Moore Marriott

Moore Marriott (14 September 1885^[1] – 11 December 1949^[2]) was a British character actor.

Career

Rather like Clive Dunn and Wilfrid Brambell later, he became typecast as playing old men when he was still relatively young. He had a special set of artificial teeth which he would put in to play his 'old man' characters. He had no teeth in real life and took four different sets of false teeth with him in order to achieve variety in his characters.

Although he made a huge number of film appearances since 1908, today he is probably best known as old "Harbottle" in a number of comedy films he made with Will Hay and Graham Moffatt, including Oh, Mr Porter! and Ask a Policeman.

Following the dissolution of the Will Hay/Graham Moffatt/Moore Marriott partnership, he went on to make films with the comedian Arthur Askey where he continued to play his famous 'Harbottle'-type character. One example being I Thank You which also starred Kathleen Harrison and Richard Murdoch as well as several other faces who became famous in later years.

His other film appearances included Millions Like Us (1943) and Green for Danger (1946).

Partial filmography

• A Maid of the Alps (1912)
• By the Shortest of Heads (1915)
• Sweeney Todd (1928)
• Up for the Cup (1931)
• The Lyons Mail (1931)
• Aroma of the South Seas (1931)
• Dance Pretty Lady (1932)
• Nell Gwynn (1934)
• The Feathered Serpent (1934)
• Turn of the Tide (1935)
• Drake of England (1935)
• Dandy Dick (1935)
• The Man Without a Face (1935)
• Ask a Policeman (1938)
• I Thank You (1941)
• Millions Like Us (1943)
• It Happened One Sunday (1944)
• Green for Danger (1946)
• The Hills of Donegal (1947)
• The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
• High Jinks in Society (1949)

References

External links

• Moore Marriott at the Internet Movie Database
• Moore Marriott at Find a Grave