Reginald Marsh (actor)
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Reginald Marsh (17 September 1926–9 February 2001) was a English actor who is best known for starring in many sitcoms from the 1970s onwards.
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[edit] Career
Although Marsh was born in London, he grew up on the coast at Worthing. After he left school he worked in a bank. After realising how serious he was about acting, his father introduced to him to a retired actress, who introduced him to an agent who got his first acting role, at the age of sixteen, as a juvenile in Eden End by J. B. Priestley. He then worked in rep.
In 1958, he started working behind the scenes of Granada Television, but he soon went back to acting, this time on television. During the 1960s he appeared in many films, including Young Winston and on television including Dixon of Dock Green and Z-Cars. He also played bookie Dave Smith in Coronation Street on and off from 1962 to 1976. In 1989, he appeared in an episode of Bergerac.
However, Reginald Marsh will be best remembered for his roles in sitcoms. In The Good Life he played the Managing Director of JJM, Andrew, and in Terry and June he played Terry's boss Sir Dennis Hodge. In George and Mildred he played Humphrey, the husband of Mildred's sister. His last television role was in an episode of Paul Merton in Galton & Simpsons..., that was aired on 14 October 1997.
[edit] Personal life
He was married to actress Rosemary Murray, and they had six children, three sons and three daughters. One of sons had Down's syndrome, and during his retirement on the Isle of Wight he actively supported MENCAP. He died in 2001 at his home in Ryde aged 74.
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[edit] References
- Richard Webber, "A Celebration of The Good Life", Orion Books, 2000
