Herbert Marshall
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Biography
- born: 23/May/1890 (London, England, UK)
- died: 22/Jan/1966 (Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA) - heart attack
Herbert Marshall was a popular English cinema and theatre actor who overcame the loss of a leg during World War I, to enjoy a long career, initially as a romantic lead and then in character roles. The suave actor spent many years playing romantic leads opposite the likes of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Bette Davis, and starring in such classics as "The Little Foxes" and "Trouble in Paradise". He was married five times, including marriages to the actresses Edna Best, with whom he appeared in "The Calendar", "Michael and Mary" and "The Faithful Heart", and Boots Mallory to whom he was married from 1947 until her death in 1958.
His daughter is the actress Sarah Marshall.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- Murder! (1930) - cast: Sir John Menier
- Foreign Correspondent (1940) - cast: Stephen Fisher
- Forever and a Day (1943) - cast: Curate
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - A Bottle of Wine (03/Feb/1957) - cast: Judge
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Little White Frock (29/Jun/1958) - cast: Colin Bragner
Other works of note...
- Trouble in Paradise (1932) - cast: Gaston Monescu
- Mad About Music (1938) - cast: Richard Todd / Mr. Harkinson
- The Letter (1940) - cast: Robert Crosbie
- The Little Foxes (1941) - cast: Horace Giddens
- The Enchanted Cottage (1945) - cast: Major John Hillgrove
- The Razor's Edge (1946) - cast: W. Somerset Maugham
- Duel in the Sun (1946) - cast: Scott Chavez
- The Secret Garden (1949) - cast: Archibald Craven
- The Fly (1958) - cast: Insp. Charas
Radio Adapations
- The Lodger (Suspense, 22/Jul/1940) - cast
- The 39 Steps (Suspense, 03/Mar/1952) - cast
- The Birds (Lux Radio Theatre, 20/Jul/1953) - cast
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