Acting · Newport, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Born May 23, 1912
Marius Re Goring CBE FRSL (May 23, 1912 – September 30, 1998) was an English stage and screen actor. He is the son of Dr Charles Buckman Goring, a renowned physician and criminologist, and Kate Winifred (née MacDonald), a former suffragette and talented pianist. Marius Goring was educated at The Perse School, Cambridge, England and at universities in Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and Paris (The Sorbonne) where he perfected his French and German - he became fluent in both languages. He studied for the stage under Harcourt Williams at the Old Vic dramatic school, London. His first stage appearance was a fairy at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge in 1925 at the age of twelve in "Crossings: A Fairy Play" the only play written by Walter De La Mare. His first London appearance was at the Rudolph Steiner Hall in December 1927 as Harlequin in one of Jean Sterling McKinlay’s Children’s Matinees. He performed regularly at the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells in the 1930s and later toured France and Germany. He played Macbeth, Romeo, Trip in School for Scandal and the Chorus in Henry V with Laurence Olivier amongst others. His first West End appearance was at the Shaftesbury Theatre in May 1934 in The Voysey Inheritance. He joined the army in July 1940 but was seconded the following year to the BBC where he became supervisor of productions for its German Service. He made regular propaganda broadcasts to Germany. Most of his radio propaganda work was done under the alias Charles Richardson (using his father’s first name and his grandmother’s maiden name) as the name Goring wasn't too popular during the war (Hermann Göring was the commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe). In 1941 he was married for the second time to the renowned German Jewish actress Lucie Mannheim who had to flee Germany in 1934 after the Nazis came to power. They worked together on stage and in films and television many times over the following years. He was a founder member of British Equity in 1929, being on its council for decades from 1949 and was elected its vice president three times. He had a contentious relationship with the union from the 1970s, taking them to court on a number of issues, the last of which he lost in the High Court and was nearly bankrupted by the court costs. Marius was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1979 and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1991. He died from stomach cancer in 1998 aged 86 at his home in Rushlake Green, East Sussex, survived by his third wife, Prudence FitzGerald, a television producer/director who had directed him in 18 episodes of The Expert and his only child, a daughter from his first marriage, Phyllida.
MovieStrike It Rich
1990
as Blixon
MovieThe Late Nancy Irving
1984
as Angus Aragon
TVHammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
as Angus Aragon
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983
as Dr Emile Englander
MovieCymbeline
1983
as Sicilius Leonatus
The Year of the French
1982
as Lord Glenthorne
TVLevkas Man
1981
as Dr. Pieter Gerrard
TVHammer House of Horror
1980
as Heinz
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Dr John Landy
TVHouse of Caradus
1979
as Magnus Bronsky
TVEdward and Mrs Simpson
1978
as King George V
MovieEdward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
as King George V
MovieLittle Girl in Blue Velvet
1978
as Raimondo Casarès
TVHolocaust
1978
as Heinrich Palitz
TVWilde Alliance
1978
as Rex
TVFall of Eagles
1974
as Von Hindenburg
MovieZeppelin
1971
as Professor Christian Altschul
MovieFirst Love
1970
as Dr. Lushin
MovieSubterfuge
1968
as Shevik
TVThe Expert
1968
as Dr John Hardy
MovieThe Girl on a Motorcycle
1968
as Rebecca’s Father
TVLes Dossiers de l'Agence O
1968
as Mme Sacramento
MovieDer Monat der fallenden Blätter
1968
as Erster Geheimagent
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self - Interviewee
MovieSleeping Dog
1967
as Sir Hubert
TVMan in a Suitcase
1967
as Henri Thibaud
MovieDoctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
1967
as Theodore Maxtible
MovieThe 25th Hour
1967
as Colonel Muller
The Revenue Men
1967
as Kersten
TVSir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
as Lord Linchmere
MovieToo Many Cooks
1966
as Wattari
TVThirteen Against Fate
1966
as Monsieur Hire
A Walk in the Sea
1966
as Reverend Harrup
The Mask of Janus
1965
as Dr. Kapaka
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Mr Ponge
TVOut of the Unknown
1965
as Wattari
MovieUp from the Beach
1965
as German Commandant
MovieThe Crooked Road
1965
as Harlequin
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Reverend Harrup
TVThe Great War
1964
as Various (voice)
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Theodore Maxtible
First Night
1963
as Grieve Wishart
Love Story
1963
as Robert Langley
24-Hour Call
1963
as Sam Bullivant
MovieThe Devil's Agent
1962
as General Greenhahn
MovieThe Inspector
1962
as Thorens
The Secret Thread
1962
as Arnold Reed
The Life of Adolf Hitler
1961
as Narrator
MovieThe Devil's Daffodil
1961
as Oliver Milburgh
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
1961
as Laye-Parker
MovieThe Unstoppable Man
1961
as Inspector Hazelrigg
A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
1961
as Laye-Parker
Drama 61-67
1961
as Captain
MovieExodus
1960
as Von Storch
TVMaigret
1960
as Peter the Lett
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Alexei Turbin
MovieBeyond the Curtain
1960
as Hans Körtner
International Detective
1959
as Ferdie Steibel
TVThe Third Man
1959
as Colonel Dimonella
MovieThe Angry Hills
1959
as Colonel Elrick Oberg
MovieThe Treasure of San Teresa
1959
as Rudi Siebert
Asmodée
1959
as Blaise Lebel
MovieWhirlpool
1959
as Georg
MovieDesert Mice
1959
as German Major
MovieThe Son of Robin Hood
1958
as Chester
MovieI Was Monty's Double
1958
as Karl Nielson
MovieThe Moonraker
1958
as Colonel John Beaumont
An Ideal Husband
1958
as Lord Goring
MovieRx Murder
1958
as Doctor Henry Dysert
MovieThe Truth About Women
1957
as Otto Kerstein
Many Mansions
1957
as Lester Hockley
MovieIll Met by Moonlight
1957
as Major General Kreipe
Gaslicht
1956
as Jack Manningham
The Magic Carpet
1956
TVThe Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
as Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel
TVITV Play of the Week
1955
as John Hagerman
TVLilli Palmer Theatre
1955
as Reinhardt
MovieQuentin Durward
1955
as Count Philip De Creville
MovieBreak in the Circle
1955
as Baron Keller
MovieThe Barefoot Contessa
1954
as Alberto Bravano
MovieThe Mirror and Markheim
1954
as Narrator
Tonight in Britain
1954
as Self
MovieRough Shoot
1953
as Hiart
TVYou Are There
1953
as Oliver Cromwell
TVDouglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents
1953
as Nicol Pascal
MovieThe Man Who Watched Trains Go By
1952
as Inspector Lucas
MovieSo Little Time
1952
as Colonel Günther von Hohensee
MovieNights on the Road
1952
as Kurt Willbrand
MovieThe Magic Box
1952
as House Agent
MovieCircle of Danger
1951
as Sholto Lewis
MoviePandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951
as Reggie Demarest
MovieHighly Dangerous
1950
as Commandant Anton Razinski
MovieOdette
1950
as Colonel Henri
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
as Tommy Savidge
Box for One
1949
as The Caller
MovieMr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948
as Vincent Perrin
MovieThe Red Shoes
1948
as Julian Craster
MovieTake My Life
1947
as Sidney Fleming
MovieA Matter of Life and Death
1946
as Conductor 71
MovieNight Boat to Dublin
1946
as Frederick Jannings
The Night Invader
1943
as Oberleutenant
MovieThe Big Blockade
1942
as German Propaganda Officer
MovieKill or Be Killed
1942
as German Sniper (voice)
MovieThe Case of the Frightened Lady
1940
as Willie, Lord Lebanon
MoviePastor Hall
1940
as Fritz Gerte
MovieThe Spy in Black
1939
as Lieutenant Felix Schuster
MovieFlying Fifty-Five
1939
as Charles Barrington
Consider Your Verdict
1938
as The Novelist
The Bear
1938
as Grigory Stepanovitch Smirnov, a landowner
MovieDead Men Tell No Tales
1938
as Greening
MovieRembrandt
1936
as Baron Leivens (uncredited)
MovieThe Amateur Gentleman
1936
as Bit Part (uncredited)
