Herbert Marshall had trained to become a certified accountant, but his interest turned to the stage. He lost a leg while serving in World War I, he was rehabilitated with a wooden leg. This did not stop him from making good his decision to make the stage as his vocation. He used a very deliberate square-shouldered and guided walk - largely unnoticeable - to cover up his disability. He spent 20 years in distinguished stage work in London before films. He almost made the transition from stage directly to sound movies except for one silent film, _Mumsie . All told, Herbert Marshall graced nearly 100 movie and TV roles with an aplomb that remains a rich legacy.
Father of Sarah Marshall.
Herbert Marshall had one wooden leg, the right, which was kept a secret to the public for most of his career. He lost his leg in action during WWI.
Portrayed British intelligence agent Ken Thurston on CBS (1944-1948) and NBC Radios (1950-1952) "The Man Called X."
Brother-in-law of Joan Mallory.
Ex-father-in-law of Mel Bourne.
Grandfather of Timothy M. Bourne.
Biography in "Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir" by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry.
According to Cecil B. DeMille, while filming a fight scene in Hawaii with Marshall and another actor, the scene was perfect except for the final blow, which Marshall was supposed to throw. Marshall hesitated and when asked why he stated "Mr. DeMille I just cannot bring myself to hit a man full in the face." Source, 6/22/1936 Lux Radio Theater broadcast of "Dark Angel".
Formerly served as director of the Old Vic Theater in London, was a consultant on theatrical architecture, and produced films and directed plays in the Soviet Union, England, Spain, India and the United States.
British writer, stage director/designer and documentary film maker, at one time associated with John Grierson. He studied film making in Moscow in the 1930s with the Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein, and spent the last twenty years of his life as director of the Center for Soviet and East European Studies in the Performing Arts at Southern IllinoisUniversity in Carbondale.
