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Marius Goring
Actor

Marius Goring

23 May 1912Born
30 Sep 1998Died
86Age at death
110Credits

Biography

Marius Re Goring CBE FRSL (May 23, 1912 – September 30, 1998) was an English stage and screen actor. He is 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.

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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.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 110 credits.

  1. 1990Strike It RichFilm: Blixon
  2. 1984The Late Nancy IrvingFilm: Angus Aragon
  3. 1984Hammer House of Mystery and SuspenseSeries: Angus Aragon (1 episode)
  4. 1983The Old Men at the ZooSeries: Dr Emile Englander (5 episodes)
  5. 1983CymbelineFilm: Sicilius Leonatus
  6. 1982The Year of the FrenchSeries: Lord Glenthorne (1 episode)
  7. 1981Levkas ManSeries: Dr. Pieter Gerrard (6 episodes)
  8. 1980Hammer House of HorrorSeries: Heinz (1 episode)
  9. 1979Tales of the UnexpectedSeries: Dr John Landy (1 episode)
  10. 1979House of CaradusSeries: Magnus Bronsky (1 episode)
  11. 1978Edward and Mrs SimpsonSeries: King George V (2 episodes)
  12. 1978Edward & Mrs. SimpsonFilm: King George V
  13. 1978Little Girl in Blue VelvetFilm: Raimondo Casarès
  14. 1978HolocaustSeries: Heinrich Palitz (2 episodes)
  15. 1978Wilde AllianceSeries: Rex (1 episode)
  16. 1974Fall of EaglesSeries: Von Hindenburg (2 episodes)
  17. 1971ZeppelinFilm: Professor Christian Altschul
  18. 1970First LoveFilm: Dr. Lushin
  19. 1968SubterfugeFilm: Shevik
  20. 1968The ExpertSeries: Dr John Hardy (62 episodes)
  21. 1968The Girl on a MotorcycleFilm: Rebecca’s Father
  22. 1968Les Dossiers de l'Agence OSeries: Mme Sacramento (1 episode)
  23. 1968Der Monat der fallenden BlätterFilm: Erster Geheimagent
  24. 1967Sleeping DogFilm: Sir Hubert
  25. 1967Man in a SuitcaseSeries: Henri Thibaud (1 episode)
  26. 1967Doctor Who: The Evil of the DaleksFilm: Theodore Maxtible
  27. 1967The 25th HourFilm: Colonel Muller
  28. 1967The Revenue MenSeries: Kersten (1 episode)
  29. 1967Sir Arthur Conan DoyleSeries: Lord Linchmere (1 episode)
  30. 1966Too Many CooksFilm: Wattari
  31. 1966Thirteen Against FateSeries: Monsieur Hire (1 episode)
  32. 1966A Walk in the SeaFilm: Reverend Harrup
  33. 1965The Mask of JanusSeries: Dr. Kapaka (1 episode)
  34. 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries: Mr Ponge, The Interrogator (1 episode)
  35. 1965Out of the UnknownSeries: Wattari (1 episode)
  36. 1965Up from the BeachFilm: German Commandant
  37. 1965The Crooked RoadFilm: Harlequin
  38. 1964The Wednesday PlaySeries: Reverend Harrup, Sir Hubert (1 episode)
  39. 1964The Great WarSeries: Various (voice) (26 episodes)
  40. 1963Doctor WhoSeries: Theodore Maxtible (6 episodes)
  41. 1963First NightSeries: Grieve Wishart (1 episode)
  42. 1963Love StorySeries: Robert Langley (1 episode)
  43. 196324-Hour CallSeries: Sam Bullivant (1 episode)
  44. 1962The Devil's AgentFilm: General Greenhahn
  45. 1962The InspectorFilm: Thorens
  46. 1962The Secret ThreadFilm: Arnold Reed
  47. 1961The Life of Adolf HitlerFilm: Narrator
  48. 1961The Devil's DaffodilFilm: Oliver Milburgh
  49. 1961A Call on Kuprin: Part 2Film: Laye-Parker
  50. 1961The Unstoppable ManFilm: Inspector Hazelrigg
  51. 1961A Call on Kuprin: Part 1Film: Laye-Parker
  52. 1961Drama 61-67Series: Mervyn, Captain (1 episode)
  53. 1960ExodusFilm: Von Storch
  54. 1960MaigretSeries: Peter the Lett (1 episode)
  55. 1960Sunday-Night PlaySeries: Laye-Parker, Alexei Turbin, Harras, General of the Luftwaffe, John Lock (2 episodes)
  56. 1960Beyond the CurtainFilm: Hans Körtner
  57. 1959International DetectiveSeries: Ferdie Steibel (1 episode)
  58. 1959The Third ManSeries: Colonel Dimonella (1 episode)
  59. 1959The Angry HillsFilm: Colonel Elrick Oberg
  60. 1959The Treasure of San TeresaFilm: Rudi Siebert
  61. 1959AsmodéeFilm: Blaise Lebel
  62. 1959WhirlpoolFilm: Georg
  63. 1959Desert MiceFilm: German Major
  64. 1958The Son of Robin HoodFilm: Chester
  65. 1958I Was Monty's DoubleFilm: Karl Nielson
  66. 1958The MoonrakerFilm: Colonel John Beaumont
  67. 1958An Ideal HusbandFilm: Lord Goring
  68. 1958Rx MurderFilm: Doctor Henry Dysert
  69. 1957The Truth About WomenFilm: Otto Kerstein
  70. 1957Many MansionsFilm: Lester Hockley
  71. 1957Ill Met by MoonlightFilm: Major General Kreipe
  72. 1956GaslichtFilm: Jack Manningham
  73. 1956The Magic CarpetFilm
  74. 1955The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelSeries: Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel, Screenplay (18 episodes)
  75. 1955ITV Play of the WeekSeries: Purcell, Charles Norbury, John Hagerman, Robert Cosgrove, Lewis Eliot (1 episode)
  76. 1955Lilli Palmer TheatreSeries: Reinhardt, Major Edward Carter (1 episode)
  77. 1955Quentin DurwardFilm: Count Philip De Creville
  78. 1955Break in the CircleFilm: Baron Keller
  79. 1954The Barefoot ContessaFilm: Alberto Bravano
  80. 1954The Mirror and MarkheimFilm: Narrator

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