Percy Marmont

Gaunt British actor Percy Marmont was the George Brent of the silent era; though not a particularly commanding screen presence in himself, Marmont was the much-in-demand leading man of such dynamic 1920s actresses as Ethel Barrymore, Geraldine Farrar, Clara Bow and Nita Naldi. Marmont launched his theatrical career in London at age 17, then worked with touring companies in Liverpool and South Africa. While in the latter country he made his first film appearance in 1913's The Voertrekkers; his second movie was the Australian The Monk and the Woman (1916). Then it was on to New York, where he made his American film bow opposite popular leading-lady Elsie Ferguson in Rose of the World (1917). Resettling in Hollywood, Marmont starred in his favorite film, a 1922 adaptation of the stage hit If Winter Comes. All told, he appeared in over 50 silent films then enjoyed a thriving career as a character actor in British talkies. He also starred in the London stage versions of such American long-runners as Witness for the Prosecution, The Philadelphia Story and The Little Foxes. Percy Marmont retired at the age of 85; he died 9 years later.

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	Hostile Witness	Sir Matthew Gregory	—	1968
No Score Yet	Lisbon	Lloyd Merrill	—	1956
No Score Yet	Footsteps in the Fog	Magistrate	—	1955
No Score Yet	Four Sided Triangle	Sir Walter	—	1953
No Score Yet	The Gambler and the Lady	Lord Hortland	—	1952
No Score Yet	No Orchids for Miss Blandish	Mr. Blandish	—	1948
No Score Yet	Courageous Mr. Penn	Holme	—	1941
100%	Young and Innocent	Col. Burgoyne	—	1938
100%	Pearls of the Crown	Cardinal Wolsey	—	1937
No Score Yet	Action for Slander	William Cowbit	—	1937
No Score Yet	Conquest of Air	Wilbur Wright	—	1936
86%	Secret Agent	Caypor	—	1936
70%	Rich and Strange	Commander Gordon	—	1931
No Score Yet	Mantrap	Ralph Prescott	—	1926
No Score Yet	Street of Forgotten Men	Easy Money Charlie	—	1925
No Score Yet	Die Voortrekkers (Winning a Continent)	Actor	—	1916

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