William Marlowe

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William Marlowe , also William Marlow (born July 25, 1930 in London as William James Marlowe , † January 31, 2003 in Carmarthen , Carmarthenshire , Wales ) was a British actor who mostly acted in supporting roles in international film productions. He starred in over 60 cinema and television films and television series .

life and career

William Marlowe, born in London in 1930, served in the Fleet Air Arm and had hopes for a career as a writer before training as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . As a British character actor with a clearly pockmarked face, he was often used on screen as a police officer or military. Mainly you saw him in smaller supporting roles in international cinema productions such as in password 'Schweres Wasser' , in Peter Yates ' raid , in Der Untergang des Sonnenreiches by director Irving Lerner. Then in Étienne Périers Zeppelin , in the 1980s in large-scale productions such as Hugh Hudson's Revolution or Richard Attenborough's cry for freedom .

He played a leading role in 1968 as Martin Ray alongside Wolfgang Kieling and his future wife Catherine Schell in the British production Amsterdam Affair by Gerry O'Hara.

Marlowe had his most famous role in the British television series The Chief . Other roles were Sir Guy of Gisbourne in The Legend of Robin Hood (1975), A Family at War (1970-72), DCI Bill Russell in The Gentle Touch (1980-84), and Harry Mailer in the Doctor Who episode The Mind of Evil (1971), and as Lester in the episode Revenge of the Cybermen (1975).

William Marlowe was married twice. From 1968 to 1977 with the actress Catherine Schell and from 1979 until his death in 2003 with Kismet Delgado. He was the brother-in-law of Hildegard Knef and Paul von Schell.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1960: Once a Hero (Tunes of Glory)
  • 1962: The Net (A Prize of Arms)
  • 1963: A Place to Go
  • 1965: Password 'Schweres Wasser' (The Heroes of Telemark)
  • 1967: Raid (Robbery)
  • 1968: Amsterdam Affair
  • 1969: Where's Jack?
  • 1969: The Royal Hunt of the Sun
  • 1971: Journey to Murder
  • 1971: Zeppelin
  • 1971: The Snow Goose (TV movie)
  • 1976: Nosy Dobson
  • 1985: revolution
  • 1987 Cry Freedom (Cry Freedom)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Marlowe in: The Illustrated London news , Volume 252, Issue 2, The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd., 1968, p. 31
  2. ^ William Marlowe in: Harry and Wally's favorite TV shows , by Harry Castleman, Walter J. Podrazik, Prentice Hall Press, 1989, 189
personal data
SURNAME Marlowe, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marlowe, William James (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England, UK
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 2003
Place of death Carmarthen , Carmarthenshire , Wales, United Kingdom