Garry Marsh  | |
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![]() Garry Marsh in 1932  | |
| Born | Leslie Marsh Gerahty 21 June 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 June 1902 – 6 March 1981) was an English stage and film actor.[2][3]
Born Leslie Marsh Gerahty in St Margarets, Surrey,[4][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
- 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
- ↑ "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.
 - ↑ "Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006".
 - ↑ 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
- Garry Marsh at IMDb
 
