George Harrison Marks

Directing·Aug 6, 1926·London, England, UK

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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.

Film	Credit
Doing Rude Things1995 · Self	Self
Arabian Knights1979 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Come Play with Me1977 · Cornelius, Director, Writer, Producer	Cornelius, Director, Writer, Producer
SSex Is My Business1975 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Dolly Mixture1974 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Pattern of Evil1971 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
HHalfway Inn1970 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Nine Ages of Nakedness1969 · Nine Roles, Producer, Writer, Director	Nine Roles, Producer, Writer, Director
Macabre!1968 · Director	Director
PPerchance to Scream1967 · Director	Director
The Naked World of Harrison Marks1966 · Self, Writer, Director	Self, Writer, Director
The Mummy1966 · Director	Director
Vampire1964 · Count Dracula III, Director	Count Dracula III, Director
TThe Four Poster1964 · Hunchback, Director, Writer, Producer	Hunchback, Director, Writer, Producer
Nude in the Sun1964 · Director	Director
TThe Chimney Sweeps1963 · Chimney Sweep / Orchestra Member, Writer, Producer	Chimney Sweep / Orchestra Member, Writer, Producer
PPhoto Session1963 · Director	Director
Uncle's Tea Party1962 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
One Track Mind1962 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
As Nature Intended1961 · Self, Director, Writer, Producer	Self, Director, Writer, Producer
MMeet the Fabulous Vicky Kennedy1961 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
TThe Window Dresser1961 · Shop owner, Director	Shop owner, Director
Nightmare at Elm Manor1961 · Director	Director
GGypsy Fire1961 · Director	Director
Attic Queen1960 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Making Hay1960 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer
Hopeless Helpmates1960 · Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
AArt for Art's Sake1960 · Director	Director
Witches Brew1960 · Director	Director
XXcitement!1960 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
TTailor MaidDirector	Director