Percy Marmont

Percy Marmont

Nacimiento : 1883-11-25, London, England, UK

Muerte : 1977-03-03

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​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).

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Percy Marmont

Películas

Testigo hostil
Justice Matthew Gregory
Cuando la hija del abogado Simon Crawford muere atropellada por un conductor que se dio a la fuga, el hombre jura vengarse, pero cuando aparece muerto un vecino, se convierte en el primer sospechoso, al descubrir que la víctima estaba implicada en la muerte de la chica.
Lisboa
Lloyd Merrill
Época de la Guerra Fría. Un capitán del ejército es contratado por una atractiva mujer para que localice a su marido, prisionero detrás del Telón de Acero. Sin embargo, todo resulta ser una trampa bien urdida con fines económicos.
Pasos en la niebla
Magistrate
Inglaterra Victoriana, siglo XIX. Una chica bastante ambiciosa (Jean Simmons) trabaja como sirvienta en la sombría mansión de un inquietante aristócrata (Stewart Granger). Cuando la mujer de éste muere, la criada empieza a sospechar del señor y acaba chantajeándolo, a pesar de que con su actitud está corriendo un grave peligro.
El millonario
Lord Hurlingham
Dos hermanos millonarios de avanzada edad deciden hacer una apuesta: uno de ellos afirma que, si le regalan un talón de un millón de libras a un hombre sin recursos, con la única condición de no utilizarlo durante un mes, podrá salir adelante. El otro sostiene lo contrario. Eligen a un abogado americano que está arruinado y se encuentra en Londres solo y sin amigos. Al recibir el dinero su vida dará un vuelco.
Four Sided Triangle
Sir Walter
Un científico diseña una máquina que es capaz de duplicar a las personas, de manera que él y su amigo puedan amar sin ninguna complicación a la misma mujer.
The Gambler and the Lady
Lord Willens-Hortland
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.
Dark Secret
Vicar
A young couple move into a charming rural cottage. They become fixated upon the mysterious death of the earlier female occupant.
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
John Blandish
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.
Loyal Heart
John Armstrong
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.
I'll Walk Beside You
Vicar
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?
Penn of Pennsylvania
Holme
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.
Inocencia y juventud
Col. Burgoyne
Robert Tisdall encuentra en la playa el cuerpo sin vida de una joven. Corre en busca de ayuda, pero dos muchachas lo ven y, creyendo que es el asesino, lo denuncian a la policía. Robert se ve obligado a huir, a pesar de su inocencia. En su desesperado intento de probar que no es el culpable, sólo contará con la ayuda de una chica.
Action for Slander
Sir Bernard Roper (as Frank Celier)
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
The Conquest of the Air
Wilbur Wright (uncredited)
This early docudrama uses dramatic re-enactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930's.
David Livingstone
David Livingstone
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.
The Captain's Table
John Brooke
A passenger is murdered on board an ocean going liner and suspicion falls all too neatly upon her husband.
The Captain's Table
Director
A passenger is murdered on board an ocean going liner and suspicion falls all too neatly upon her husband.
El agente secreto
Caypor
Durante la Primera Guerra Mundual, a tres agentes secretos ingleses se les asigna la misión de asesinar a un misterioso espía alemán. A dos de ellos se les planteará el conflicto entre el deber de cumplir la misión y sus conciencias.
Her Imaginary Lover
Lord Michael Ware
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.
Say It with Music
Philip Weston
'Ex-pilot bandleader helps starving composer regain memory.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Silver Greyhound
Norton Fitzwarren
A British crime thriller film directed by William C. McGann
Lo mejor es lo malo conocido
Commander Gordon
El contable Fred Hill y su esposa Emily darían lo que fuera por cambiar su monótona existencia de familia de clase media. Cuando un tío suyo les regala una gran cantidad de dinero, emprenden un lujoso viaje en barco por todo el mundo. Pero durante la travesía surgirán conflictos conyugales.
The Written Law
Sir John Rochester
A man is cured of blindness but conceals his recovery from his wife.
The Squeaker
Captain Leslie
A detective poses as an ex-convict to expose the head of a benevolent society as a fence.
Cross Roads
The Husband
'Mother thwarts daughter's elopement with story of how wife shot her errant husband.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Lady of the Lake
James FitzJames
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.
Sir or Madame
Yellow Stockings
Gavin Sinclair
'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)
San Francisco Nights
John Vickery
Young lawyer John Vickery is in love with his wife, but he thinks she is in love with another man...
Flor de capricho
Ralph Prescott
Joe vive en un enclave perdido entre montañas y piensa que ya es hora de buscar pareja. Se va a la ciudad y conoce a Alverna, una desinhibida manicurista, con quien se casa. Al mismo tiempo, Ralph, un abogado especializado en divorcios, agobiado por la presión de las mujeres que acuden a él en busca de ayuda, decide pasar una temporada de descanso en Mantrap, donde se encuentra con Joe y Alverna...
Aloma of the South Seas
Bob Holden
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.
Fascinating Youth
Percy Marmont
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.
Infatuation
Sir Arthur Little
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.
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
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.
Fine Clothes
Peter Hungerford
The owner of a London clothing store is driven out of business, but later makes a triumphant return.
The Street of Forgotten Men
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...
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
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.
K - The Unknown
'K' Le Moyne
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.
Broken Laws
Richard Heath
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.
The Clean Heart
Philip Wriford
The Clean Heart (1924)
The Enemy Sex
Garry Lindaberry
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.
The Man Life Passed By
John Turbin
The Man Life Passed By (1923)
Broadway Broke
Tom Kerrigan
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.
The Light That Failed
Dick Heldar
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.
If Winter Comes
Mark Sabre
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.
Wife Against Wife
Without Benefit of Clergy
A British engineer in India takes a simple native girl as his bride, an act which defies social strictures and leads to tragedy.
The Branded Woman
Douglas Courtenay
A 1920 film directed by Albert Parker.
Away Goes Prudence
Hewitt Harland
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.
The Indestructible Wife
Schuyler Horne
The Turn of the Wheel
Frank Grey
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.
The Lie
Nol Dibdin
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.