Percy Marmont
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Percy Marmont was an English film actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1916 and 1968. He is best remembered today for playing the title character in Lord Jim
(1925) the first film version of Joseph Conrad
's novel, and for playing one of Clara Bow
's love interests in the Paramount Pictures
film Mantrap
(1926).
He was born and died in London
, England
. Marmont had one daughter, Patricia Marmont, born in 1922.
Lord Jim (1925 film)
Lord Jim is a 1925 silent film starring Percy Marmont , Noah Beery, and Duke Kahanamoku. The movie was directed by Victor Fleming and based on the novel Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. A print is preserved at the Library of Congress...
(1925) the first film version of Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-born English novelist.Conrad is regarded as one of the great novelists in English, although he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties...
's novel, and for playing one of Clara Bow
Clara Bow
Clara Gordon Bow was an American actress who rose to stardom in the silent film era of the 1920s. It was her appearance as a spunky shopgirl in the film It that brought her global fame and the nickname "The It Girl." Bow came to personify the roaring twenties and is described as its leading sex...
's love interests in the Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
film Mantrap
Mantrap (film)
Mantrap is a 1926 American black-and-white silent film based on the novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis...
(1926).
He was born and died in London
London
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, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Marmont had one daughter, Patricia Marmont, born in 1922.
Selected filmography
- The LieThe Lie (1918 film)The Lie is a 1918 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount. J. Searle Dawley directed and stage star Elsie Ferguson starred in a story based on a 1914 play by Henry Arthur Jones and starring Margaret Illington. The film is...
(1918) - Away Goes PrudenceAway Goes PrudenceAway Goes Prudence is a 1920 silent film comedy produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. This picture was directed by John S. Robertson and starred Billie Burke. Screen writer Josephine Lovett provided a story direct for the screen. A lost film...
(1920) - Without Benefit of ClergyWithout Benefit of ClergyWithout Benefit of Clergy is a 1921 drama film directed by James Young and featuring Boris Karloff. It is based on the story by Rudyard Kipling.-Cast:* Nigel De Brulier - Pir Khan* Virginia Brown Faire - Ameera* Boris Karloff - Ahmed Khan...
(1921) - Daddy's Gone A-HuntingDaddy's Gone A-HuntingDaddy's Gone A-Hunting is a 1925 drama film directed by Frank Borzage based upon a play by Zoe Akins, with adaptation by Kenneth B. Clarke. The film brought together Vitagraph leading lady Alice Joyce and English actor Percy Marmont after his success with If Winter Comes. This is the only film...
(1925) - Lord JimLord Jim (1925 film)Lord Jim is a 1925 silent film starring Percy Marmont , Noah Beery, and Duke Kahanamoku. The movie was directed by Victor Fleming and based on the novel Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. A print is preserved at the Library of Congress...
(1925) - Aloma of the South SeasAloma of the South Seas (1926 film)Aloma of the South Seas is a 1926 silent film starring Gilda Gray as an erotic dancer. It was filmed in Puerto Rico and Bermuda. It was based on a 1925 play of the same title by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens. Grossing US$3 million in the US alone, it was the most successful film of 1926 and the...
(1926) - Mantrap (1926)
- The Silver KingThe Silver King (film)The Silver King is a 1929 British silent film drama, directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Percy Marmont and Harold Huth. The film is an adaptation of the 1882 play The Silver King by Henry Arthur Jones.-Plot:...
(1929) - Rich and StrangeRich and StrangeRich and Strange is a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock during his time in the British film industry. It was adapted by Hitchcock, his wife Alma Reville, and Val Valentine from a novel by Dale Collins. The film is most notable for the techniques utilized by Hitchcock that would reappear later in...
(1931) - Her Imaginary LoverHer Imaginary LoverHer Imaginary Lover is a 1933 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Laura La Plante and Percy Marmont.The film was a quota quickie production based on the play Green Stockings by A. E. W...
(1933) - The White LilacThe White LilacThe White Lilac is a 1935 British mystery film directed by Albert Parker and starring Basil Sydney, Judy Gunn, Claude Dampier and Percy Marmont.-Cast:* Basil Sydney - Ian Mackie* Judy Gunn - Mollie* Claude Dampier - Percy* Percy Marmont - Tollitt...
(1935) - VanityVanity (film)Vanity is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Jane Cain and Percy Marmont. The film was a quota quickie production, concerning a conceited actress, convinced of the general adoration in which she is held, faking her own death in order to gratify herself by observing...
(1935) - The Captain's TableThe Captain's Table (1936 film)The Captain's Table is a 1936 British crime film directed by and starring Percy Marmont. It also featured Marian Spencer and Louis Goodrich...
(1936) - Young and InnocentYoung and InnocentYoung and Innocent is a 1937 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney and John Longden...
(1937) - Action for SlanderAction for SlanderAction for Slander is a 1937 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Clive Brook, Ann Todd and Googie Withers. An army officer is falsely accused at cheating at cards by a man whose wife he had an affair with and struggles to clear his name...
(1937) - Penn of PennsylvaniaPenn of PennsylvaniaPenn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn...
(1941) - Those Kids from TownThose Kids from TownThose Kids from Town is a 1942 British, black-and-white, comedy-drama propaganda film war film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring George Cole, Harry Fowler, Percy Marmont, Ronald Shiner as Mr. Bert Burns and Charles Victor as Harry, the Vicar. It was produced by Richard Vernon and presented by...
(1942) - Four Sided TriangleFour Sided TriangleFour Sided Triangle is a 1953 British science-fiction film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Film Productions.The film dealt with the moral and scientific themes that were soon to put Hammer Films on the map with the same director's The Curse of Frankenstein...
(1953) - Knave of HeartsKnave of Hearts (film)Knave of Hearts is a 1954 film about the adventures of a French philanderer in Paris and London. In France, it was released as Monsieur Ripois . In the United States, it was originally released as Lovers, Happy Lovers!, then later re-released as Lover Boy...
(1954) - Hostile WitnessHostile WitnessFor the legal term, please see Hostile witnessHostile Witness is a 1968 British courtroom-based drama film based on a play by Jack Roffey, directed by Ray Milland and starring Milland, Sylvia Sims, Raymond Huntley and Julian Holloway.-Cast:* Ray Milland as Simon Crawford - Q.C.* Sylvia Syms as...
(1968)