Marius Goring

The son of Dr. Charles Buckman Goring M. D. and Kate Winifred (nee MacDonald). Marius Goring was educated at Perse School, Cambridge, England and at the Universities of Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and Paris. He studied for the stage under Harcourt Williams at the Old Vic dramatic school, London. His first stage appearance was at Cambridge in 1925 in "Crossings".

His first London appearance was at the Rudolph Steiner Hall, December 1927 as Harlequin. He performed at the Old Vic, Sadler's Wells and toured France and Germany. he played Macbeth, Romeo, Trip in School for Scandal amongst others.

Founder member of UK Equity, the Actor's Union in 1929. He joined its council in 1949 and was its vice president from 1963-1965 and from 1975-1982.

His first west end appearance was at the Shaftesbury Theatre, May 1934 in the Voysey Inheritance.

He joined the army in June 1940 and became the supervisor of productions of the BBC service broadcasts. Most of his army work was done under the alias Charles Richardson. For some reason the name GORING wasn't too popular at the time.

Portrayed Sir Percy Blakeney aka The Scarlet Pimpernel on the UK radio show "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (1952-1953).

He was elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Literature in 1976.

One of the witnesses at Marius Goring's third marriage to television director Prudence Fitzgerald in 1977 was Odette Hallowes, the woman whose exploits in WW2 were the basis of the film Odette (1950) in which Marius co-starred with Anna Neagle and Trevor Howard.

He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1991 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to drama.

His memorial service was held at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden on 14 January 1999.