Percy Marmont
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Percy Marmont (25 November 1883 – 3 March 1977) was an English film actor. Marmont appeared in more than 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).
Born: November 25, 1883
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
The Enemy Sex
A well-known sextet has been invited to a society gathering, and when one of them turns up missing, their manager asks Dodo to fill in. At the party, she meets four new men. She's smart enough to steer clear of two of them -- corrupt society leader Albert Sasson and powerful newspaper publisher Harrigan Blood. Instead she becomes passionately involved with Judge Massingale. The man who really steals her heart, however, is Garry Lindaberry, who seems to be a hopeless drunk.
Footsteps in the Fog
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
The Million Pound Note
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.
Young and Innocent
When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.
Lisbon
For Capt. Robert John Evans, smuggling black-market goods is nothing out of the ordinary. But one day he's hired by Aristides Mavros for a more involved assignment -- sneaking an imprisoned American out of communist-controlled territory. The job seems challenging enough, but when he meets the prisoner's sultry wife, Sylvia, he realizes his mission comes with a startling catch: Not only must he rescue this man, he must bring him back from the dead.
Hostile Witness
Simon Crawford is a barrister whose daughter is killed in a hit-and-run accident. When his neighbor is also killed, evidence points to the barrister as the murderer.
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
A sheltered heiress is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods.
Secret Agent
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.
Four Sided Triangle
A young man, in love with a woman who can never be his, discovers a way to fulfil his dreams. In their childhood the three were the best of friends, the perfect triangle. But years later when Lena returns to her sleepy home the tone of the relationship changes and it is Robin she loves. Bill has discovered a method of duplication and decides to make an exact replica of the woman he cannot have... .with disastrous consequences for them all.
Mantrap
A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorce lawyer who comes to town on vacation.
Filmography
as Justice Matthew Gregory
as Lloyd Merrill
as Magistrate
as Catherine's Father (uncredited)
as Lord Hurlingham
as Sir Walter
as Lord Willens-Hortland
as Vicar
as John Blandish
as John Armstrong
as Vicar
as Holme
as Sir Bernard Roper (as Frank Celier)
as Col. Burgoyne
as David Livingstone
as Caypor
as Lord Michael Ware
as Commander Gordon
as Wilbur Wright (uncredited)
as Sir John Rochester
as Captain Leslie
as The Husband
as James FitzJames
as Gavin Sinclair
as John Vickery
as Ralph Prescott
as Bob Holden
as Percy Marmont
as Sir Arthur Little
as Peter Hungerford
as Easy Money Charley
as George Rand
as Dr. Ephraim Nye
as 'K' Le Moyne
as Richard Heath
as Philip Wriford
as Garry Lindaberry
as Count Michael
as Paul Mayne
as Jim, Lou's husband
as John Turbin
as Charles Hemingway
as Tom Kerrigan
as Dick Heldar
as Captain Harry Westmore
as Mark Sabre
as Anthony Blake
as George Stevenson Cole
as Douglas Courtenay
as Hewitt Harland
as Douglas, Duke of Desborough
as Ned Warden
as Dr. Henry Forsyth
as Schuyler Horne
as Brandon Booth
as Frank Grey
as Nol Dibdin
as Lieutenant Belhune
as Brother Paul
as Horseman (uncredited)