Marius goring biography



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Educated at Perse School Cambridge and at several European universities, Marius Goring, in nearly 50 films, maintained an urbane image - when, that is, he wasn't being notably sinister.

Marius goring biography

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  • Wholly British as he was, he was remarkably adept at suggesting foreigners, sometimes merely decadent (like the playboy in The Barefoot Contessa (US/Italy, d. Joseph L Mankiewicz, 1954)), sometimes actual Nazi swine (as in Pastor Hall, 1940; I Was Monty's Double, 1958).

    The stage (in London from 1927) was his first love: he had several Old Vic seasons in the 30s, playing a range of Shakespearian roles, including a much-praised Feste in Twelfth Night (1937), and seasons at Stratford.

    He also toured a great deal, in plays classic and modern, and during World War II, having joined the Army in 1940, was appointed supervisor of BBC radio productions broadcasting to Germany. In 1990, he said that he'd enjoyed some of his television work, citing The Old Men at the Zoo (BBC, 1983) as exampl