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Marius Goring

The son of Dr Charles Buckman Goring, a renowned physician and criminologist, and Kate Winifred (née MacDonald), a former suffragette and talented pianist. Marius Goring was educated at The Perse School, Cambridge, England and at universities in Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and Paris (The Sorbonne) where he perfected his French and German - he became fluent in both languages. He studied for the stage under Harcourt Williams at the Old Vic dramatic school, London. His first stage appearance was a fairy at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge in 1925 at the age of twelve in "Crossings: A Fairy Play" the only play written by Walter De La Mare. His first London appearance was at the Rudolph Steiner Hall in December 1927 as Harlequin in one of Jean Sterling McKinlay’s Children’s Matinees. He performed regularly at the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells in the 1930s and later toured France and Germany. He played Macbeth, Romeo, Trip in School for Scandal and the Chorus in Henry V with Laurence Olivier amongst others. His first West End appearance was at the Shaftesbury Theatre in May 1934 in The Voysey Inheritance. He joined the army in July 1940 but was seconded the following year to the BBC where he became supervisor of productions for its German Service. He made regular propaganda broadcasts to Germany. Most of his radio propaganda work was done under the alias Charles Richardson (using his father’s first name and his grandmother’s maiden name) as the name Goring wasn't too popular during the war (Hermann Göring was the commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe). In 1941 he was married for the second time to the renowned German Jewish actress Lucie Mannheim who had to flee Germany in 1934 after the Nazis came to power. They worked together on stage and in films and television many times over the following years. He was a founder member of British Equity in 1929, being on its council for decades from 1949 and was elected its vice president three times. He had a contentious relationship with the union from the 1970s, taking them to court on a number of issues, the last of which he lost in the High Court and was nearly bankrupted by the court costs. Marius was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1979 and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1991. He died from stomach cancer in 1998 aged 86 at his home in Rushlake Green, East Sussex, survived by his third wife, Prudence FitzGerald, a television producer/director who had directed him in 18 episodes of The Expert and his only child, a daughter from his first marriage, Phyllida.


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Born:
May 23, 1912 In Newport, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
64
First Appeared:
In the movie The Amateur Gentleman 1936-04-26
Latest Project:
Movie Strike It Rich 1990-01-26
Known For
Filmography
Movie Strike It Rich Blixon 1990-01-26
Series The Old Men at the Zoo Dr Emile Englander 1983-09-15
Series Hammer House of Horror Heinz 1980-09-13
Series Tales of the Unexpected Dr John Landy 1979-03-24
Series Wilde Alliance Rex 1978-01-17
Series Holocaust Heinrich Palitz 1978-04-16
Movie Little Girl in Blue Velvet Raimondo Casarès 1978-08-23
Series Edward and Mrs Simpson King George V 1978-11-08
Series Fall of Eagles Von Hindenburg 1974-03-15
Movie Zeppelin Professor Christian Altschul 1971-04-08
Movie First Love Dr. Lushin 1970-10-07
Movie The Girl on a Motorcycle Rebecca’s Father 1968-06-21
Movie Subterfuge Shevik 1968-12-12
Movie The 25th Hour Colonel Muller 1967-04-26
Series Man in a Suitcase Henri Thibaud 1967-09-27
Movie The Crooked Road Harlequin 1965-02-03
Movie Up from the Beach German Commandant 1965-05-25
Series Thirty-Minute Theatre The Interrogator 1965-10-07
Series Out of the Unknown Wattari 1965-10-04
Series The Mask of Janus Dr Kapaka 1965-10-08
Series Love Story Robert Langley 1963-06-03
Movie The Inspector Thorens 1962-05-24
Movie The Devil's Agent General Greenhahn 1962-09-01
Movie The Devil's Daffodil Oliver Milburgh 1961-07-20
Movie The Unstoppable Man Inspector Hazelrigg 1961-06-21
Movie Beyond the Curtain Hans Körtner 1960-04-01
Series Maigret Peter the Lett 1960-10-31
Movie Desert Mice German Major 1959-01-05
Movie The Angry Hills Colonel Elrick Oberg 1959-07-29
Movie Whirlpool Georg 1959-03-01
Movie The Treasure of San Teresa Rudi Siebert 1959-07-21
Movie Rx Murder Doctor Henry Dysert 1958-02-18
Movie The Moonraker Colonel John Beaumont 1958-08-02
Movie Son of Robin Hood Chester 1958-11-01
Movie I Was Monty's Double Karl Nielson 1958-10-21
Movie Ill Met by Moonlight Major General Kreipe 1957-01-31
Movie The Truth About Women Otto Kerstein 1957-10-01
Movie Break in the Circle Baron Keller 1955-01-01
Series The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel 1955-09-28
Series ITV Play of the Week Robert Cosgrove 1955-09-27
Movie The Mirror and Markheim Narrator 1954-01-01
Movie The Barefoot Contessa Alberto Bravano 1954-09-29
Movie Rough Shoot Hiart 1953-03-30
Movie So Little Time Colonel Günther von Hohensee 1952-04-18
Movie The Man Who Watched Trains Go By Inspector Lucas 1952-12-01
Movie Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Reggie Demarest 1951-04-13
Movie Circle of Danger Sholto Lewis 1951-04-17
Movie Odette Colonel Henri 1950-10-02
Movie Highly Dangerous Commandant Anton Razinski 1950-12-06
Movie The Red Shoes Julian Craster 1948-09-06
Movie Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill Vincent Perrin 1948-09-27
Movie Take My Life Sidney Fleming 1947-05-30
Movie A Matter of Life and Death Conductor 71 1946-12-15
Movie Night Boat to Dublin Frederick Jannings 1946-01-08
Movie The Night Invader Oberleutenant 1943-12-05
Movie Kill or be Killed German Sniper (voice) 1942-01-01
Movie The Big Blockade German Propaganda Officer 1942-01-19
Movie Pastor Hall Fritz Gerte 1940-05-28
Movie The Case of the Frightened Lady Willie, Lord Lebanon 1940-09-28
Movie Flying Fifty-Five Charles Barrington 1939-05-01
Movie The Spy in Black Lieutenant Felix Schuster 1939-08-03
Movie Dead Men Tell No Tales Greening 1938-02-01
Movie The Amateur Gentleman Bit Part (uncredited) 1936-04-26
Movie Rembrandt Baron Leivens (uncredited) 1936-11-06
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