Moore Marriott

About Moore Marriott

Who is it?: Actor, Writer
Birth Day: September 14, 1885
Birth Place: West Drayton, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
Birth Name: George Thomas Moore-Marriott

Moore Marriott

Largely forgotten today, comic actor Moore Marriott reigned supreme for a time in the 1930s alongside Will Hay and...
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As per our current Database, Moore Marriott has been died on 11 December, 1949 at London, England, UK.

🎂 Moore Marriott - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When Moore Marriott die, Moore Marriott was 64 years old.

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Occupation Actor
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born September 14, 1885 (West Drayton, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK)
Birthday September 14
Town/City West Drayton, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
Nationality UK

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Moore Marriott’s zodiac sign is Virgo. According to astrologers, Virgos are always paying attention to the smallest details and their deep sense of humanity makes them one of the most careful signs of the zodiac. Their methodical approach to life ensures that nothing is left to chance, and although they are often tender, their heart might be closed for the outer world. This is a sign often misunderstood, not because they lack the ability to express, but because they won’t accept their feelings as valid, true, or even relevant when opposed to reason. The symbolism behind the name speaks well of their nature, born with a feeling they are experiencing everything for the first time.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Moore Marriott was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.

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Largely forgotten today, comic actor Moore Marriott reigned supreme for a time in the 1930s alongside Will Hay and Graham Moffatt in British film farce. The trio came about by happenstance, but it was their audiences who insisted they reappear together again and again.

Born in 1885, Marriott started off on the stage as a youngster with his theatrical family. The dark, curly-haired natural made his debut on film as an infant and reportedly made a number of silent films for the Hepworth Company, but credits are sketchy.

By the 1920s he had churned out a number of pictures including By the Shortest of Heads (1915), The Monkey's Paw (1923) and The Gold Cure (1925), sometimes in a lead. By the advent of sound, however, he found his niche playing countrified character folk.

He played much, much older than he really was (by at least 20-30 years), and audiences took to his doddering old fool act, and he essayed a host of assorted toothless, muttering coots. Marriott was unbilled in his first Hay comedy, Dandy Dick (1935), but received billing in his next film with Hay, Windbag the Sailor (1936), in which they were joined by the impish, heavyset foil Moffatt.

With Marriott playing his famous bald geezer Jeremiah Harbottle, the popular trio continued to put out such wacky, nonsensical films as Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937), often deemed the best of the lot, and Convict 99 (1938).

Eventually Hay severed the union, preferring to be thought of as a solo star. Marriott supported other comedians in the ensuing years, including Arthur Askey, but he never matched his earlier success.

He died at age 64 without ever harvesting a strong core audience as a solo artist.

Moore Marriott Movies

  • Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937) as Jeremiah Harbottle
  • Ask a Policeman (1939) as Harbottle
  • Huntingtower (1927) as Speidel
  • Sweeney Todd (1928) as Sweeney Todd

Important Facts about Moore Marriott

Often played characters older than what he was, most notably as "Harbottle" in the Will Hay comedies.

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