Marius Goring
Acting
Born: May 23, 1912 · Newport, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Died: September 30, 1998 (aged 86)
Highest Rated
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. 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
The Red Shoes
1948
Doctor Who
1963
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
Exodus
1960
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951
Holocaust
1978
Hammer House of Horror
1980
The Girl on a Motorcycle
1968
The Spy in Black
1939
The 25th Hour
1967
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Photos (2)
Movies (59)
The Red Shoes
Julian Craster
A Matter of Life and Death
Conductor 71
The 25th Hour
Colonel Muller
The Barefoot Contessa
Alberto Bravano
Exodus
Von Storch
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Reggie Demarest
The Devil's Daffodil
Oliver Milburgh
Quentin Durward
Count Philip De Creville
Ill Met by Moonlight
Major General Kreipe
The Truth About Women
Otto Kerstein
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
Inspector Lucas
I Was Monty's Double
Karl Nielson
The Son of Robin Hood
Chester
The Angry Hills
Colonel Elrick Oberg
Sleeping Dog
Sir Hubert
Break in the Circle
Baron Keller
The Girl on a Motorcycle
Rebecca’s Father
The Spy in Black
Lieutenant Felix Schuster
The Case of the Frightened Lady
Willie, Lord Lebanon
The Devil's Agent
General Greenhahn
Rembrandt
Baron Leivens (uncredited)
Up from the Beach
German Commandant
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Raimondo Casarès
Night Boat to Dublin
Frederick Jannings
The Treasure of San Teresa
Rudi Siebert
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
King George V
First Love
Dr. Lushin
The Magic Box
House Agent
So Little Time
Colonel Günther von Hohensee
Too Many Cooks
Wattari
Zeppelin
Professor Christian Altschul
The Unstoppable Man
Inspector Hazelrigg
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
Theodore Maxtible
Subterfuge
Shevik
The Moonraker
Colonel John Beaumont
The Late Nancy Irving
Angus Aragon
Odette
Colonel Henri
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Vincent Perrin
Cymbeline
Sicilius Leonatus
Nights on the Road
Kurt Willbrand
Pastor Hall
Fritz Gerte
Strike It Rich
Blixon
Der Monat der fallenden Blätter
Erster Geheimagent
Desert Mice
German Major
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Greening
Take My Life
Sidney Fleming
The Crooked Road
Harlequin
The Inspector
Thorens
Highly Dangerous
Commandant Anton Razinski
Rough Shoot
Hiart
Whirlpool
Georg
The Mirror and Markheim
Narrator
Circle of Danger
Sholto Lewis
Rx Murder
Doctor Henry Dysert
The Amateur Gentleman
Bit Part (uncredited)
Flying Fifty-Five
Charles Barrington
Kill or Be Killed
German Sniper (voice)
The Big Blockade
German Propaganda Officer
Beyond the Curtain
Hans Körtner
TV Shows (41)
Doctor Who
Theodore Maxtible · 6 eps
The Wednesday Play
Reverend Harrup · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Sir Hubert · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Dr John Landy · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Mr Ponge · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Interrogator · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Crystof Wolters · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Hjalmar Ekdal · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Robert Clive · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Tommy Savidge · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
General Harras · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Chorus · 2 eps
Maigret
Peter the Lett · 1 eps
The Expert
Dr John Hardy · 62 eps
ITV Play of the Week
John Hagerman · 1 eps
ITV Play of the Week
Purcell · 1 eps
ITV Play of the Week
Charles Norbury · 1 eps
ITV Play of the Week
Robert Cosgrove · 1 eps
ITV Play of the Week
Lewis Eliot · 1 eps
The Third Man
Colonel Dimonella · 1 eps
Out of the Unknown
Wattari · 1 eps
You Are There
Oliver Cromwell · 1 eps
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Angus Aragon · 1 eps
Hammer House of Horror
Heinz · 1 eps
Holocaust
Heinrich Palitz · 2 eps
Man in a Suitcase
Henri Thibaud · 1 eps
Fall of Eagles
Von Hindenburg · 2 eps
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Lord Linchmere · 1 eps
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel · 18 eps
Wilde Alliance
Rex · 1 eps
The Great War
Various (voice) · 26 eps
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents
Nicol Pascal · 1 eps
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Mme Sacramento · 1 eps
Edward and Mrs Simpson
King George V · 2 eps
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Major Edward Carter · 1 eps
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Reinhardt · 1 eps
House of Caradus
Magnus Bronsky · 1 eps
Thirteen Against Fate
Monsieur Hire · 1 eps
Levkas Man
Dr. Pieter Gerrard · 6 eps
