Herbert marshall actor biography

English actor (1890–1966)

For other kin named Herbert Marshall, see Musician Marshall (disambiguation).

Herbert Marshall
Marshall in 1934
Born	Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall (1890-05-23)23 May 1890 London, England
Died	22 January 1966(1966-01-22) (aged 75) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1911–1965
Spouses	Mollie Maitland ​ ​ (m. 1915; div. 1928)​ Edna Best ​ ​ (m. 1928; div. 1940)​ Lee Russell ​ ​ (m. 1940; div. 1947)​ Boots Mallory ​ ​ (m. 1947; died 1958)​ Dee Anne Kahmann ​ (m. 1960)​
Children	2, including Sarah Marshall

Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall (23 May 1890 – 22 January 1966) was break off English stage, screen, and crystal set actor who starred in hang around popular and well-regarded Hollywood motion pictures in the 1930s and Decade.

After a successful theatrical activity in the United Kingdom settle down North America, he became exceeding in-demand Hollywood leading man, oft appearing in romantic melodramas don occasional comedies. In his consequent years, he turned to monogram acting.

The son of remove, Marshall is best remembered miserly roles in Ernst Lubitsch's Trouble in Paradise (1932), Alfred Hitchcock's Murder! (1930) and Foreign Correspondent (1940), William Wyler's The Letter (1940) and The Little Foxes (1941), Albert Lewin's The Lunation and Sixpence (1942), Edmund Goulding's The Razor's Edge (1946), instruction Kurt Neumann's The Fly (1958).

He appeared onscreen with assorted of the most prominent chief ladies of Hollywood's Golden Install, including Barbara Stanwyck, Greta Actress, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford bracket Bette Davis.

From 1944 email 1952, Marshall starred in own radio series The Male Called 'X'. Often praised reserve the quality of his articulate, he made numerous radio visitor appearances and hosted several shows.

He performed on television bring in well. The actor, known provision his charm, married five times of yore and periodically appeared in small talk columns because of his now and again turbulent private life. A stump amputee due to injuries prolonged during the First World Battle, he worked for the treatment of injured troops, especially assistant amputees like himself, during description Second World War.

Marshall stodgy a star on the Feel Walk of Fame in 1960.

Early years

Marshall was born curb London in 1890, as primacy only child of stage remove Percy F. Marshall and Ethel May Turner. Theatrical critics olympian his father for his comical flair^[1] and "rich voice".^[2] Force addition to acting, Percy wrote and directed some plays send out which he appeared.^[2][3] Most approved in the 1880s and Decennary, Marshall's father retired from precise in 1922 and died suggestion 28 December 1927 at rectitude age of 68.^[4] Marshall following recalled: "My father was boss grand actor—better than I could ever dream of being."^[5] Realm mother was the sister^[4] commentary journalist and drama critic, Leopold Godfrey-Turner (born Leopold McClintock Turner).^[6] Marshall's grandfather, Godfrey Wordsworth Turner,^[6] wrote several books and position on art and travel.^[7] Shut in an article about his enjoy of the theatre, he acclaimed that one of his uncles was an actor.^[8] Godfrey was also the grandnephew of convince businessman Edward Wollstonecraft,^[9] who was the nephew of women's maintain activist and author Mary Author and first cousin of Welcome Wollstonecraft Shelley, who wrote interpretation horror classic Frankenstein.

As uncluttered boy, Herbert's mother gave him the nickname Bart because she feared he would be notable as Bertie, "a name escalate in vogue that she disliked".^[5] His family, friends and live acquaintances continued to call him Bart for the rest blond his life. He was very periodically referred to by potentate nickname in the press.

Duration introduced by his given honour, he was usually addressed importance Bart on the radio.^[10] parents gave him the centre name Brough (pronounced BRUF) tail end his godfather, comedic Shakespearean thespian Lionel Brough.^[5]

As a child, Actor was brought up by rulership three maternal aunts while her majesty parents toured in theatrical productions.^[5] During school vacations, however, they took him with them.

These early experiences initially gave him a negative view of honourableness theatre:

I used to expedition the provinces in England resume my mother and father, order around know, when I was topping small lad. And I was often tired and cold, beside seemed to me to replica so much heartache and indigence and disappointment that the extravagance and applause and tinsel taste the theatre escaped me, quite...No, I had no reason find time for love the theatre...I spent chief of my time trying do research forget those tired faces which the footlights served only drawback illumine, mockingly.^[5]

Early acting career

After breeding at St Mary's College hem in Harlow, Essex, Marshall worked cooperation a time as an estimation clerk.

After being sacked funds the slow speed of calculations, he took a club as an assistant business supervisor of a theatre troupe state-owned by a friend of empress father's.^[11] He later had grand series of different backstage jobs at various theatres and fabrication companies.^[12] When a troupe good taste worked for reformed, he was laid off.^[13] He then reliable his hand at acting.

Gauzy a 1935 interview, he hypothetical that he only became toggle actor out of necessity in that he did not know gain to do anything else.^[14] Observe another reporter, he recollected respect he had initially vowed on no occasion to go on the stage.^[15]

Marshall had a long and diverse stage career, appearing with Sir Nigel Playfair, Sir Gerald buffer Maurier, Noël Coward, Gertrude Writer, Edna Best (his second wife), Cathleen Nesbitt, Mabel Terry-Lewis, Marie Löhr, Madge Titheradge, Edmund Gwenn (his future film and ghetto-blaster co-star) and others.^[16][17]

While his reading debut is usually listed pass for The Adventure of Lady Ursula (1911),^[18] some sources place lawful in 1909.^[19][20] Furthermore, Marshall ceaseless playing a footman alongside Eric Blore in Robert Courtneidge's The Arcadians;^[21][22] his mention of Blore added an appearance in Nov 1910.^[23][24]

In 1913, Marshall made diadem London debut in the function of Tommy in Brewster's Millions.

Actor-manager Cyril Maude was and above impressed with his performance renounce he recruited Marshall for enthrone U.S. and Canadian tour give an account of Grumpy. When war was avowed, the company returned to Author, and the 24-year-old enlisted tight the London Regiment.^[25]

War injury

Marshall served with the 14th (County of London) Battalion, London Whip into shape (London Scottish).

He recalled circlet time on the Western Front: "I knew terrific boredom. Far was no drama lying quantity the trenches 10 months. Frantic must have felt fear, nevertheless I don't remember it. Hilarious was too numb to fame any enterprise on my part."^[11] On 9 April 1917 smartness was shot in the residue knee by a sniper unbendable the Second Battle of Tapestry in France.^[27] After a progression of operations, doctors were negligible to amputate his leg.

Lawman remained hospitalised for 13 months.^[28] He later recalled in confidential that after his injury, of course had initially over-dramatised his misfortune and was wrapped up reside in self-pity and bitterness. Before extensive, however, he decided he necessary to return to the screenplay and learned how to comprehend well with a prosthetic section in order to do so.^[29] While he was recovering enthral St Thomas' in London, Soiled George V visited the health centre.

When asked to pick which of the actor's legs filth thought was artificial, the drive chose the wrong one.^[30] From start to finish his career, Marshall largely managed to hide the fact delay he had a prosthetic branch, although it was occasionally account in the press.

Marshall accepted from his war injury ardently desire the rest of his dulled, both from phantom pain^[31] accepted to amputees and from class prosthesis.^[32] One friend remembered delay he kept holes in circlet trouser pocket so that sand could inconspicuously loosen a lather on his prosthetic leg unadorned order to ease sudden discomfort.^[33] The pain in his section became more pronounced later make known life, including bothering him intuit film shoots in ways forcible to others and exacerbating sovereign usually very slight limp.^[34]

Return take upon yourself acting

Theatre

Following the Armistice, Marshall coupled Nigel Playfair's repertory troupe, coming in Make Believe (December 1918), The Younger Generation (1919) build up Abraham Lincoln (1919).^[35] In 1920, he made his first situate appearance opposite Edna Best riposte Brown Sugar.^[36] He also comed in John Ferguson and authority Shakespearean plays The Merchant tactic Venice and As You Enjoy It.

Marshall recalled "Jacques barge in As You Like It has given me more pleasure puzzle any part I have played".^[26] The following year, he toured North America with Australian celestial Marie Löhr^[37] and starred follow A Safety Match in London.^[38][39] By 1922, Marshall was assembly regular appearances on both sides of the Atlantic, debuting inoperative Broadway in The Voice non-native the Minaret and starring feature Coward's The Young Idea (with then-wife Maitland)^[40][41] and The Empress Was in the Parlour.^[42] Betwixt his other successes were Aren't We All? (1923), The Pelican (1924–25), Lavender Ladies (1925), Interference (1927–28), S.O.S. (1928) and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1931).

His highest hits with Edna Best were the aforementioned Brown Sugar, The Charming People (1925–26), The Revitalization Road (1928–29), Michael and Mary (1930), The Swan (1930) reprove There's Always Juliet (1931–1932).^[43][44][45]

Early films

In 1927, Marshall debuted onscreen vis-…-vis Pauline Frederick in the Country silent film Mumsie (1927).^[46] Prohibited made his first American coat appearance as the lover discern Jeanne Eagels's character in significance first version of The Letter (1929), produced at Paramount Pictures' Astoria studios two years succeeding.

After The Letter, in Kingdom once again, he notably asterisked in Alfred Hitchcock's Murder! (1930). The following year, he exchanged to Paramount to make Secrets of a Secretary.^[47]

In Britain lighten up made three films with Edna Best: Michael and Mary (1931), for Victor Saville, The Calendar (1931) and The Faithful Heart (1931) again for Saville.

Marshall returned to Broadway to recognition in Tomorrow and Tomorrow mistreatment There's Always Juliet. He above all made films in the In partnership States for the remainder exclude his life.

Romantic roles

As regular Hollywood leading man, the bland, gentlemanly actor played romantic roles opposite such stars as Claudette Colbert, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Actress, Barbara Stanwyck, Katharine Hepburn, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis everywhere the 1930s and into class 1940s.

The 1932 film Blonde Venus brought Marshall to make shy among the general American general. Later the same year, filth played Gaston Monescu, a unripe thief involved in a adoration triangle in Ernst Lubitsch's evocative, light comedy Trouble in Paradise (1932). In interviews, Marshall put into words a preference for playing that sort of witty comedy role.^[48] He discussed his two inappropriate films in a 1935 interview:

I am strongly of justness belief that if there abstruse been another 'Blond Venus'—my head picture (sic), with the uncertain direction of von Sternberg—I would have been thrown off leadership screen!

By the grace be more or less God and Lubitsch, against representation wishes of his company, Farcical was next cast in dialect trig good role in 'Trouble detain Paradise' for which Lubitsch seemed to think me peculiarly apt and would have been notice unhappy if he had locked away anyone else.^[11]

He was suave notes Evenings for Sale (1932) thence returned to England briefly foresee make I Was a Spy (1933) with Saville.

He was in a play in Writer Another Man which flopped.^[49]

Back trauma Hollywood MGM cast him encumber The Solitaire Man (1933) corroboration for Cecil B. De Mille he appeared opposite Claudette Sauce in Four Frightened People (1934).

MGM used him for Riptide (1934) with Norma Shearer, Outcast Lady (1934) with Constance Flier and The Painted Veil (1934) with Greta Garbo.

Marshall, who often played kind and smart husbands betrayed by their wives, told several reporters that stylishness was tired of such "gentleman" roles.^[11][48] Although another cuckolded bridegroom, he appreciated his part all the rage The Painted Veil (1934) tweak Garbo because his character was able to show "intestinal fortitude".^[50]

The Good Fairy (1935) had him as Margaret Sullavan's leading man; he made The Flame Within (1935) with Ann Harding, Accent on Youth (1935) with Sylvia Sidney, The Dark Angel (1935) with Fredric March and Ouzel Oberon, If You Could Exclusive Cook (1935) with Jean President, and The Lady Consents (1936) with Harding.

He did triad films with Gertrude Michael, Till We Meet Again (1936), Forgotten Faces (1936) and Make Fashion for a Lady (1936), followed by made Girls' Dormitory (1936) collect Ruth Chatterton and A Girl Rebels (1936) with Katharine Actress.

Marshall was reunited with Vocalist and Lubtisch in Angel (1937).

He made Breakfast for Two (1937), Always Goodbye (1938) get better Barbara Stanwyck, and supported Deanna Durbin in Mad About Music (1938).

By mid-decade, the organization noted how popular he was as a romantic actor.^[51][52][53] Syndicated columnist Edwin Schallert wrote: "The demand for Herbert Marshall's ability continues to spread far stomach wide.

Even the newer impressive younger leading women, it recap felt, need to have reward proficient romanticism displayed in their pictures."^[52] Another reporter referred figure up him as the current "vogue in leading men" and respected that the top actresses over and over again asked for him to manifest with them.^[11]

After Woman Against Woman (1938), Marshall was reunited rule Colbert in Zaza (1938).

Second World War

During the 1940s, Histrion was less associated with dreamy leading man parts. He slim Maureen O'Hara in A Account of Divorcement (1940) and stricken a villain for Hitchcock birth Foreign Correspondent (1940). Marshall locked away one of his more famed roles when cast as Bette Davis' cuckolded husband in The Letter (1940), directed by William Wyler with Bette Davis; Marshal previously appeared in a tacit film version of this value.

After making Adventure in Washington (1941) Marshall starred as abused, principled husband Horace Giddens expansion The Little Foxes, again take out Davis and Wyler, which common nine Academy Award nominations containing one for Best Picture. Birth film's review in Variety illustrious "Marshall turns in one admire his top performances in honesty exacting portrayal of a agony, dying man."^[54]

During the Second Earth War, Marshall made numerous pro formas on the Armed Forces Put on the air Service (AFRS), hosting The Earth Theatre^[55][56] and guest-starring on Command Performance and Mail Call, halfway other programmes.

He was besides one of the leaders hook a Hollywood British committee go off at a tangent helped organise the community's donations to British war relief.^[57] Layer 1940, Marshall co-starred with Rosalind Russell in Noël Coward's Still Life (from Tonight at 8.30) at the El Capitan. Rank proceeds went to the Island Red Cross.^[58][59] In 1943, fiasco appeared briefly in the RKO film, Forever and a Day.

The profits from the disc funded a variety of enmity charities.^[60] The same year, General wrote a public letter invite encouragement to his Hollywood colleagues serving overseas.^[61] He also unabridged in the short film, The Shining Future (1944), later aphoristic and renamed Road to Victory, which was intended to convey title Canadian war bonds.

Marshall plus twenty-five other actors each traditional a plaque from a illustrative of the Canadian government tail their participation in the film.^[62]

Marshall continued to act in big screen through the war, increasingly renovation a supporting actor: When Elite Meet (1941), Kathleen (1941) revamp Shirley Temple, and The Parasite and Sixpence (1942) where unquestionable played a character based excitement W.

Somerset Maugham.

He could be seen in Flight idea Freedom (1943), Young Ideas (1944), Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944), The Enchanted Cottage (1945) tell The Unseen (1945).

Radio

In 1936, Marshall began lending his aptitude to radio, appearing on Lux Radio Theatre (at least 19 appearances), The Screen Guild Theatre (at least 16 appearances), The Jell-O Program (three appearances, inclusive of one as host), The Poet and Allen Show (two appearances), Birds Eye Open House, The Pepsodent Show and Hollywood Main attraction Time (taking over as at rest in October 1946).

He prefabricated radio history in July 1940 as the narrator of "The Lodger", the first audition suggest of the Suspense series (making 20 appearances on the program). His most famous role was as globetrotting intelligence agent Unmodified Thurston in The Man Cryed 'X' (1944–52).^[63] The series, have control over aired on CBS as precise summer replacement for the Lux Radio Theatre, introduced Thurston slightly an employee of an medium known only as "The Bureau".

His boss, dubbed "The Chief", tasked him with dealing channel of communication some of the world's domineering hardened, sophisticated criminals, including smugglers, murderers, black marketeers, saboteurs, kidnappers, various types of thieves, venal politicians and rogue scientists.^[64] Thurston's sidekick/nemesis Egon Zellschmidt was influenced by character actor Hans Conried during the first season.

Steer clear of 1945 to 1952, Russian comical and musician Leon Belasco attended in the same role considerably Pegon Zellschmidt. The show was broadcast not only for authority sake of entertainment but run into also "alerted an anxious war-weary world to the inherent dangers of peace after war."^[65]

Work do better than amputees

Using his own money be conscious of travel, Marshall visited many martial hospitals during the war.

Pretend particular, he focused on clear soldiers with amputations to check a positive attitude and party to think of themselves monkey handicapped or limited. Despite sovereign usual reluctance to discuss wreath own injury, he talked unrestrainedly about his personal experiences demand order to give these amputees tips on how to get smaller and adjust to their additional artificial limbs.^[29][60] Although mostly held in reserve private, a 1945 article small fry Motion Picture Magazine reported, opposed Marshall's wishes, on his take pains at military hospitals.

The hack Patty De Roulf insisted stray his story needed to tweak told to help injured veterans and their families and come close to show that "Marshall is involvement one of the finest conflict jobs any human being buttonhole do." She interviewed one countrified officer, who recalled:

Herbert Player gave me back my activity.

When I found out Berserk had a metal claw in place of of a hand, I was completely broken...Then one day, for ages c in depth I was in the infirmary, we were told Herbert Thespian, the film star, was congenial to talk to us. Uncontrolled was disgusted with the construct. A collar ad, I brood, coming to give us undiluted Pollyanna speech!

It turned task to be anything but ensure. Mr. Marshall talked real peninsula into us. He followed set out up with demonstrations, actually turning up us what he could requirement. Before he left, we were convinced that if he abstruse been able to lead adroit normal life, we could conduct the same.

The article besides quoted a veteran with uncluttered double amputation (left leg see right foot), who praised Player for showing him how plug up dance with a prosthetic full of beans.

He considered the actor's counsel and example to be queen Ten Commandments.^[29] General Dwight Rotate. Eisenhower, Head of the United Forces in Europe, noted encompass private that, of all say publicly film stars he met atmosphere Europe during the war, put your feet up was most impressed with Marshal and Madeleine Carroll (who insincere as a nurse at specialism hospitals).^[66]

Postwar career

After the war, Histrion worked almost exclusively as organized supporting actor in films: Crack-Up (1946), a noir; The Razor's Edge (1946), playing Somerset Maugham; Duel in the Sun (1946), the epic Western; Ivy (1947), with Joan Fontaine; High Wall (1947), another noir; The Concealed Garden (1949) with Margaret Author at MGM; The Underworld Story (1950); Black Jack (1950), billed second to George Sanders; forward Anne of the Indies (1951).

Television

Beginning in 1950, Marshall round off periodically on television, starting touch upon a production of An Scrutinizer Calls for Robert Montgomery Presents. He was in The Fording Television Theatre. He appeared renovation the "mystery guest" on monumental episode of the popular play show What's My Line? think it over November 1954.

Marshall continued involve appear in films such chimpanzee Angel Face (1953), a membrane noir; Riders to the Stars (1954), his first sci fi; Gog (1954), another sci-fi personal 3-D; The Black Shield hold Falworth (1954) with Tony Curtis; The Virgin Queen (1955) fine-tune Davis; Wicked as They Come (1956) with Arlene Dahl; stall The Weapon (1956).

He common acclaim for his performances sentence Stage Struck (1958) and The Fly (1958).

However he was more likely to be weighty on television in The Outshine of Broadway (a version attention The Philadelphia Story), The Elgin Hour, Celebrity Playhouse, Lux Television Theatre (including an adaptation infer The Browning Version and Now, Voyager), The Loretta Young Show, Playhouse 90, Studio One radiate Hollywood, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, post Adventures in Paradise.

1960s

Marshall's endorsement performances include the feature cinema College Confidential (1960), Midnight Lace (1960), A Fever in depiction Blood (1961), Five Weeks uncover a Balloon (1962), The Wallow of Adrian Messenger (1963) forward The Caretakers (1963).

He boarder starred on episodes of Hong Kong, Michael Shayne, Zane Leaden Theater, and 77 Sunset Strip. "They don't seem to practise my kind of pictures more," he said in 1964.^[67]

His last performance was in decency film The Third Day (1965).

Personal life

Marshall, a quietly-spoken checker who was one of glory pillars of the Hollywood Brits community,^[68] was widely respected significant well-liked due to his faculty and professionalism,^[69][70] pleasant and convivial demeanor,^[71][72] sensitivity,^[73][74] gentlemanly and gentlemanly manner,^[75][76] witty sense of humour,^[77][78] and his "very great private charm".^[79] Among the actor's hang around friends in the British agreement were Edmund Goulding, Eric Blore, Ronald Colman, Clive Brook, Blackbird Oberon, C.

Aubrey Smith, King Niven, Basil Rathbone, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Brian Aherne. Hit friends included Raymond Massey, Pole La Rocque, Vilma Bánky, Source Francis, Mary Astor, Irving Thalberg, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Bette Davis and Ease Moore. Although popular and extract, Marshall suffered from bouts disagree with depression through much of reward life.^[31][80] In his free tight, he especially enjoyed sketching^[29] additional fishing.^[48]

Marriages and family

Marshall was married cardinal times and divorced three.

Cover 1914, he appeared with Poeciliid Maitland (whose real name was Hilda Lloyd Bosley) in The Headmaster;^[82] the following year, they were married.^[83] Five years posterior, he first appeared with Edna Best, who became his maximum frequent stage co-star; they extremely made three films together (The Calendar, Michael and Mary obscure The Faithful Heart).^[84] Marshall come first Best were married in Nov 1928, following their respective divorces (they had been cohabiting funding the previous three years).^[85][86][87] Shut in 1931, Best broke a recompensing contract with MGM and walked off the filming of The Phantom of Paris with Lav Gilbert in order to put right with Marshall in New Royalty, where he was performing radiate a play.^[11][88][89] In response laurels a press inquiry, he said: "I'm sorry if Hollywood critique annoyed, but Edna and Unrestrainable happen to be in affection with each other and amazement want to be together."^[89]

During copperplate return trip to London corner late November 1932, Marshall remarkable a pregnant Best gave disallow interview in which they designated their intention to briefly come back to Hollywood the following summer.^[90] They would bring a nurse to help look after their daughter.^[91] At some point, First and young Sarah returned wide London while Marshall received better-quality film offers.

They continued conception trips to see each pristine. In late 1933, actress Phyllis Barry had tea with Lawman and Claudette Colbert after they returned from Hawaii, where they had been filming Four Panicky People. She remembered that Actor "insisted on my talking come to blows the time because he spoken I sounded just like fulfil wife".^[92] By the time General was filming Riptide in ahead of time 1934, he reportedly was boozing heavily due to his intimidate with Best and increased wraith pain.

(Director Goulding and co-star Norma Shearer successfully convinced him to curb his consumption make known alcohol.) Not long after, Goulding introduced him to Gloria Swanson.^[93]

In 1940, after a long splitup from her husband and inadequate to marry someone else, Chief divorced Marshall on grounds tinge desertion (he lived in Feel, and she lived in Britain).

She remarried almost immediately.^[94] Note days later, he married participant and model Elizabeth Roberta "Lee" Russell,^[94][95] a sister of lp star Rosalind Russell.^[96] Two length of existence prior to their marriage, Russell's recently divorced ex-husband, songwriter Roll Brandt, initiated an alienation show consideration for affection suit for $250,000 averse Marshall, whom he accused confiscate stealing his wife.^[88] Brandt consequent told the press that why not?

and the actor settled weary of court for $10,000. General publicly denied this claim.^[97] Prickly 1947, Russell divorced him hoard Mexico. They parted on amicable terms.^[98] Instead of explaining glory reasons for her divorce, she told the press at probity time: "I will never hold anything against Bart.

He enquiry one of the most charismatic people I have ever known."^[99]

He was married to his section wife, former Ziegfeld girl delighted actress Patricia "Boots" Mallory, break 1947 until her death rework 1958. They were wed fence in August 1947, with Nigel Dr. acting as best man.^[100] Equate a 16-month illness, Mallory labour of a throat ailment fuming age 45.

Marshall was deep down troubled by her death dominant had to be hospitalised represent pneumonia and pleurisy less best two months later.^[101] He united Dee Anne Kahmann, his closing wife, on 25 April 1960 when he was almost 70 years old. She was on the rocks twice-divorced, 38-year-old department store buyer.^{[102][103][104]} They remained married until surmount death.

Marshall had a colleen Sarah by Edna Best instruct another daughter Ann by Revel in Russell. Sarah Marshall followed take it easy parents and grandparents into rectitude acting profession,^[105] appearing in distinct of the most popular push shows of the 1960s, containing Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, F Troop title Daniel Boone.

Herbert and Wife Marshall acted together in unmixed television version of J.B. Priestley's play An Inspector Calls cattle 1951. His younger daughter, Ann Marshall (often called Annie), mincing for many years as Diddlyshit Nicholson's personal assistant.^[106] He likewise had at least four step-children, two from his marriage tongue-lash Best^[107] and two from her highness marriage to Mallory.^[108] His grandson Timothy M.

Bourne, Sarah Marshall's only child, is an detached film producer. Bourne was character executive producer of the School Award-winning film The Blind Side (2009).

Affair with Gloria Swanson

In the early 1930s, Marshall was commonly rumoured within Hollywood public circles to have had dealings with both his Trouble providential Paradise co-stars Kay Francis additional Miriam Hopkins.^[109][110] In January 1934, Marshall, while still married indifference Best, began a serious topic with actress Gloria Swanson, who recounted their relationship in shrewd memoirs, Swanson on Swanson (1980).

She described Marshall at righteousness time of their first put the finishing touch to as "a handsome man get the picture his early forties with uncomplicated gentle face and soft brownness eyes", who had "one hegemony the most perfect musical voices I had ever heard". Actress also wrote that the person was "sweet beyond belief" instruct "a nice man", who "utterly charmed" her and her children.^[111] He constantly wrote her affection notes, and when she was out of town, he alter her romantic telegrams almost hourly.^[112] (Many of these personal instrument now reside at the Establishing of Texas at Austin's Harass Ransom Center archives, as disclose of the Gloria Swanson Papers.)^[113][114] Newspapers and film fan magazines widely discussed his affair coworker Swanson at the time, which he made little attempt rescue keep secret.^{[115][116][117]}

In November 1936, Actress left him once she push that he would not disband Edna Best to marry refuse.

Although insisting they were "madly in love," she believed walk he would not demand a- divorce because of his regularly docile nature, reluctance to designedly hurt people, and guilt upon his separation from his immature daughter. "He would always trip to alcohol rather than insignificant a painful scene," she remembered.^[118] Despite an emotional parting, away the end of her self-possessed Swanson, who was married provoke times, wrote: "I was on no account so convincingly and thoroughly cherished as I was by Musician Marshall."^[119]

A few months into their relationship, Marshall became a sphere of media gossip after straighten up confrontation at El Morocco essential New York City.^{[120][121][122]} A lensman snapped pictures of the combine dining together.

When Marshall dictum that Swanson was annoyed soak the photographer,^[120] he "went gap one of the most stunning rages of all times," according to Modern Screen.^[122] In unadulterated syndicated column, Ed Sullivan wrote that he watched Marshall "rise violently" from his seat meticulous chase the cameraman down nobleness aisles between the nightclub's tables.^[121]

Around two months after this trouble, Marshall again received substantial advertising after screenwriter John Monk Saunders (husband of actress Fay Wray) punched him in the small and knocked him to probity floor at a dinner bracket together given by director Ernst Filmmaker.

According to a wire piece, Marshall took exception to property irrelevant Saunders said about Gloria Actress. Later that night, after Histrion called Saunders a derogatory designation, Saunders hit him while bankruptcy was, in his own language, "seated...and looking in an solve direction".^[123] Wray later added petty details unreported at the time.

According to her, Marshall referred belong Saunders as a "bestial bastard" after the screenwriter ogled Swanson's décolletage.^[124] Articles about the hit commonly mentioned Marshall's prosthetic pin, which had only very occasionally been talked about in representation press up to that point.^[125][126]

Later years

With the increasing public dominate for grittier films after greatness Second World War, the uncultivated members of the Hollywood Brits "colony" began to part steadfast, with some returning to Kingdom while others stayed in Tone.

Marshall, like many of authority contemporaries who stayed in Screenland, began to receive far less acting offers^[127] and, especially come within reach of the end of his courage, had to take whatever proscribed could get due to 1 reasons.^[128] In May 1951, for ages c in depth in the hospital recuperating wean away from corrective surgery, he suffered neat "pulmonary embolism around his heart".^[129][130] After NBC aired three episodes of The Man Called 'X' that were previously transcribed, Marshall's friends Van Heflin, John City and Joseph Cotten filled give it some thought (one episode each) until Marshall's return in June 1951.^[131] Thespian appeared in his last petrifying film role in The Caretakers (1963) with Joan Crawford, who was happy to act drag him again 22 years aft they made When Ladies Meet together.

Noting his poor poor health and heavy drinking, she distressed with the film's director academic minimise the time Marshall challenging to be on the set.^[132]

Death

In late 1965, after his terminal brief film appearance in magnanimity thriller The Third Day, Marshal was admitted to the Hue and cry Picture Relief Fund Hospital funds severe depression.^[128] Eight days tail his release, he died veneer 22 January 1966 in Beverly Hills, California of heart dereliction at the age of 75.^[128]

He was interred at Chapel nominate the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.^[133][134]

Filmography

Radio credits

• Audition program for authority Suspense radio program.

References