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| Percy
Marmont
1883 - 1977 |
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. The actor Percy Marmont began his acting career about 1900 at the theater, later he went on tour with touring companies through Liverpool and South Africa. He made his film debut in South Africa as well in 1913 with the movie "Die Voortrekkers", it followed the Australian production "The Monk and the Woman" (16). Finally he arrived at New York where he started his American film career with "Rose of the World" (18), "The Climbers" (19) and "Three Men and a Girl" (19). He became a very busy leading actor in the 20's besides stars like Ethel Barrymore, Geraldine Farrar and Clara Bow. To his well-known movies of this decade belong "The Branded Woman" (20), "Wife Against Wife" (21), "If Winter Comes" (23), "The Marriage Cheat" (24), "The Enemy Sex" (24), "Broken Laws" (24), "Just a Woman" (25), "Lord Jim" (25), "Mantrap" (26) and "San Francisco Nights" (28). When the sound film arose he went back to England where he took part in other movies like "The Squeaker" (30), "The Written Law" (31), "Rich and Strange" (32), "Vanity" (35), "Secret Agent" (36), "Young and Innocent" (37), "Swiss Honeymoon" (47), "Dark Secret" (49), "The Gambler and the Lady" (52) and "Hostile Witness" (68) - his last film - besides his engagements for the theater. In 1936 he shot his only film as a director with the title "The Captain's
Table" (36).
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