James Marcus
Actor
Biography
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.
As Director
Filmography
A Clockwork Orange
as Georgie 1971
The Naked Civil Servant
as Clerkenwell Tough 1975
McVicar
as Sewell 1980
The Virgin Soldiers
as Soldier 1969
Let's Get Laid
as Rusper 1978
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Peasant 1974
Doctor Who: Underworld
as Rask 1978
Number One
as DC Fleming 1985
London's Burning: The Movie
as Sidney Tate 1986
King of the Ghetto
as Arthur 1986
Bread or Blood
as Kimber 1981
Kilroy
as Pete 1965
Watch That Space
as Jim 1978
Mates
as John 1971
Pocketful of Dreams
as Frank 1982
Never Never Land
as P.C. Stubbs 1980