Percy Marmont

Percy Marmont

Born: November 25, 1883
Died: March 3, 1977
in London, England, UK
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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).

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Hostile Witness
Title: Hostile Witness
Character: Justice Matthew Gregory
Released: November 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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.
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Lisbon
Title: Lisbon
Character: Lloyd Merrill
Released: August 17, 1956
Type: Movie
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.
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Footsteps in the Fog
Title: Footsteps in the Fog
Character: Magistrate
Released: September 14, 1955
Type: Movie
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
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Monsieur Ripois
Title: Monsieur Ripois
Character: Catherine's Father
Released: September 30, 1954
Type: Movie
While his wife, Catherine, is finalizing their divorce, serial philanderer Andre invites his latest conquest, Catherine’s best friend, Patricia, over for dinner. Over the course of the evening, Andre shares his entire romantic history since first coming to London as a young man, including his liaisons with his former boss, a marriage-minded young girl and a kindhearted Frenchwoman.
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The Million Pound Note
Title: The Million Pound Note
Character: Lord Hurlingham
Released: January 7, 1954
Type: Movie
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.
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Four Sided Triangle
Title: Four Sided Triangle
Character: Sir Walter
Released: June 15, 1953
Type: Movie
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.
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The Gambler and the Lady
Title: The Gambler and the Lady
Character: Lord Willens-Hortland
Released: December 26, 1952
Type: Movie
A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl friend. She's not so easy to get rid of, neither is his past.
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Dark Secret
Title: Dark Secret
Character: Vicar
Released: October 30, 1949
Type: Movie
A young couple move into a charming rural cottage. They become fixated upon the mysterious death of the earlier female occupant.
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No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Title: No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Character: John Blandish
Released: April 15, 1948
Type: Movie
Filmed in England but set in New York, No Orchids For Miss Blandish tells of a sheltered heiress who is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods, in what starts out as a jewel robbery and turns into a kidnapping/murder when one of them kills the bridegroom. More mayhem ensues as the three kidnappers soon end up dead.
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Loyal Heart
Title: Loyal Heart
Character: John Armstrong
Released: February 17, 1947
Type: Movie
This heartwarming British drama is based on Beth the Sheepdog, a novel by Ernest Lewis. The story concerns the efforts of various interested human parties to enter Beth in the All-England Dog Championship. When a farmer is unsuccessful in his efforts to purchase Beth for his own, he spitefully accuses the dog’s owner of sheep stealing.
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I'll Walk Beside You
Title: I'll Walk Beside You
Character: Vicar
Released: August 16, 1943
Type: Movie
John meets Ann at a music shop where she works. Love blossoms briefly before John is called away to serve on his naval ship. John suffers severe memory loss when his ship is sunk and Ann believing John is dead throws herself into nursing - will they ever meet again?
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Penn of Pennsylvania
Title: Penn of Pennsylvania
Character: Holme
Released: January 24, 1942
Type: Movie
Penn 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. It portrays his struggle to be granted a colonial charter in London and attracting settlers to his new colony as well as his adoption a radical new approach with regard to the treatment of the Native Americans. It is also known by the alternative title Courageous Mr. Penn.
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Young and Innocent
Title: Young and Innocent
Character: Col. Burgoyne
Released: November 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes embroiled in the effort.
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Action for Slander
Title: Action for Slander
Character: Sir Bernard Roper (as Frank Celier)
Released: July 21, 1937
Type: Movie
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
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The Conquest of the Air
Title: The Conquest of the Air
Character: Wilbur Wright (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1936
Type: Movie
This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.
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The Captain's Table
Title: The Captain's Table
Character: John Brooke
Released: November 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A passenger is murdered on board an ocean going liner and suspicion falls all too neatly upon her husband.
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David Livingstone
Title: David Livingstone
Character: David Livingstone
Released: November 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Film portrays the expedition of the British explorer David Livingstone to Africa to discover the source of the Nile, his disappearance, and the expedition to find him led by Stanley.
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Secret Agent
Title: Secret Agent
Character: Caypor
Released: May 31, 1936
Type: Movie
After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.
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Her Imaginary Lover
Title: Her Imaginary Lover
Character: Lord Michael Ware
Released: November 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A New York socialite Celia invents an aristocratic English fiancé named Lord Michael Ware to deflect the tedious attention of would-be suitors. Celia travels to London to claim an inheritance...and meets an aristocratic Englishman called Lord Michael Ware. The imaginary romance becomes real.
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Say It with Music
Title: Say It with Music
Character: Philip Weston
Released: November 14, 1932
Type: Movie
'Ex-pilot bandleader helps starving composer regain memory.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Silver Greyhound
Title: The Silver Greyhound
Character: Norton Fitzwarren
Released: September 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A British crime thriller film directed by William C. McGann
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Rich and Strange
Title: Rich and Strange
Character: Commander Gordon
Released: December 10, 1931
Type: Movie
Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.
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The Written Law
Title: The Written Law
Character: Sir John Rochester
Released: September 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A man is cured of blindness but conceals his recovery from his wife.
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The Squeaker
Title: The Squeaker
Character: Captain Leslie
Released: June 1, 1930
Type: Movie
A detective poses as an ex-convict to expose the head of a benevolent society as a fence.
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Cross Roads
Title: Cross Roads
Character: The Husband
Released: February 18, 1930
Type: Movie
'Mother thwarts daughter's elopement with story of how wife shot her errant husband.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Lady of the Lake
Title: The Lady of the Lake
Character: James FitzJames
Released: December 8, 1928
Type: Movie
In 15th century Scotland, a woman of an outlaw clan tries to rescue both her father and her lover when they're captured by the king's men.
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Sir or Madame
Title: Sir or Madame
Released: November 13, 1928
Type: Movie
A girl posing as a knight's male valet is vamped by his fiancée
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Yellow Stockings
Title: Yellow Stockings
Character: Gavin Sinclair
Released: October 1, 1928
Type: Movie
'A destitute girl inherits a fortune from her grandmother, and has to fight off fortune hunters. She is eventually reunited with the man who first gave her shelter.' (British Film Institute)
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San Francisco Nights
Title: San Francisco Nights
Character: John Vickery
Released: May 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Young lawyer John Vickery is in love with his wife, but he thinks she is in love with another man...
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Mantrap
Title: Mantrap
Character: Ralph Prescott
Released: July 24, 1926
Type: Movie
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.
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Aloma of the South Seas
Title: Aloma of the South Seas
Character: Bob Holden
Released: May 15, 1926
Type: Movie
A young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education. He returns to his island after his father dies to try to stop a revolution.
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Fascinating Youth
Title: Fascinating Youth
Character: Percy Marmont
Released: March 17, 1926
Type: Movie
Playboy Teddy Ward wants to marry Jeannie King, an artist, but his father wants him to marry Loris Lane, but tells Teddy he can marry whom he pleases if he will make the Mountain Inn a profitable operation. Teddy agrees, and with the support of his friends arranges an ice-boat race with a $10,000 prize to the winner. A problem arises when his father refuses to pay such an amount. Teddy thinks one of his friends will win the race and refuse the prize, but champion racer "Duke" Slade shows up and Teddy knows he will take the money. Some movie stars show up and, while using their own names, are definitely not playing "Self" in this fictional film.
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Infatuation
Title: Infatuation
Character: Sir Arthur Little
Released: December 27, 1925
Type: Movie
Infatuation is based on Caesar's Wife, a story by Somerset Maugham. Dazzlingly British socialite Viola Morgan falls madly in love with professional soldier Sir Arthur Little at a dinner party. The two marry, and before long Viola has relocated to Egypt with her husband. Soon bored by her hothouse existence, Viola succumbs to the attentions of young British attache Ronald Perry.
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Lord Jim
Title: Lord Jim
Character: Lord Jim
Released: November 15, 1925
Type: Movie
Because he deserted his ship and passengers during a collision at sea, a ship's mate loses his certification. Unable to find work at sea, he takes a job at a trading post, and eventually works his way up to managing the business. He falls in love with the owner's daughter, and shares leadership of the local village with the son of the Rajah. One day, however, a band of pirates attacks the village, and the man is astonished to see that the pirates are none other than the tyrannical captain of his former ship and his crew.
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Fine Clothes
Title: Fine Clothes
Character: Peter Hungerford
Released: August 9, 1925
Type: Movie
The owner of a London clothing store is driven out of business, but later makes a triumphant return.
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The Street of Forgotten Men
Title: The Street of Forgotten Men
Character: Easy Money Charley
Released: July 24, 1925
Type: Movie
Easy-Money Charley, the best fake crippled beggar in New York, loses his beloved dog and adopts a dying prostitute's daughter to fill the empty place in his heart. But his fellow crooks and dissemblers mock him for sentimentality, and he disowns the child in order to bring her up secretly in the safety of a distant suburb. He brings her up as a young lady in ignorance of her true history or of his; but when he discovers that her affections have taken an unexpected slant, it brings about an end to their tranquil life, a crisis of conscience, and an opportunity for the sinister 'White-Eye' to take a hand...
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Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Title: Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Released: March 8, 1925
Type: Movie
Julian (Percy Marmont) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith (Alice Joyce) and their newborn baby in Harlem. Struggling to make ends meet, he foregoes his artistic calling and draws for magazines. Reaching his limits, Julian convinces his wife he could reach higher grounds if he were to go to Paris. He moves to Paris while his Edith works at a shop on Fifth Avenue. Each of their lives evolves differently—Edith is courted by a wealthy suitor whom she ignores while pining for her husband, while Julian fails to meet his goals in Paris, returning defeated three years later. The meeting highlight how different their routes have been.
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K - The Unknown
Title: K - The Unknown
Character: 'K' Le Moyne
Released: November 17, 1924
Type: Movie
Sidney Page is a beautiful young nurse, the object of the romantic attentions of several young men in her small town. One of them, a mysterious fellow known as K, suddenly finds that the life of his rival for Sidney's hand depends upon his revealing the secret of his own past.
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Broken Laws
Title: Broken Laws
Character: Richard Heath
Released: November 9, 1924
Type: Movie
Ignoring the advice of her husband, a mother indulges her son's every wish and demand all throughout his childhood. By the time she realizes her treatment of her son has spoiled him almost beyond belief, he is on trial for manslaughter.
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The Clean Heart
Title: The Clean Heart
Character: Philip Wriford
Released: September 15, 1924
Type: Movie
The Clean Heart (1924)
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The Enemy Sex
Title: The Enemy Sex
Character: Garry Lindaberry
Released: August 25, 1924
Type: Movie
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.
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The Shooting of Dan McGrew
Title: The Shooting of Dan McGrew
Character: Jim, Lou's husband
Released: March 31, 1924
Type: Movie
Although the dance troupe of which she is leading lady is successful in South America, Lou urges her husband, Jim, to seek another environment for the sake of their 2-year-old son. When Dan McGrew offers to put Lou on the New York stage and beats Jim in a fight, she runs away with him to Alaska, where she becomes a decoy in the Malamute saloon. Learning that Lou has been duped by her abductor, Jim follows them to the Klondike and kills McGrew. Husband, wife, and child are then reunited.
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The Man Life Passed By
Title: The Man Life Passed By
Character: John Turbin
Released: December 24, 1923
Type: Movie
The Man Life Passed By (1923)
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You Can't Get Away with It
Title: You Can't Get Away with It
Released: November 18, 1923
Type: Movie
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Broadway Broke
Title: Broadway Broke
Character: Tom Kerrigan
Released: October 26, 1923
Type: Movie
Nellie Wayne, a retired Broadway actress, has a small dog named "Chum", who is part of a vaudeville act and is the sole support of the family.
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The Light That Failed
Title: The Light That Failed
Character: Dick Heldar
Released: October 25, 1923
Type: Movie
About Dick Heldar, an aspiring artist. Although he is devoted to his childhood sweetheart, Maisie Wells, his ambition drives him to faraway places. He meets Torpenhow, a war correspondent, at Port Said, and accompanies him into battle.
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The Midnight Alarm
Title: The Midnight Alarm
Character: Captain Harry Westmore
Released: August 19, 1923
Type: Movie
Shortly after being made the executor of a wealthy man's estate, a man murders his benefactor. He then makes a play for the widow, who rebuffs him. To escape his arduous pursuit, she takes her little daughter on a trip but dies in an auto accident. The daughter is rescued but disappears. Her grandparents spend years looking for her, as does the executor who killed her father--if she's found she'll inherit the estate and he won't get a penny. He aims to see that she's never found, and if she is he plans to see that she doesn't live long enough to make a claim to the estate.
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If Winter Comes
Title: If Winter Comes
Character: Mark Sabre
Released: March 7, 1923
Type: Movie
Mark Sabre hires young Effie Bright to keep his snobbish, cold-hearted wife Mabel company while he goes off to war. When he returns home from the front wounded, he finds that Mabel has fired Effie, who shows up at Mark's door with her baby, having no place to go. Mark takes her in, but Mabel leaves him when the town shuns him for what they believe is going on with Mark and Effie. Matters are further complicated when Effie, driven to desperation, commits an unspeakable act that results in Mark having a nervous breakdown--and then things get worse.
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Wife Against Wife
Title: Wife Against Wife
Released: September 12, 1921
Type: Movie
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Without Benefit of Clergy
Title: Without Benefit of Clergy
Released: June 19, 1921
Type: Movie
A British engineer in India takes a simple native girl as his bride, an act which defies social strictures and leads to tragedy.
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The Branded Woman
Title: The Branded Woman
Character: Douglas Courtenay
Released: September 5, 1920
Type: Movie
A 1920 film directed by Albert Parker.
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Away Goes Prudence
Title: Away Goes Prudence
Character: Hewitt Harland
Released: July 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Prudence, a young society woman and aviatrix, is forbidden to continue flying by her fiancé Hewitt and her father. In defiance, she stages her own kidnapping, but Hewitt discovers the ruse and arranges a real abduction to teach her a lesson. His plan backfires, and the kidnappers rob him and capture Prudence. In order to save herself, Prudence pretends to join the gang.
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Dead Men Tell No Tales
Title: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Released: January 1, 1920
Type: Movie
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The Indestructible Wife
Title: The Indestructible Wife
Character: Schuyler Horne
Released: January 26, 1919
Type: Movie
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The Turn of the Wheel
Title: The Turn of the Wheel
Character: Frank Grey
Released: September 1, 1918
Type: Movie
While visiting Monte Carlo with her aunt, Rosalie Dean meets a young man, Maxfield Gray who is ready to kill himself because of his losses at the roulette wheel. She stops him from doing so, and lends him some money to win back what he's lost. He does, but they're only happy for a short while before Max is arrested for the murder of his ex-wife in the States.
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The Lie
Title: The Lie
Character: Nol Dibdin
Released: April 8, 1918
Type: Movie
Elinor Shale's happiness at being engaged to Gerald Forster is interrupted by the arrival of her sister Lucy, who confesses that she will soon give birth to an illegitimate child. Elinor goes into seclusion with her sister until the baby is born and then tries to find a foster mother. Seeking to estrange Gerald from Elinor so that she may marry him herself, Lucy convinces him that Elinor is the child's mother. After Lucy and Gerald's marriage, Elinor learns of her sister's perfidy and resolves to tell Gerald the truth, but at the sight of their happiness, she relents and returns home.