George Harrison Marks

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-08-06

Deathday 1997-06-27 (70 years old)

Place of Birth London, England, UK

Also Known As Harrison Marks

George Harrison Marks

Biography

George Harrison Marks (6 August 1926 – 27 June 1997) was an English glamour photographer and director of nudist, and later, pornographic films. Born in Tottenham, Middlesex in 1926 to a Jewish family, Marks was 17 when he married his first wife, Diana Bugsgang. He worked as a stand-up comedian in variety halls towards the end of the music hall era, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, in a duo called Harrison and Stuart. Marks left the act in 1951 to develop his photographic career, taking pictures of music-hall performers and showgirls. The model and actress Pamela Green was performing as a dancer in a 1952 revue called Paris to Piccadilly, a version of the Folies Bergère in London. She became Marks' lover and began working with him as a model. Their relationship ended in 1961. During the 1960s Marks had a relationship with another of his models, June Palmer, and he married his second wife Vivienne Warren in 1964. While he was filming The Naked World of Harrison Marks he began a relationship with Toni Burnett, an actress and model who made a brief appearance in the film. In 1967, the year the film came out, Marks and Burnett had a daughter, Josie Harrison Marks. Marks' and Green's business partnership was dissolved in the same year, and in 1970 Marks was bankrupt. In 1971 he was tried at the Old Bailey for dealing in pornography by post. Marks and Burnett married in September 1973, but they split up around 1978. In 1979 Marks began a relationship with Louise Sinclair, a teenage glamour model.

Known For

Director

1979
Arabian Nights

as Director

1977
Come Play with Me

as Director

1975
Sex Is My Business

as Director

1974
Dolly Mixture

as Director

1973
1971
Pattern of Evil

as Director

1970
Halfway Inn

as Director

1967
1966
The Mummy

as Director

1964
The Four Poster

as Director

1964
Vampire

as Director

1962
Uncle's Tea Party

as Director

1961
As Nature Intended

as Director

1961
1961
The Window Dresser

as Director

1960
Witches Brew

as Director

1960
Hopeless Helpmates

as Director

1960
Making Hay

as Director

1960
Attic Queen

as Director

Producer

1977
Come Play with Me

as Producer

1974
Dolly Mixture

as Producer

1973
1971
Pattern of Evil

as Producer

1970
Halfway Inn

as Producer

1964
The Four Poster

as Producer

1962
Uncle's Tea Party

as Producer

1961
As Nature Intended

as Producer

1960
Attic Queen

as Producer

1960
Hopeless Helpmates

as Producer

1960
Making Hay

as Producer

Writer

1979
Arabian Nights

as Writer

1977
1975
1970
Halfway Inn

as Writer

1964
The Four Poster

as Writer

1962
1961
1960
1960
Making Hay

as Writer

1960
Attic Queen

as Writer

Actor

1977
Come Play with Me

as Cornelius

1969
1964
Vampire

as Count Dracula III

1964
The Four Poster

as Hunchback

1961
1961
The Window Dresser

as Shop owner

Camera

1962
Uncle's Tea Party

as Director of Photography

1960
Making Hay

as Director of Photography

1960
Attic Queen

as Director of Photography

1960
Hopeless Helpmates

as Director of Photography

Editor

1962