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Moore Marriott is a Actor British born on 14 september 1885

Moore Marriott

Moore Marriott
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Birth name George Thomas Moore Marriott
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 september 1885
Death 11 december 1949 (at 64 years) at Bognor Regis (United-kingdom)

George Thomas Moore Marriott (14 September 1885 – 11 December 1949) was an English character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay. His first appearance with Hay was in Hay's 1935 film Dandy Dick, but he was a major supporting star in Hay's films from 1936 to 1940, and while he starred with Hay during this period he played a character called "Harbottle" that was based on a character Marriott usually played. His character Harbottle was originally created by Hay when he used the character in his "The fourth form at St. Michael's" sketches in the 1920s.

Usually with

R.E. Dearing
R.E. Dearing
(15 films)
Graham Moffatt
Graham Moffatt
(13 films)
Val Guest
Val Guest
(11 films)
Will Hay
Will Hay
(8 films)
Marcel Varnel
Marcel Varnel
(10 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Moore Marriott (86 films)

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The History of Mr. Polly
The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
, 1h35
Directed by Anthony Pelissier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Finlay Currie, Diana Churchill, Shelagh Fraser
Roles Uncle Pentstemon
Rating65% 3.296593.296593.296593.296593.29659
Following his dismissal from a draper's shop, where his father had placed him as an apprentice, protagonist Alfred Polly (John Mills) finds it hard to find another position. When a telegram arrives informing him of his father's death, he returns to the family home. With a bequest of £500, Polly starts to consider his future; and a friend of his father's, Mr Johnsen (Edward Chapman), urges him to invest it in a shop - an idea that Polly hates. Whilst dawdling in the country on a newly-bought bicycle, Polly has a brief dalliance with a schoolgirl, Christabel (Sally Ann Howes); but later marries a cousin, Miriam Larkins (Betty Ann Davies). 15 years later, Polly and his wife are running a drapery in Fishbourne, and the marriage has descended to incessant arguments and bickering. Whilst walking in the country, Polly decides to commit suicide but also sets his shop ablaze in the hope the insurance will assure Miriam's prosperity; but botches the arson job and instead of killing himself, rescues an elderly neighbour and becomes a minor local celebrity. Still unhappy, Polly leaves Miriam and is hired by a rural innkeeper (Megs Jenkins) as handyman and ferryman; but soon realises that the position was open because the innkeeper's brother-in-law Jim (Finlay Currie) is a drunkard who chases any other man away from the inn. Polly clashes with Jim until the latter accidentally drowns in a weir when he is chasing Polly. Several years later, Polly returns to Fishbourne to find Miriam operating a tea-shop with her sister, in the belief that Polly had drowned, and returns to his happier life at the inn.
High Jinks in Society
High Jinks in Society (1949)

Directed by John Guillermin
Genres Comedy
Actors Moore Marriott, Michael Ward, Peter Gawthorne
Roles Grandpa

After foiling a robbery, a window cleaner is hired by an aristocrat to protect their valuables with comic results.
The Root of All Evil
The Root of All Evil (1947)
, 1h50
Directed by Brock Williams
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Michael Rennie, John McCallum, Brefni O'Rorke, Moore Marriott, Hazel Court
Roles Scholes
Rating66% 3.331953.331953.331953.331953.33195
Jeckie Farnish (Calvert) has grown up in a grindingly poor household, and as she reaches adulthood she resolves to do whatever is necessary to claw her way out of poverty. She is loved by her childhood playmate Joe Bartle (John McCallum), but takes him for granted and feels that he lacks the spark or ambition to match her determination to make something of herself. Instead she pursues Albert Grice (Hubert Gregg), son of a wealthy grocery store owner, and believes they have an understanding. She is horrified when Albert goes on holiday, and returns newly married to another woman.
Green for Danger
Green for Danger (1946)
, 1h31
Directed by Sidney Gilliat
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Alastair Sim, Leo Genn, Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosamund John, Judy Campbell
Roles Joseph Higgins
Rating73% 3.693553.693553.693553.693553.69355
In August 1944, during the V-1 Doodlebug offensive on London, a murder is committed in Heron's Park Emergency Hospital, a rural British hospital somewhere in the Southeast of England. Joseph Higgins (Marriott) dies on the operating table after being injured by a flying bomb. The anaesthetist, Barney Barnes (Howard), has had a patient die in similar circumstances previously.
A Place of One's Own
A Place of One's Own (1945)
, 1h32
Directed by Bernard Knowles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors James Mason, Margaret Lockwood, Barbara Mullen, Dennis Price, Dulcie Gray, Helen Haye
Roles George
Rating61% 3.0942453.0942453.0942453.0942453.094245
(The plot summary is copied verbatim from the website "Britmovie".) Mr and Mrs Smedhurst (James Mason and Barbara Mullen) are a business couple wanting to retire. They find a mansion in the country, Bellingham House, at a bargain price. They move in along with their servants and soon learn the house is supposedly haunted – but Mr Smedhurst in particular is sceptical of the paranormal myth. They invite a young companion, Annette (Margaret Lockwood), to join them but within days of arriving she steadily begins hearing strange voices. The new owners learn that a young invalid girl was believed to have been murdered 40 years previously in the house – and their preconceptions of the supernatural are challenged.
Millions Like Us
Millions Like Us (1943)
, 1h43
Directed by Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Eric Portman, Gordon Jackson, Patricia Roc, Basil Radford, Anne Crawford, Naunton Wayne
Roles Jim Crowson
Rating67% 3.3898853.3898853.3898853.3898853.389885
Celia Crowson (Roc) and her family go on holiday to the south coast of England in the summer of 1939. Soon afterwards the Second World War breaks out and Celia's father (Moore Marriott) joins what was to become the Home Guard and her more confident sister Phyllis (Joy Shelton) joins the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Fearing her father's disapproval if she moves away from home, Celia hesitates about joining up but eventually her call-up papers arrive. Hoping to join the WAAF or one of the other services, Celia instead gets posted to a factory making aircraft components, where she meets her co-workers, including her Welsh room-mate Gwen Price (Megs Jenkins) and the vain upper middle class Jennifer Knowles (Anne Crawford). Knowles dislikes the work they have to do at the factory, causing friction with their supervisor Charlie Forbes (Eric Portman) which eventually blossoms into a verbally combative romance.
Back-Room Boy
Back-Room Boy (1942)
, 1h22
Directed by Herbert Mason
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Moore Marriott, Arthur Askey, Graham Moffatt, Googie Withers, Vera Frances, Joyce Howard
Roles Jerry
Rating61% 3.098633.098633.098633.098633.09863
Arthur Askey plays meteorologist Arthur Pilbeam who is jilted by his fiancée Betty because he has to speed back to the BBC every hour, on the hour due to his internationally vital job of creating the BBC pips. As he cannot be fired during wartime and wanting to avoid all women, he is assigned the solitary job of sending weather reports from a remote Scottish lighthouse. Before taking a boat from the mainland during the four hours of daylight that are available for the time of year, the locals warn him he will go mad from isolation and the curse of a mermaid within a month as others have.
Gasbags
Gasbags (1941)
, 1h17
Directed by Marcel Varnel, Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Moore Marriott, Wally Patch, Peter Gawthorne, Frederick Valk, Eric Clavering, Carl Jaffe
Roles Jerry
Rating54% 2.725332.725332.725332.725332.72533
The film brims with British comedy talent of the period. The Crazy Gang’s mobile fish and chip shop is accidentally tied to a barrage balloon and the gang is carried to Nazi Germany. They are captured but break out of prison, impersonate Adolf Hitler and return to England in a stolen secret weapon.