Moore Marriott

Moore Marriott
Moore Marriott

Moore Marriott examines photographs of himself as 'Old Harbottle'
Born George Thomas Moore Marriott
14 September 1885(1885-09-14)
West Drayton, Middlesex
Died 11 December 1949(1949-12-11) (aged 64)
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Occupation Comedy actor
Years active 1912–1949

Moore Marriott (14 September 1885[1] – 11 December 1949[2]) was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay in the 1930s.

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Career

Marriott came from a theatrical family and had made his stage debut at the age of five. He had originally intended to train as an architect, but instead he went into films.[3] Rather like Clive Dunn and Wilfrid Brambell later, he became typecast as playing old men when he was still relatively young. He had a special set of artificial teeth which he would put in to play his 'old man' characters. He had no teeth in real life and took four different sets of false teeth with him in order to achieve variety in his characters.

Although he made a huge number of film appearances since 1908, today he is probably best known as old "Harbottle" in a number of comedy films he made with Will Hay and Graham Moffatt, including Oh, Mr Porter! and Ask a Policeman.

Following the dissolution of the Will Hay/Graham Moffatt/Moore Marriott partnership, he went on to make films with the comedian Arthur Askey and The Crazy Gang, where he continued to play his famous 'Harbottle'-type character. One example was I Thank You, which also starred Kathleen Harrison and Richard Murdoch as well as several other faces who became famous in later years.

His other film appearances included Millions Like Us (1943) and Green for Danger (1946).

His cause of death was cardiac syncope, acute pulmonary oedema and chronic myocardiac degeneration due to a previous pneumonia. At the time of his death he was keeping a grocer's store in Bognor Regis.[3] He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, where his ashes were also interred.[4]

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ GRO Register of Births: DEC 1885 3a 23 UXBRIDGE - George Thomas M. Marriott
  2. ^ GRO Register of Deaths: DEC 1949 5h 530 CHICHESTER - George T. M. Marriott
  3. ^ a b [1] Moore Marriott on the Will Hay Tribute Site
  4. ^ [2] Moore Marriot on Find A Grave website

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