Garry Marsh


Garry Marsh was an English stage and film actor.

Biography

Born Leslie March Gerahty on 21 May 1902 in St Margarets, Middlesex, his parents were George and Laura. His elder brothers were the author Digby George Gerahty and the journalist Cecil Gerahty.
Marsh began acting on the stage at the age of fifteen. He started off in films as a leading man but later became a character actor playing self-important roles.
During the War he served as a Flying Officer in the RAF. In the mid-1950s, he chronicled his wartime adventures in North Africa in the memoir Sand in My Spinach.
Marsh married Adele Lawson in 1920 in Kensington, London. He married for the second time to Muriel Martin-Harvey in 1926 in Chelsea, London before divorcing in 1935.

Selected filmography

Long Odds – Pat MaloneNight Birds – Archibald BunnyThe Professional Guest – Seton FanshaweUneasy Virtue – Arthur TolhurstThird Time Lucky – Capt. Adrian CrowtherThe Eternal Feminine – Arthur WilliamsDreyfus – Maj. EsterhazyThe Man They Couldn't Arrest – DelburyStranglehold – BruceDr. Josser, K.C. – CarsonKeepers of Youth – KnoxPostal Orders The Star Reporter – MandelStamboul – Prince CernuwitzAfter Office Hours – BrewerNumber Seventeen – SheldrakeCOD – Peter CravenFires of Fate – Captain ArcherThe Maid of the Mountains – BeppoDon't Be a Dummy – Captain FitzgeraldTaxi to Paradise – George MelhuishForging Ahead – Honorable Horace SlimmingerThe Lost Chord – Joseph MendelFalling for You – Archduke KarlThat's a Good Girl – Francis MorayThe Silver Spoon – Hon. Roland StoneTwo Wives for Henry – Henry StetsonThe Love Nest – HugoAsk Beccles – Eustace BecclesRolling in Money – DursinghamIt's a Cop – James RisdenWarn London – Van Der MeerGay Love – Freddie MiltonMoney Mad – RutherfordThe Green Pack – Tubby StormanJosser on the Farm – GranbyWidow's Might – Barry CarringtonThree Witnesses – Charles RowtonInside the Room – Geoffrey LuceMr. What's-His-Name? – YatesFull Circle – Max ReevesDepartment Store – Timothy BradburyNight Mail – Capt. Ronnie EvansDeath on the Set – Inspector BurfordScrooge – Belle's HusbandCharing Cross Road – BerryA Wife or Two – George HamiltonWhen Knights Were Bold – Brian BallymoatDebt of Honour – BillThe Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss – The BuyerThe Man in the Mirror – TarkingtonAll In – LilleywhiteThe Vicar of Bray – Sir Richard MelrossThe Angelus – Fen MarkhamIntimate Relations – George GommeryMelody and Romance – Warwick MortimerLeave It to Me – SergeantIt's a Grand Old World – Stage ManagerA Romance in Flanders – Rodd BerryBank Holiday – 'Follies' ManagerThe Dark Stairway – Dr. MortimerI See Ice – Tim GallowayThe Claydon Treasure Mystery – Sir George IlfordBreak the News – The ProducerConvict 99 – JohnsonIt's in the Air – Commanding Officer HillThis Man Is News – Sergeant BrightThe Ringer – Central Det. Insp. BlissLet's Be Famous – WaltonTrouble Brewing – A.G. BradyThe Four Just Men – ReporterThis Man in Paris – Sergeant BrightOld Mother Riley Joins Up – Dr. LeachReturn to Yesterday – Charlie MillerHoots Mon! – Charlie ThompsonLet George Do It! – Mark MendezI'll Be Your Sweetheart – WallaceDead of Night – Harry Parker Pink String and Sealing Wax – Joe BondThe Rake's Progress – Sir Hubert ParksI See a Dark Stranger – Capt. GoodhusbandA Girl in a Million – GeneralWhile the Sun Shines – Mr. JordanThe Shop at Sly Corner – Major ElliotFrieda – BeckwithDancing with Crime – Det. Sgt. MurrayJust William's Luck – Mr. BrownDaybreak – Barbershop Customer Good-Time Girl – Mr. HawkinsMy Brother's Keeper – BrewsterThings Happen at Night – SpenserWilliam Comes to Town – Mr. BrownForbidden – Jerry BurnsBadger's Green – Major ForresterMurder at the Windmill – Detective InspectorPaper Orchid – JohnsonMiss Pilgrim's Progress – MayorSomeone at the Door – KapelSomething in the City – Mr. HolleyOld Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure – JimWorm's Eye View – Pop BrownlowThe Magic Box – 2nd Company PromoterMadame Louise – Mr. TroutThe Lost Hours – Inspector FosterThe Voice of Merrill – Inspector ThorntonThose People Next Door – Sir Andrew StevensDouble Exposure – BeaumontAunt Clara – Arthur ColeMan of the Moment – British DelegateJohnny, You're Wanted – BalsamoWho Done It? – HancockTrouble with Eve – Roland AxbridgeUpgreen – And at 'Em Ring of Spies – 1st Member at Lord's Where the Bullets Fly – MajorOuch! – FatherArthur! Arthur! – Golfer