James Marcus

Birthday: 1942-06-23
Deathday: 2020-05-04
Birthplace: Romford, Essex, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

James Marcus was a British actor. His first appearance on TV was the BBC show Hello, Good Evening and Welcome (1968). He is best known for his performance as Georgie, one of the droogs in Stanley Kubrick's controversial film A Clockwork Orange (1971) and for playing the lead role of station chief Sidney Tate in the 1986 TV movie and the subsequent first three seasons of ITV drama London's Burning from 1988 to 1990. In 1989, Marcus wrote and directed the movie Tank Malling starring Ray Winstone and Amanda Donohoe. In August 2024, the actors union Equity announced that Marcus had passed away. It later transpired that he had died some four years previously on 4th May, 2020.

Credits

Year Title Character
1986-12-07 London's Burning: The Movie Sidney Tate
1986-05-01 King of the Ghetto Arthur
1985-03-01 Number One DC Fleming
1982-03-12 Pocketful of Dreams Frank
1981-04-05 Bread or Blood Kimber
1980-12-25 Never Never Land P.C. Stubbs
1980-08-01 McVicar Sewell
1978-01-28 Doctor Who: Underworld Rask
1978-01-01 Watch That Space Jim
1975-12-17 The Naked Civil Servant Clerkenwell Tough
1974-02-16 Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs Peasant
1971-12-19 A Clockwork Orange Georgie
1971-11-11 Mates John
1969-10-14 The Virgin Soldiers Soldier
1965-03-14 Kilroy Pete