Marius Goring
Born
May 23, 1912
Died
September 30, 1998 (86 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Newport, Isle of Wight, England, UK
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
Strike It Rich
Blixon
1990
The Late Nancy Irving
Angus Aragon
1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Angus Aragon · (1 episode)
1984
The Old Men at the Zoo
Dr Emile Englander · (5 episodes)
1983
The Old Men at the Zoo
Emile Englander · (1 episode)
1983
Cymbeline
Sicilius Leonatus
1982
The Year of the French
Lord Glenthorne · (1 episode)
1982
Levkas Man
Dr. Pieter Gerrard · (6 episodes)
1981
Hammer House of Horror
Heinz · (1 episode)
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
Dr John Landy · (1 episode)
1979
House of Caradus
Magnus Bronsky · (1 episode)
1979
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Sicilius Leonatus · (1 episode)
1978
Edward and Mrs Simpson
King George V · (2 episodes)
1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
King George V
1978
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Raimondo Casarès
1978
Holocaust
Heinrich Palitz · (2 episodes)
1978
Wilde Alliance
Rex · (1 episode)
1978
Fall of Eagles
Von Hindenburg · (2 episodes)
1974
Zeppelin
Professor Christian Altschul
1971
First Love
Dr. Lushin
1970
Subterfuge
Shevik
1968
The Expert
Dr John Hardy · (62 episodes)
1968
The Girl on a Motorcycle
Rebecca’s Father
1968
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Mme Sacramento · (1 episode)
1968
Der Monat der fallenden Blätter
Erster Geheimagent
1968
Omnibus
Self - Interviewee · (1 episode)
1967
Man in a Suitcase
Henri Thibaud · (1 episode)
1967
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
Theodore Maxtible
1967
The 25th Hour
Colonel Muller
1967
The Revenue Men
Kersten · (1 episode)
1967
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Lord Linchmere · (1 episode)
1967
Thirteen Against Fate
Monsieur Hire · (1 episode)
1966
A Walk in the Sea
Reverend Harrup
1966
The Mask of Janus
Dr. Kapaka · (1 episode)
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Mr Ponge · (1 episode)
1965
Out of the Unknown
Wattari · (1 episode)
1965
Up from the Beach
German Commandant
1965
The Crooked Road
Harlequin
1965
The Wednesday Play
Reverend Harrup · (1 episode)
1964
The Wednesday Play
Sir Hubert · (1 episode)
1964
The Great War
(26 episodes)
1964
Doctor Who
Theodore Maxtible · (6 episodes)
1963
First Night
Grieve Wishart · (1 episode)
1963
Love Story
Robert Langley · (1 episode)
1963
24-Hour Call
Sam Bullivant · (1 episode)
1963
The Devil's Agent
General Greenhahn
1962
The Inspector
Thorens
1962
The Secret Thread
Arnold Reed
1962
Life of Adolf Hitler
Narrator
1961
The Devil's Daffodil
Oliver Milburgh
1961
The Unstoppable Man
Inspector Hazelrigg
1961
Drama 61-67
Captain · (1 episode)
1961
Drama 61-67
Mervyn · (1 episode)
1961
Exodus
Von Storch
1960
Maigret
Peter the Lett · (1 episode)
1960
Sunday-Night Play
Alexei Turbin · (1 episode)
1960
Sunday-Night Play
Laye-Parker · (2 episodes)
1960
Sunday-Night Play
John Lock · (1 episode)
1960
Sunday-Night Play
Harras, General of the Luftwaffe · (1 episode)
1960
Beyond the Curtain
Hans Körtner
1960
International Detective
Ferdie Steibel · (1 episode)
1959
The Third Man
Colonel Dimonella · (1 episode)
1959
The Angry Hills
Colonel Elrick Oberg
1959
The Treasure of San Teresa
Rudi Siebert
1959
Asmodée
Blaise Lebel
1959
Whirlpool
Georg
1959
Desert Mice
German Major
1959
Son of Robin Hood
Chester
1958
I Was Monty's Double
Karl Nielson
1958
The Moonraker
Colonel John Beaumont
1958
An Ideal Husband
Lord Goring
1958
Rx Murder
Doctor Henry Dysert
1958
The Truth About Women
Otto Kerstein
1957
Many Mansions
Lester Hockley
1957
Ill Met by Moonlight
Major General Kreipe
1957
Gaslicht
Jack Manningham
1956
The Magic Carpet
1956
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel · (18 episodes)
1955
ITV Play of the Week
John Hagerman · (1 episode)
1955
ITV Play of the Week
Purcell · (1 episode)
1955
ITV Play of the Week
Charles Norbury · (1 episode)
1955
ITV Play of the Week
Lewis Eliot · (1 episode)
1955
ITV Play of the Week
Robert Cosgrove · (1 episode)
1955
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Reinhardt · (1 episode)
1955
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Major Edward Carter · (1 episode)
1955
Quentin Durward
Count Philip De Creville
1955
Break in the Circle
Baron Keller
1955
The Barefoot Contessa
Alberto Bravano
1954
The Mirror and Markheim
Narrator
1954
Tonight in Britain
Self
1954
Rough Shoot
Hiart
1953
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents
Nicol Pascal · (1 episode)
1953
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
Inspector Lucas
1952
So Little Time
Colonel Günther von Hohensee
1952
Nights on the Road
Kurt Willbrand
1952
The Magic Box
House Agent
1952
Circle of Danger
Sholto Lewis
1951
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Reggie Demarest
1951
Highly Dangerous
Commandant Anton Razinski
1950
Odette
Colonel Henri
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Tommy Savidge · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Chorus · (2 episodes)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Hjalmar Ekdal · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
General Harras · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Crystof Wolters · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Robert Clive · (1 episode)
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Richard Brinsley Sheridan · (1 episode)
1950
Box for One
The Caller
1949
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Vincent Perrin
1948
The Red Shoes
Julian Craster
1948
Take My Life
Sidney Fleming
1947
A Matter of Life and Death
Conductor 71
1946
Night Boat to Dublin
Frederick Jannings
1946
The Night Invader
Oberleutenant
1943
The Big Blockade
German Propaganda Officer
1942
Kill or be Killed
German Sniper (voice)
1942
The Case of the Frightened Lady
Willie, Lord Lebanon
1940
Pastor Hall
Fritz Gerte
1940
The Spy in Black
Lieutenant Felix Schuster
1939
Flying Fifty-Five
Charles Barrington
1939
Consider Your Verdict
The Novelist
1938
The Bear
Grigory Stepanovitch Smirnov, a landowner
1938
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Greening
1938
Rembrandt
Baron Leivens (uncredited)
1936
The Amateur Gentleman
Bit Part (uncredited)
1936