Percy Marmont


Percy Marmont was an English film actor.

Biography

Marmont appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1968 and is perhaps best remembered today for his supporting roles in British films, particularly those of Alfred Hitchcock. Prior to this, he had a successful career as a matinee idol in Hollywood during the silent era. He scored a big hit with If Winter Comes and played the title character in Lord Jim, the first film version of Joseph Conrad's novel, as well as playing one of Clara Bow's love interests in the Paramount Pictures film Mantrap.
He was born and died in London, England. Marmont had two daughters with his wife Dorothy, Patricia Marmont, an actress and later theatrical agent and Pamela, a stage actress married to the actor Moray Watson.

Filmography

  • De Voortrekkers as Horseman
  • The Monk and the Woman as Brother Paul
  • Rose of the World as Lieutenant Belhune
  • The Lie as Nol Dibdin
  • The Turn of the Wheel as Frank Grey
  • In the Hollow of Her Hand as Brandon Booth
  • The Indestructible Wife as Schuyler Horne
  • Three Men and a Girl as Dr. Henry Forsyth
  • The Winchester Woman as David Brinton
  • The Climbers as Ned Warden
  • The Vengeance of Durand as Tom Franklin
  • Slaves of Pride as Brewster Howard
  • The Sporting Duchess as Douglas, Duke of Desborough
  • Away Goes Prudence as Hewitt Harland
  • The Branded Woman as Douglas Courtenay
  • Dead Men Tell No Tales as George Stevenson Cole
  • What's Your Reputation Worth? as Anthony Blake
  • Love's Penalty as Steven Saunders
  • Without Benefit of Clergy
  • Wife Against Wife as Stannard Dole
  • The First Woman as Paul Marsh
  • Married People as Robert Cluer
  • If Winter Comes as Mark Sabre
  • The Midnight Alarm as Captain Harry Westmore
  • The Light That Failed as Dick Heldar
  • Broadway Broke as Tom Kerrigan
  • You Can't Get Away with It as Charles Hemingway
  • The Man Life Passed By as John Turbin
  • The Shooting of Dan McGrew as Jim, Lou's Husband
  • The Marriage Cheat as Paul Mayne
  • When a Girl Loves as Count Michael
  • The Enemy Sex as Garry Lindaberry
  • The Legend of Hollywood as John Smith
  • The Clean Heart as Philip Wriford
  • Broken Laws as Richard Heath
  • K – The Unknown ) as 'K' Le Moyne
  • Idle Tongues as Dr. Ephraim Nye
  • Daddy's Gone A-Hunting as Julian
  • Just a Woman as George Rand
  • The Street of Forgotten Men as Easy Money Charley
  • A Woman's Faith as Donovan Steele
  • The Shining Adventure as Dr. Hugo McLean
  • Fine Clothes as Peter Hungerford
  • Lord Jim as Lord Jim
  • Infatuation as Sir Arthur Little
  • The Miracle of Life as Blair Howell
  • Fascinating Youth as Percy Marmont
  • Aloma of the South Seas as Bob Holden
  • Mantrap as Ralph Prescott
  • San Francisco Nights as John Vickery
  • The Stronger Will as Clive Morton
  • Yellow Stockings as Gavin Sinclair
  • Sir or Madam as Sir Ralph Wellalone
  • The Warning as Jim
  • The Lady of the Lake as James FitzJames
  • The Silver King as Wilfred Denver
  • The Squeaker as Captain Leslie
  • Cross Roads as Jim Wyndham
  • The Loves of Ariane as Anthony Fraser
  • The Written Law as Sir John Rochester
  • Rich and Strange as Commander Gordon
  • The Silver Greyhound as Norton Fitzwarren
  • Blind Spot as Holland Janney
  • Say It with Music as Philip Weston
  • Her Imaginary Lover as Lord Michael Ware
  • The White Lilac as Tollitt
  • Vanity as Jefferson Brown
  • Secret Agent as Caypor
  • The Captain's Table as John Brooke
  • David Livingstone as David Livingstone
  • Conquest of the Air as Wilbur Wright
  • Action for Slander as William Cowbit
  • The Pearls of the Crown as Le cardinal Wolsey
  • Young and Innocent as Col. Burgoyne
  • Those Kids from Town as Earl
  • Penn of Pennsylvania as Holme
  • I'll Walk Beside You as Vicar
  • Loyal Heart as John Armstrong
  • No Orchids for Miss Blandish as John Blandish
  • Dark Secret as Vicar
  • The Gambler and the Lady as Lord Willens-Hortland
  • Four Sided Triangle as Sir Walter
  • The Million Pound Note as Lord Hurlingham
  • Knave of Hearts as Catherine's Father
  • Footsteps in the Fog as Magistrate
  • Lisbon as Lloyd Merrill
  • The Trials of Oscar Wilde as Guest at Theatre
  • Hostile Witness as Justice Matthew Gregory