George Harrison Marks
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George Harrison Marks

Aug 6, 1926 - London, England, UK

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.

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Movie1961As Nature IntendedSelf
Movie1969The Nine Ages of NakednessNine Roles
Movie1977Come Play with MeCornelius
Movie1961The Window DresserShop owner
Movie1995Doing Rude ThingsSelf
Movie1964The Four PosterHunchback
Movie1964VampireCount Dracula III
Movie1966The Naked World of Harrison MarksSelf
Movie1960Hopeless Helpmates

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Movie1977Come Play with MeWriterWriting
Movie1977Come Play with MeDirectorDirecting
Movie1970Halfway InnWriterWriting
Movie1970Halfway InnDirectorDirecting
Movie1970Halfway InnProducerProduction
Movie1961As Nature IntendedDirectorDirecting
Movie1961As Nature IntendedWriterWriting
Movie1969The Nine Ages of NakednessWriterWriting
Movie1969The Nine Ages of NakednessProducerProduction
Movie1969The Nine Ages of NakednessDirectorDirecting
Movie1961As Nature IntendedProducerProduction
Movie1975Sex Is My BusinessDirectorDirecting
Movie1975Sex Is My BusinessWriterWriting
Movie1961Nightmare at Elm ManorDirectorDirecting
Movie1966The Naked World of Harrison MarksWriterWriting
Movie1962Uncle's Tea PartyDirectorDirecting
Movie1971Pattern of EvilDirectorDirecting
Movie1974Dolly MixtureDirectorDirecting
Movie1971Pattern of EvilProducerProduction
Movie1966The MummyDirectorDirecting
Movie1974Dolly MixtureProducerProduction
Movie1960Witches BrewDirectorDirecting
Movie1967Perchance to ScreamDirectorDirecting
Movie1961The Window DresserDirectorDirecting
Movie1961Meet the Fabulous Vicky KennedyProducerProduction
Movie1961Meet the Fabulous Vicky KennedyDirectorDirecting
Movie1962Uncle's Tea PartyDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1962Uncle's Tea PartyProducerProduction
Movie1962Uncle's Tea PartyWriterWriting
Movie1962Uncle's Tea PartyEditorEditing
Movie1964The Four PosterDirectorDirecting
Movie1964The Four PosterWriterWriting
Movie1964The Four PosterProducerProduction
Movie1964VampireDirectorDirecting
Movie1966The Naked World of Harrison MarksDirectorDirecting
Movie1977Come Play with MeProducerProduction
Movie1960Hopeless HelpmatesDirectorDirecting
Movie1960Hopeless HelpmatesWriterWriting
Movie1960Making HayDirectorDirecting
Movie1960Making HayDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1960Making HayWriterWriting
Movie1960Attic QueenDirectorDirecting
Movie1960Attic QueenWriterWriting
Movie1960Attic QueenProducerProduction
Movie1960Attic QueenDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1960Hopeless HelpmatesProducerProduction
Movie1960Hopeless HelpmatesDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1960Making HayProducerProduction
Movie1968Macabre!DirectorDirecting
MovieN/ATailor MaidDirectorDirecting