Herbert Marshall

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Herbert Marshall (born May 23, 1890 in London , † January 22, 1966 in Beverly Hills , Los Angeles ; actually Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall ) was a British film and theater actor. He achieved great success in Hollywood, especially in the role of the charming gentleman.

Life

Herbert Marshall grew up in a theater family, but initially did not plan to pursue a stage career himself. After graduating from St. Mary's College in Harlow , Essex , he worked as an accountant in a public company in Brighton . He turned to acting when this work became too boring for him. He was seen on stage for the first time in 1911. Two years later he celebrated his breakthrough on stage with the comedy Brewster's Millions . Marshall served during World War I , in which he was seriously wounded and lost a leg. Despite this disability, he continued to pursue the acting profession and played with a prosthesis without any visible impairment. Marshall's disability was unknown to most of the audience.

In 1927, Herbert Marshall made his film debut in Herbert Wilcox 's silent film Mumsie . In 1929 he got a contract with Paramount , his first sound film The Letter was made in the same year. In the play after Somerset Maugham he then appeared again in the second film adaptation from 1940, but in a different role: In 1929 he played the lover of the main character, in 1940 he played the betrayed husband. The Briton Marshall often played elegant gentlemen and romantic lovers in Hollywood, for example in one of his most famous roles as a charming jewel thief in Ernst Lubitsch's comedy Trouble in Paradise (1932). He was often seen alongside big female stars from the studios, alongside Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus (1932), alongside Greta Garbo in The Colorful Veil (1934), Katharine Hepburn in A Defiant Girl (1936) and alongside Bette Davis in The Little Foxes (1941). Marshall starred in two Alfred Hitchcock films , namely Murder - Sir John Intervenes! and The Foreign Correspondent .

After 1940, Marshall increasingly shifted to character roles and remained a busy performer. From 1944 to 1952, he spoke the title role of a secret agent in the popular US radio program The Man Called X . In 1952 he was seen in a supporting role in Otto Preminger's film noir Angel Face alongside Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons . He had late roles in Kurt Neumann's science fiction film Die Fliege (1958) and the thriller Midnight Spikes (1960) with Doris Day and Rex Harrison . In the 1950s and 1960s he also starred in television films as well as television series such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents and 77 Sunset Strip .

Herbert Marshall was married five times and had two children, including actress Sarah Marshall . His first three marriages to Mollie Maitland (1915–1928), Edna Best (1928–1940) and Elizabeth Roberta Russell (1940–1947), a sister of Rosalind Russell , were divorced. He also had a multi-year affair with Gloria Swanson in the 1930s . From 1947 until her death in 1958 he was married to actress Boots Mallory . From 1960 until his death, Marshall was with Dee-Anne Kahmann in his fifth marriage. He died of a heart attack in January 1966 at the age of 75. Herbert Marshall received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his film work .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herbert Marshall | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved October 14, 2017 .
  2. ^ Herbert Marshall | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved October 14, 2017 .
  3. ^ Herbert Marshall - Hollywood Star Walk - Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 14, 2017 (English).
  4. ^ Herbert Marshall, Biography of the Trouble in Paradise Star . In: Immortal Ephemera . August 16, 2014 ( immortalephemera.com [accessed October 14, 2017]).
  5. ^ Herbert Marshall - Hollywood Star Walk - Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 14, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Marshall, Herbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marshall, Herbert Brough Falcon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English film actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1966
Place of death Beverly Hills , Los Angeles