Herbert Marshall

Infobox actor
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name = Herbert Marshall

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imagesize = 300 px
caption = in the trailer for
"The Letter" (1940)
birthname = Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall
birthdate = birth date|1890|5|23|mf=y
location = London, England
deathdate = death date and age|1966|1|22|1890|5|23|mf=y
deathplace = Beverly Hills, California. U.S.

Herbert Marshall, born Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall, in London, England, (May 23, 1890 - January 22, 1966) was a popular English cinema and theatre actor.

His parents were Percy F. Marshall and Ethel May Turner. He graduated from St. Mary's College in Harrow and worked for a time as an accounting clerk. Marshall overcame the loss of a leg in World War I, where he served in the London Scottish Regiment ( [http://www.londonscottishregt.org] ) with fellow actors Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman, and Claude Rains, to enjoy a long career.

His stage debut took place in 1911, and he entered motion pictures with "Mumsie" (1927). Initially he played romantic leads and later character roles. The suave actor spent many years playing romantic leads opposite such stars as Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Bette Davis, and starring in such classics as "Trouble in Paradise" (1932), "The Little Foxes" (1941), and " The Razor's Edge" (1946). He was featured in both the 1929 and the more famous 1940 version of "The Letter", first as the murdered lover, then the wronged husband.

He was married five times. Among his wives were two actresses, Edna Best, with whom he appeared in "The Calendar", "Michael and Mary" and "The Faithful Heart", and Boots Mallory, to whom he was married from 1947 until her death in 1958.

Selected filmography

*"The Letter" (1929)
*"Murder!" (1930)
*"Secrets of a Secretary" (1931)
*"Blonde Venus" (1932)
*"Trouble in Paradise" (1932)
*"Four Frightened People" (1934)
*"The Painted Veil" (1934)
*"If You Could Only Cook" (1935)
*"A Woman Rebels" (1936)
*"Breakfast for Two" (1937)
*"Mad About Music" (1938)
*"Always Goodbye" (1938)
*"Zaza" (1939)
*"Foreign Correspondent" (1940)
*"The Letter" (1940)
*"The Little Foxes" (1941)
*"When Ladies Meet" (1941)
*"The Moon and Sixpence" (1942)
*"Young Ideas" (1943)
*"The Enchanted Cottage" (1945)
*"Crack-Up" (1946)
*"The Razor's Edge" (1946)
*"Duel in the Sun" (1946)
*"Ivy" (1947)
*"High Wall" (1947)
*"The Secret Garden" (1949)
*"Anne of the Indies (1951)
*"Angel Face" (1952)
*"Gog" (1954)
*"The Black Shield of Falworth" (1954)
*"Stage Struck" (1958)
*"The Fly" (1958)
*"Five Weeks in a Balloon" (1962)
*"The Caretakers" (1963)

External links

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* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=581 Photographs of Herbert Marshall]

Persondata
NAME= Marshall, Herbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Marshall, Herbert Brough Falcon
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= birth date|1890|5|23|mf=y
PLACE OF BIRTH= London, England
DATE OF DEATH= 1966-1-22
PLACE OF DEATH= Beverly Hills, California. U.S.