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Goring was born in Newport, Isle of Wight, the son of Doctor Charles Goring and Kate Macdonald. After attending Perse School in Cambridge, he went on to study at several European universities. He first appeared on stage in 1925, in Cambridge, and by 1927 had performed in London. His early stage career included appearances at the Old Vic, Sadler's Wells, Stratford and several European tours. He first played the West End in a 1934 production of the Voysey Inheritance at the Shaftesbury Theatre. During the 1930s he played a variety of Shakespearean roles, including Feste in Twelfth Night (1937), Macbeth and Romeo, as well as Trip in School for Scandal. In 1929, he became a founding member of British Equity, the actor's union, and became its president from 1963-65, and again from 1975-82. Location within the British Isles Newport is the county town and nominal capital of the Isle of Wight, an island in the Solent off the south coast of England. ... The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... This article is about the continent. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The Old Vic is a theatre in the Waterloo area of London. ... The London Coliseum, home of the English National Opera The English National Opera (ENO) is Londons second opera company, after the Royal Opera at Covent Garden. ... Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon is a town in Warwickshire, England. ... West End is the name of some places in the world, including: The West End of London, England West End Theatre, is where many of Londons major theatres are located and premier cinema screenings take place. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Shaftesbury Theatre is located on Shaftesbury Ave in London, England. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. ... Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare. ... Scene from Macbeth, depicting the witches conjuring of an apparition in Act IV, Scene I Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, based loosely on historical events, such as the King Macbeth of Scotland, and including characteristic features of a morality play. ... Romeo and Juliet is a famous play by William Shakespeare concerning the fate of two young lovers. ... The School for Scandal, a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is a comedy of manners. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The British Actors Equity Association (now called Equity) is the British actors trade union. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on ghjgh Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

During the war he joined the army, becoming supervisor of BBC radio productions broadcasting to Germany, and continued acting. He often worked under the name Charles Richardson, because of the association of his name with Hermann Göring. In 1941, he married his second wife, the actress Lucie Mannheim. She died in 1976, and the next year Goring married television producer Prudence Fitzgerald, who survived him. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was by far the bloodiest, most expensive, and most significant war in... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Hermann Göring Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also Goering or Goring in English) (January 12, 1893 – October 15, 1946) was an early member of the Nazi party, founder of the Gestapo, and one of the main leaders of Nazi Germany. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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His TV work included starring as Sir Percy Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel (ITV, 1955) – a series which he also co-wrote/produced – Theodore Maxtible in the Doctor Who story The Evil of the Daleks (BBC, 1966); George V in Edward and Mrs Simpson (Thames, 1980); and The Old Men at the Zoo (BBC, 1983). The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic adventure novel by Baroness Orczy. ... Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... Main article: History of Doctor Who Doctor Who first appeared on BBC television on November 23, 1963. ... The Evil Of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in seven weekly parts from May 20 to July 1, 1967. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ... The classic Thames Television logo (1969 - 1989), featuring a geographically incorrect montage of London landmarks. ...

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Selected films

• Mr Perrin and Mr Traill (1948).
• Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1950): playing a musician obsessed with Ava Gardner
• Circle of Danger (1950).
• So Little Time (1952): as a sympathetic German officer.
• The Barefoot Contessa (1954): as the playboy in love with Ava Gardner (again).
• I Was Monty's Double (1958).
• Girl on a Motorcycle (1968): the father of Marianne Faithfull's biker heroine.

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• The Spy in Black (1939).
• A Matter of Life and Death (1946): Conductor 71, sent to take pilot David Niven to heaven.
• The Red Shoes (1948): a composer who falls in love with the star ballerina. Goring contributed to some of the film's dialogue, although he is not credited for it.
• Ill Met by Moonlight (1957): a Nazi general kipnapped by Dirk Bogarde's Crete partisans.

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External links

• The British Film Institute profile
• Marius Goring at the Internet Movie Database