Reginald Marsh

Acting

Reginald Marsh

Born September 17, 1926 · London, England, UK

Died February 9, 2001 · aged 74

Reginald Marsh was an English character actor who had a long career in both film and television.

Known For

Young WinstonYoung Winston · 1972
Young Winston
6.21972
MovieActionAdventure
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.
The Day the Earth Caught FireThe Day the Earth Caught Fire · 1961
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
6.81961
MovieScience FictionDrama
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.
Sky PiratesSky Pirates · 1977
Sky Pirates
8.31977
MovieFamily
Two boys wage a battle against diamond smugglers with radio controlled model aircraft.
Berserk!Berserk! · 1967
Berserk!
5.71967
MovieCrimeDrama
A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
MutiniesMutinies · 1974
Mutinies
1974
Movie
Gerald works in publisling. He was a pilot in World War 2 and enjoys talking about his aerial battles. His employees dislike him, apart from his loyal secretary. One evening, his wife tells him about her depression. Gerald has a solution: gin and tonic. He complains to her about the state of modern society, but his own problems are about to worsen...
Private PracticePrivate Practice · 1973
Private Practice
8.01973
MovieDramaTV Movie
Why does Sylvia Payne, with her successful husband and luxurious home, get in such a flap about her daughter's schoolfriend coming to visit?
It Happened HereIt Happened Here · 1966
It Happened Here
6.81966
MovieDramaScience Fiction
World War II, 1940. When the Nazi hordes invade and occupy Great Britain, the English citizens are soon divided between those who choose to submissively collaborate and those who are willing to fight.
The Baron: Mystery IslandThe Baron: Mystery Island · 1972
The Baron: Mystery Island
7.01972
MovieThriller
The Baron and Cordelia find themselves held prisoner on a renegade ship up to no good. Two TV episodes of THE BARON edited into a theatrical movie.

Filmography

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The Best Pair of Legs in the BusinessThe Best Pair of Legs in the Business · 1973
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
6.31973
MovieComedyDrama
Capitalising on his remarkable success in On the Buses, Reg Varney took on the contrasting role of a third-rate holiday camp entertainer dreaming of stardom in this mid-seventies comedy feature. Also starring fellow sitcom favourite Diana Coupland and Lee Montague, The Best Pair of Legs in the Business was adapted from an individual ITV Playhouse drama and scripted by Emmerdale Farm creator Kevin Laffan. 'Sherry' Sheridan, a middle-aged compère and drag artiste currently stationed at a caravan site, is low on talent but high on ambition. Convinced he just needs one decent break to launch himself into the big time, he's relentlessly optimistic - but sadly unaware that his family life is crumbling around him. Can Sherry manage to secure both his job, and his marriage?

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The PursuersThe Pursuers · 1961
The Pursuers
5.61961
Movie
A group of former concentration camp prisoners has formed an underground network to hunt Nazi leaders, who are still on the loose. At a secret meeting in Paris they discuss what to do with the former Auschwitz commandant Karl Brochmann, who since 12 years lives in London under the false identity of Karl Luther. They decide to take the law in their own hands, and send their member David to London. He starts his commission by scaring Luther, to see his reactions. Luther is already nervous, because the newspapers are writing about the capture of Eichmann. When he finds out that somebody has broken into his apartment and painted a swastika on his mirror, he gets terrified. He empties his bank account, packs a bag with all his cash and runs away, followed by David.

Inspector

BreadBread · 1986
Bread
7.01986
SeriesComedy
Bread is a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1 from 1 May 1986 to 3 November 1991. The series focused on the devoutly-Catholic and extended Boswell family of Liverpool, in the district of Dingle, led by its matriarch Nellie through a number of ups and downs as they tried to make their way through life in Thatcher's Britain with no visible means of support. The street shown at the start of each programme is Elswick Street. A family called Boswell had also featured in Lane's earlier sitcom The Liver Birds and Lane admitted in interviews that the two families were probably related. Nellie's feckless and estranged husband, Freddie, left her for another woman known as 'Lilo Lill'. Her children Joey, Jack, Adrian, Aveline and Billy continued to live in the family home in Kelsall Street and contributed money to the central family fund, largely through benefit fraud and the sale of stolen goods.

Doctor

StrangersStrangers · 1978
Strangers
7.31978
SeriesCrimeDrama
Strangers is a 1978–82 ITV police procedural created and principally written by Murray Smith, based on characters created by Kenneth Royce in his novel series and subsequent 1977–78 television adaptation The XYY Man. Don Henderson and Dennis Blanch reprise their roles, respectively, of Detective Sergeant (DS) George Bulman and Detective Constable (DC) Derek Willis. A group of police officers are brought together from across the country to the north of England. There, the fact that they're not well-known gives them the advantage to infiltrate where a more familiar local detective could not. Despite being based around a comparatively small team of detectives, a regular feature in its early years is that few episodes feature the entire team, with most using just two or three regulars in any major role.

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