James Marcus
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.
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Doctor Who
1963 · Rask
Heartbeat
1992 · Clive Loxton
Minder
1979 · Bertie
The Professionals
1977 · D.C. Jack
Playhouse
1974 · Frank
A Clockwork Orange
1971 · Georgie
The Sweeney
1975 · Myles
UFO
1970 · SHADO Operative
Lovejoy
1986 · Tommy
The Chief
1990 · DS Primm
Mind Your Language
1977 · Commissionaire
Shoestring
1979 · PO Peachey
Target
1977 · Lewis
Terry and June
1979 · Bleeker
Jane Eyre
1983 · John
Manhunt
1970 · Private
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984 · Police Mechanic
The Old Curiosity Shop
1979 · George
McVicar
1980 · Sewell
The Naked Civil Servant
1975 · Clerkenwell Tough
Let's Get Laid
1978 · Rusper
Kilroy
1965 · Pete
The Virgin Soldiers
1969 · Soldier
King of the Ghetto
1986 · Arthur
Mates
1971 · John
London's Burning: The Movie
1986 · Sidney Tate
Number One
1985 · DC Fleming
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974 · Peasant
Doctor Who: Underworld
1978 · Rask
Never Never Land
1980 · P.C. Stubbs
Watch That Space
1978 · Jim
King of the Ghetto
1986 · Arthur
Pocketful of Dreams
1982 · Frank
Friends Reunited
2005 · Moody
Bread or Blood
1981 · Kimber