Garry Marsh | |
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 Garry Marsh in 1932 | |
| Born | Leslie Marsh Gerahty 21 June 1902 St Margarets, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 6 March 1981 (aged 78) Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England[1] |
| Years active | 1922–1970 |
| Spouse(s) | Adele Lawson Muriel Martin-Harvey |
Garry Marsh (21 June 1902 – 6 March 1981) was an English stage and film actor.[2][3]
Born Leslie Marsh Gerahty in St Margarets, Surrey,[4][5] his parents were George and Laura.[6] His elder brothers were the author Digby George Gerahty and the journalist Cecil Gerahty.[7]
Marsh began acting on the stage at the age of fifteen. He started off in films as a leading man but later became a character actor playing self-important roles.[8]
During the War he served as a Flying Officer in the RAF.[9] In the mid-1950s, he chronicled his wartime adventures in North Africa in the memoir Sand in My Spinach.
Marsh married Adele Lawson in 1920 in Kensington, London.[10] He married for the second time to Muriel Martin-Harvey in 1926 in Chelsea, London[11] before divorcing in 1935.[12]
