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Marius Goring
Actor, Producer, Writer
Born May 23, 1912Died September 30, 1998 (86 years)
Marius Re Goring CBE FRSL (23 May 1912 – 30 September 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.
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
Filmography
| 2012 | Second Time Around: The Troughton Years · as Theodore Maxtible |
| 1998 | The Colour Merchant · as Conductor 71 |
| 1992 | Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years · as Theodore Maxtible |
| 1990 | Strike It Rich · as Blixon |
| 1984 | Hammer House of Mystery & Suspense (TV Series) · as Angus Aragon |
| 1982 | Cymbeline · as Sicilius Leonatus |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror (TV Series) · as Heinz |
| 1979 | Meetings with Remarkable Men · as Cast |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Dr John Landy |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Edward and Mrs Simpson (TV Series) · as King George V |
| 1978 | Little Girl in Blue Velvet · as Raimondo Casarès |
| 1978 | Holocaust (TV Series) · as Heinrich Palitz |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles (TV Series) · as Von Hindenburg |
| 1972 | Whodunnit? (UK) (TV Series) · as Panelist |
| 1971 | Zeppelin · as Professor Christian Altschul |
| 1970 | First Love · as Dr. Lushin |
| 1968 | Subterfuge · as Shevik |
| 1968 | The Girl on a Motorcycle · as Rebecca’s Father |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase (TV Series) · as Henri Thibaud |
| 1967 | The 25th Hour · as Colonel Muller |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Mr Ponge |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown (TV Series) · as Wattari |
| 1965 | Up from the Beach · as German Commandant |
| 1965 | The Crooked Road · as Harlequin |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Reverend Harrup |
| 1964 | The Great War (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Theodore Maxtible |
| 1963 | First Night (TV Series) · as Grieve Wishart |
| 1963 | Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Robert Langley |
| 1962 | The Devil's Agent · as General Greenhahn |
| 1962 | Lisa · as Thorens |
| 1961 | Life of Adolf Hitler · as Narrator |
| 1961 | The Devil's Daffodil · as Oliver Milburgh |
| 1961 | The Unstoppable Man · as Inspector Hazelrigg |
| 1960 | Exodus · as Von Storch |
| 1960 | Beyond the Curtain · as Hans Körtner |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Laye-Parker |
| 1959 | Maigret (1960) (TV Series) · as Peter The Lett |
| 1959 | Hot Money Girl · as Rudi Siebert |
| 1959 | The Angry Hills · as Colonel Elrick Oberg |
| 1959 | Whirlpool · as Georg |
| 1959 | The Third Man (TV Series) · as Colonel Dimonella |
| 1959 | Desert Mice · as German Major |
| 1958 | The Son of Robin Hood · as Chester |
| 1958 | Hell, Heaven or Hoboken · as Karl Nielson |
| 1958 | The Moonraker · as Colonel John Beaumont |
| 1957 | The Truth About Women · as Otto Kerstein |
| 1957 | Night Ambush · as Major General Kreipe |
| 1956 | |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as John Hagerman |
| 1955 | The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series) · as Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| 1955 | Quentin Durward · as Count Philip De Creville |
| 1955 | Break in the Circle · as Baron Keller |
| 1954 | The Barefoot Contessa · as Alberto Bravano |
| 1953 | Shoot First · as Hiart |
| 1953 | You Are There (TV Series) · as Oliver Cromwell |
| 1953 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents (TV Series) · as Nicol Pascal |
| 1952 | The Man Who Watched Trains Go By · as Inspector Lucas |
| 1952 | So Little Time · as Colonel Günther Von Hohensee |
| 1952 | The Mistress · as Kurt Willbrand |
| 1951 | Circle of Danger · as Sholto Lewis |
| 1951 | Pandora and the Flying Dutchman · as Reggie Demarest |
| 1951 | The Magic Box · as House Agent |
| 1950 | Highly Dangerous · as Commandant Anton Razinski |
| 1950 | Odette · as Colonel Henri |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Chorus |
| 1948 | Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill · as Vincent Perrin |
| 1948 | The Red Shoes · as Julian Craster |
| 1947 | Take My Life · as Sidney Fleming |
| 1946 | A Matter of Life and Death · as Conductor 71 |
| 1946 | Night Boat to Dublin · as Frederick Jannings |
| 1943 | When We Are Married · as Cast |
| 1942 | The Big Blockade · as German Propaganda Officer |
| 1940 | The Frightened Lady · as Willie, Lord Lebanon |
| 1940 | Pastor Hall · as Fritz Gerte |
| 1939 | |
| 1939 | Flying Fifty-Five · as Charles Barrington |
| 1938 | The Case of the Frightened Lady · as Lord Lebanon |
| 1936 | Rembrandt · as Baron Leivens (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Amateur Gentleman · as Bit Part (uncredited) |