Brewing (1939) – A.G. Brady
- The Four Just Men (1939) – Reporter
- This Man in Paris (1939) – Sergeant Bright
- Old Mother Riley Joins Up (1940) – Dr. Leach
- Return to Yesterday (1940) – Charlie Miller
- Hoots Mon! (1940) – Charlie Thompson
- Let George Do It! (1940) – Mark Mendez
- I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945) – Wallace
- Dead of Night (1945) – Harry Parker (segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
- Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) – Joe Bond
- The Rake's Progress (1945) – Sir Hubert Parks
- I See a Dark Stranger (1946) – Capt. Goodhusband
- A Girl in a Million (1946) – General
- While the Sun Shines (1947) – Mr. Jordan
- The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) – Major Elliot
- Frieda (1947) – Beckwith
- Dancing with Crime (1947) – Det. Sgt. Murray
- Just William's Luck (1948) – Mr. Brown
- Daybreak (1948) – Barbershop Customer (uncredited)
- Good-Time Girl (1948) – Mr. Hawkins
- My Brother's Keeper (1948) – Brewster
- Things Happen at Night (1948) – Spenser
- William Comes to Town (1948) – Mr. Brown
- Forbidden (1949) – Jerry Burns
- Badger's Green (1949) – Major Forrester
- Murder at the Windmill (1949) – Detective Inspector
- Paper Orchid (1949) – Johnson
- Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949) – Mayor
- Someone at the Door (1950) – Kapel
- Something in the City (1950) – Mr. Holley
- Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1950) – Jim
- Worm's Eye View (1951) – Pop Brownlow
- The Magic Box (1951)[13] – 2nd Company Promoter
- Madame Louise (1951) – Mr. Trout
- The Lost Hours (1952) – Inspector Foster
- The Voice of Merrill (1952) – Inspector Thornton
- Those People Next Door (1953) – Sir Andrew Stevens
- Double Exposure (1954) – Beaumont
- Aunt Clara (1954) – Arthur Cole
- Man of the Moment (1955) – British Delegate
- Johnny, You're Wanted (1956) – Balsamo
- Who Done It? (1956) – Hancock
- Trouble with Eve (1960) – Roland Axbridge
- Upgreen – And at 'Em (1960)
- Ring of Spies (1964) – 1st Member at Lord's (uncredited)
- Where the Bullets Fly (1966) – Major
- Ouch! (1967, Short) – Father
- Arthur! Arthur! (1969) – Golfer
References
[edit]- ^ "Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007".
- ^ "Garry Marsh". Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- ^ "Garry Marsh". The Times. 11 March 1981. p. 16 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Marsh, Garry". The Motion Picture Almanac: 504. 1935. OCLC 4651470.
- ^ International Television Almanac, vol. 12, p. 194
- ^ Leslie Marsh Cleaver Gerahty. Baptism 1 Nov 1902. St Stephen, Richmond Upon Thames. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: DRO/090/003. Ancestry.com
- ^ Sell, Jonathan P. A. (2018). "Cecil Gerahty's The Road to Madrid: An Anglo-Irish Falstaff in Spain's Theatre of War". ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies. 39 (39): 11–28. doi:10.24197/ersjes.39.2018.11-28.
- ^ "Garry Marsh – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos – AllMovie".
- ^ "BALLOON. BRANCH". The London Gazette. 35260: 5029. 29 August 1941.
- ^ "Search Results for England-and-Wales-Marriages-1837-2008".
- ^ "Search Results for England-and-Wales-Marriages-1837-2008".
- ^ "NewspaperSG – Terms and Conditions".
- ^ Release date for The Magic Box, in IMDb.
External links
[edit]- Garry Marsh at IMDb
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