Biography and filmography

George Harrison Marks

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.

Photos

Movies (31)

Doing Rude Things

Doing Rude Things

1995 · Self

Come Play with Me

Come Play with Me

1977 · Cornelius, Writer, Director, Producer

Sex Is My Business

Sex Is My Business

1975 · Director, Writer

Dolly Mixture

Dolly Mixture

1974 · Director, Producer

Pattern of Evil

Pattern of Evil

1971 · Director, Producer

Halfway Inn

Halfway Inn

1970 · Writer, Director, Producer

The Nine Ages of Nakedness

The Nine Ages of Nakedness

1969 · Nine Roles, Writer, Producer, Director

Macabre!

Macabre!

1968 · Director

Perchance to Scream

Perchance to Scream

1967 · Director

The Naked World of Harrison Marks

The Naked World of Harrison Marks

1966 · Self, Writer, Director

The Mummy

The Mummy

1966 · Director

Vampire

Vampire

1964 · Count Dracula III, Director

The Four Poster

The Four Poster

1964 · Hunchback, Director, Writer, Producer

Nude in the Sun

Nude in the Sun

1964 · Director

Star Strip

Star Strip

1964 · Director

The Chimney Sweeps

The Chimney Sweeps

1963 · Chimney Sweep / Orchestra Member, Writer, Producer

Photo Session

Photo Session

1963 · Director

Uncle's Tea Party

Uncle's Tea Party

1962 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Editor

One Track Mind

One Track Mind

1962 · Director, Writer

As Nature Intended

As Nature Intended

1961 · Self, Director, Writer, Producer

Meet the Fabulous Vicky Kennedy

Meet the Fabulous Vicky Kennedy

1961 · Producer, Director

The Window Dresser

The Window Dresser

1961 · Shop owner, Director

Nightmare at Elm Manor

Nightmare at Elm Manor

1961 · Director

Gypsy Fire

Gypsy Fire

1961 · Director, Cinematography

Attic Queen

Attic Queen

1960 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography

Making Hay

Making Hay

1960 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer

Hopeless Helpmates

Hopeless Helpmates

1960 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography

Art for Art's Sake

Art for Art's Sake

1960 · Director, Cinematography

Witches Brew

Witches Brew

1960 · Director

Xcitement!

Xcitement!

1960 · Director, Producer, Cinematography

Tailor Maid

Tailor Maid

· Director

TV shows (1)