Garry Marsh

Garry Marsh (21 May 1902 – 6 March 1981) was an English stage and film actor.^[2][3]

Garry Marsh
Garry Marsh in 1932
Born	Leslie March Gerahty (1902-05-21)21 May 1902 St Margarets, Middlesex, England
Died	6 March 1981(1981-03-06) (aged 78) Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England[1]
Years active	1922–1970
Spouse(s)	Adele Lawson Muriel Martin-Harvey

Biography

Born Leslie March Gerahty on 21 May 1902^[4] in St Margarets, Middlesex,^[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