Alfred Marks

Alfred Marks

Alfred Edward Marks OBE (28 January 1921 - 1 July 1996) was a comic actor and comedian. Marks was born as Ruchel Kutchinsky in Holborn, London. He left Bell Lane School at 14 and started in entertainment at the Windmill Theatre. He then served in the RAF as a Flight Sergeant in the Middle East where he arranged concerts for servicemen. He also worked as an auctioneer and engineer. He started in variety at the Kilburn Empire in 1946, and his stage appearances included The Sunshine Boys and Fiddler On The Roof. He was also involved in comedy work with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe which later led to the formation (along with writer Spike Milligan) of The Goon Show, though Marks himself was not to become a member of that comedy group. His films included The Frightened City and Scream and Scream Again. His television show, Alfred Marks Time, ran for 6 years on ITV. He compered Sunday Night at the London Palladium and appeared in numerous other television programmes including Albert and Victoria, The Good Old Days, Blankety Blank, The Marti Caine Show, The Two Ronnies, The Generation Game, Lovejoy, Minder (TV series), Parkinson, The All New Alexei Sayle Show and the Dramarama play The Comeuppance of Captain Katt (a satire on the current state of Doctor Who). In 1967 Marks toured Australia for JC Williamson Theatres in Bill Naughton's Spring & Port Wine. In 1968 he played the lead in The Young Visiters a musical version of the turn of the 20th century Daisy Ashford novel, written when she was six and published as submitted by her with the spelling error, at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. Marks also appeared in the role of Wilfred Shadbolt in the Gilbert and Sullivan opera The Yeomen of the Guard in 1982. While on tour in Australia, Marks was appointed the second King of Moomba (1968) by the Melbourne Moomba festival committee; when asked what his qualifications were, he quipped (in full Cockney):     "When I was eleven there were rival gangs around a fruit market in the East End. And desperately, I always wanted to be a member of the bigger rival gang. One day when I was in my best Easter suit, someone from one of the other gangs said to me 'would you like to be King of the Golden Apples?' 'All right, just sit there on this box and call out Apples, Apples, give me the Golden Apples.' Which innocently I did and they cobbled me with every rotten apple in the market." Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfred Marks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Popularity : 2.143
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1921-01-28
  • Place of Birth : Holborn, London, England, UK
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Alfred Marks Movies

  • 1951
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    Penny Points to Paradise

    Penny Points to Paradise

    4.1 1951 HD

    When Harry and Spike visit Bristol to spend the winnings from Harry's latest Pools win, the boys are soon targeted by a gang of local counterfeiters.

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  • 1970
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    Scream and Scream Again

    Scream and Scream Again

    5.3 1970 HD

    A serial killer who drains his victims for blood is on the loose and London police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.

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  • 1974
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    Mission: Monte Carlo

    Mission: Monte Carlo

    6.7 1974 HD

    Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys investigate crimes along the French Riviera.

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  • 1982
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    The Yeomen of the Guard

    The Yeomen of the Guard

    1 1982 HD

    Colonel Fairfax has been falsely accused of sorcery by a jealous relative who covets his estates and money. The Colonel is condemned to death for his...

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  • 1961
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    The Frightened City

    The Frightened City

    6.2 1961 HD

    A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in...

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  • 1983
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    Fanny Hill

    Fanny Hill

    5.3 1983 HD

    Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after another until she is forced to become a prostitute to...

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  • 1972
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    Our Miss Fred

    Our Miss Fred

    6.4 1972 HD

    Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in...

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  • 1962
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    She'll Have to Go

    She'll Have to Go

    5.2 1962 HD

    When Francis and Douglas Oberon learn that their late grandmother has bequeathed the family fortune to distant cousin Toni, they immediately start...

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  • 1956
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    Johnny, You're Wanted

    Johnny, You're Wanted

    5 1956 HD

    Returning late to London, Johnny gives a lift to an attractive female hitch-hiker. Some distance on, he stops to make a phone call and buy a coffee,...

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  • 1974
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    Weekend Guest

    Weekend Guest

    1 1974 HD

    Sir Lionel Hibury is visiting an old friend in Rome, accompanied by his wife and daughter. Sir Lionel is not pleased when daughter, Sheila, become...

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  • 1960
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    There Was a Crooked Man

    There Was a Crooked Man

    6.1 1960 HD

    When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight...

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  • 1977
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    Valentino

    Valentino

    5.9 1977 HD

    In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide...

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  • 1959
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    Desert Mice

    Desert Mice

    6 1959 HD

    A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they bumble...

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  • 1990
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    Antonia and Jane

    Antonia and Jane

    5.5 1990 HD

    Plain Jane Hartman hates her life. She's goofy, boring and only has sex if she reads Iris Murdoch novels out loud to her loopy boyfriend. Her oldest...

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  • 1970
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    Scramble

    Scramble

    1 1970 HD

    Jimmy Riley makes friends with Colin and Brian Buxton, both keen members of a schoolboys' scramble club. Lennie and Cliff, old friends of Jimmy's,...

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  • 1961
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    A Weekend with Lulu

    A Weekend with Lulu

    5.4 1961 HD

    Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on...

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  • 1984
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    Poppy

    Poppy

    1 1984 HD

    Poppy is a celebration of Victorian values and exposes the hypocrisy, racism, drug dealing, money worship and sexual repression of the time through...

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  • 1972
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    Hide and Seek

    Hide and Seek

    4.9 1972 HD

    A young boy runs away from an approved school to meet up with his father in the hope that he can persuade his dad to allow him to travel to Canada...

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  • 1976
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    The Ghosts of Motley Hall

    The Ghosts of Motley Hall

    6.8 1976 HD

    The Ghosts of Motley Hall is a British children's television series written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence...

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  • 1970
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    Albert and Victoria

    Albert and Victoria

    4 1970 HD

    Albert and Victoria is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1970 to 1971. Starring Alfred Marks, it was written by Reuben Ship. It was made for...

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  • 1983
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    Dramarama

    Dramarama

    6.7 1983 HD

    Dramarama is the name of a British children's anthology series broadcast on ITV between 1983 and 1989. It tended to feature drama of a science...

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  • 1971
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    The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

    7.618 1971 HD

    An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.

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  • 1971
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    Jason King

    Jason King

    7.3 1971 HD

    Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering...

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  • 1986
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    Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

    7.3 1986 HD

    The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a...

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  • 1992
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    Virtual Murder

    Virtual Murder

    6.5 1992 HD

    John Cornelius (called JC) is a university don who also works for his city police force as a consultant psychologist. Samantha Valentine is his...

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  • 1977
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    Raffles

    Raffles

    8 1977 HD

    Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung. The series was produced by Yorkshire Television and...

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  • 1988
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    A Question Of Entertainment

    A Question Of Entertainment

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1967
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    Blandings Castle

    Blandings Castle

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1964
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    Fire Crackers

    Fire Crackers

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Adventurer

    The Adventurer

    5.5 1972 HD

    The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the...

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  • 1979
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    Blankety Blank

    Blankety Blank

    4.6 1979 HD

    Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show based on the 1977–1979 Australian game show Blankety Blanks. The British version ran from 18...

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  • 1984
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    Oxbridge Blues

    Oxbridge Blues

    5 1984 HD

    An anthology series of seven linked plays about the lives of people connected with the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

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  • 1979
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    Minder

    Minder

    6.8 1979 HD

    This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye...

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  • 1968
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    Cilla

    Cilla

    10 1968 HD

    A mostly live weekly entertainment show starring Cilla Black and her special guests.

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  • 1972
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    Rainbow

    Rainbow

    6.7 1972 HD

    Children's puppet programme featuring music and stories. Join George, Bungle, Zippy, and all their friends at the Rainbow House, always an exciting...

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  • 1986
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    Lost Empires

    Lost Empires

    4 1986 HD

    In 1913, young Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle Nick's magic act and is introduced to the enchanted world of the British music hall. Travelling...

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  • 1975
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    The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    7.65 1975 HD

    Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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