Marcus Harris

Marcus Harris (born April 19, 1964 in Middlesex , England ) is a British actor . He became known throughout Europe in the late 1970s for the role of Julian Kirrin from the television series Five Friends .

Life

Marcus Harris' parents were enthusiastic about amateur acting. So it happened that he began his stage career at the age of three. When he was ten, his family moved from Middlesex to Oxfordshire . There he joined the ensemble of the Henley Youth Theater around 1976 and thus acquired his actual acting training.

Soon after, he got a leading role in the television series Five Friends . In the series, he played Julian Kirrin, a boy who shows true leadership skills among his friends . The series was first broadcast between 1978 and 1979. It was particularly successful in Germany and was repeated several times. This success made Harris known across Europe. But after the end of the series there were no attractive acting offers and he returned to his normal life. But he no longer showed any real interest in school and dropped out at the age of 16. Over time, Harris became a successful businessman. He ran a computer software company, ran a chain of sports stores, and eventually owned a consulting firm. He was politically active and in 2006 became the second mayor of his hometown Wallingford .

In 2007 he starred in a documentary for the book The Golden Compass , called Beyond The Golden Compass , Lord Asriel .

At the end of 2008 he was seen in a television special on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Independent Television ( ITV ) in the south of England. Here he met with his colleague Jennifer Thanisch from the series Five Friends and talked about the filming at that time. The special aired on the Meridian Tonight and Thames Valley Tonight news programs.

A year later he starred in several commercials with and in some theater productions, including Puss in Boots ( Puss in Boots ) where he received a ogre showed. In December 2009, Marcus Harris sold his business and has since returned to acting.

The Five Friends Collector's Edition , published in 2010, contains an approx. 80-minute interview with Marcus Harris and voice actor Oliver Rohrbeck (= German voice of Julian from the TV series Five Friends ), in which both from today's point of view (2010) talk about their experiences during the production of the TV series Five Friends in 1978–1979 and the years after that report: Julian meets Julian ( Marcus Harris meets his German voice ).

A cameo by Marcus Harris can be seen in the German film Five Friends , which was released in late January 2012 .

Little is known about Marcus Harris' personal life; he has at least two children.

Filmography

• 1978–1979: Five Friends (TV series)
• 1997–2010: Inspector Barnaby ( Midsomer Murders ) in some episodes since 2006 as a police officer
• 2007: Beyond The Golden Compass as Lord Asriel
• 2012: The World of Hemingway (TV movie)
• 2012: Five Friends (feature film)
• 2015: Souljacker
• 2016: Siren Song

literature

• Thomas Hruska; Jovan Evermann: The new series guide. Volume 1 to 4. 2004

Web links

• Marcus Harris in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Spotlight - Marcus Harris (One of his websites)
• more information about Marcus Harris on wunschliste.de
• Another site of Marcus Harris (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Southern Television - The Famous Five Fan Information Card
2. ↑ castingcallpro - Marcus Harris  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} The Oxford Times - Memories revived of Famous Five
4. ↑ The series was released in the years: 1978–1979 (all 26 episodes), 1981 (24 episodes), 1983 (one episode), 1984 (eight episodes), 1985 (eleven episodes), 1986 (four episodes), 1988 (22 Episodes), 1991 (all 26 episodes), 1993–1994 (19 episodes), 1997 (two episodes) each on ZDF and in 1997 and 2009 again fully broadcast on Super RTL .
5. ↑ ^{a b} Five Friends - Blyton Day 2010 - May 15, 2010
6. ↑ Five Friends - Memories of Gary Russell - Translation of his own website or the English version of this page
7. ↑ ^{a b} The stars from the 70s cult series on DVD - Would you have recognized Enid Blyton's “Five Friends”? ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Bild.de of October 12, 2010 
8. ^ The Internet Movie Database - Beyond The Golden Compass
9. ↑ The special was titled: Famous Five revisited .
10. ↑ Cf. castingcallpro - Marcus Harris  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Spotlight - Marcus Harris - Spotlight Actor and Spotlight - Marcus Harris - Spotlight Presenters  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
11. ↑ Cf. castingcallpro - Marcus Harris  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ See Spotlight - Marcus Harris - Spotlight Actor
13. ↑ Five Friends Collector's Edition Bonus Material
14. ↑ Five friends movie coming in 2012 ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
15. ↑ Five Friends Fanpage - First information: The Five Friends are coming to the cinema!