Marcus Gilbert (actor)


Marcus Gilbert was a British actor.
Beginning in 1984 he appeared in films, including The Masks of Death, Biggles, A Hazard of Hearts, Rambo III, A Ghost in Monte Carlo, Army of Darkness, Legacy and Freebird, on television, an episode of Murder, She Wrote and in commercials. He has also worked in the theatre, including playing the young Viscount Goring in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband with the Middle Ground Theatre Company on their national tour in 2000.

Early life and career

Gilbert was born in Bristol, England, on 29 July 1958. After graduating from the Mountview Theatre School in 1981, Gilbert became a founder member of the original Odyssey Theatre Company, touring London schools with productions of contemporary classics. This was followed by seasons working in the Dundee Repertory Theatre and the Library Theatre, Manchester.
Gilbert made over 50 commercials, including one for Lee Cooper jeans called Mean Jeans, directed by Willi Patterson, which won a British Arrows Pearl & Dean Cinema Award in 1983.
He also ran his own film production company, Touch the Sky Productions, and in 2004 while making a documentary about his climbing Mount Kilimanjaro he visited the Arusha Children's Trust in Tanzania and filmed an appeal for the trust.

Personal life and death

Gilbert married a doctor named Homaa Khan-Gilbert, with whom he had two children. His wife of 28 years died in 2020. Gilbert died on 11 January 2026, at the age of 67, after a long battle with throat cancer.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983The Weather in the StreetsKurtTV movie
1984The Masks of DeathAnton von FelseckTV movie
1986BigglesEric von Stalhein
1987A Hazard of HeartsLord Justin VulcanTV movie
1988Rambo IIITomask
1989Doctor WhoAncelynSerial: Battlefield
1990A Ghost in Monte CarloLord Robert StanfordTV movie
1992Army of DarknessLord Arthur
1993LegacyDavid Walker
1993RidersRupert Campbell-Black
1994Murder, She WroteColin Biddle
2008FreebirdMarl
2015Meet Pursuit Delange: The MovieJohn Scott MP
2026AncelynVoice role; posthumous release