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…

Directed

1. Come Play with Me (1977) — Director
2. As Nature Intended (1961) — Director
3. Nightmare at Elm Manor (1961) — Director
4. The Nine Ages of Nakedness (1969) — Director
5. The Naked World of Harrison Marks (1966) — Director
6. Halfway Inn (1970) — Director
7. Sex Is My Business (1975) — Director
8. Vampire (1964) — Director
9. Pattern of Evil (1971) — Director
10. The Four Poster (1964) — Director
11. Xcitement! (1960) — Director
12. Uncle's Tea Party (1962) — Director
13. The Mummy (1966) — Director
14. Perchance to Scream (1967) — Director
15. Witches Brew (1960) — Director
16. The Window Dresser (1961) — Director
17. Dolly Mixture (1974) — Director
18. Meet the Fabulous Vicky Kennedy (1961) — Director
19. Hopeless Helpmates (1960) — Director
20. Making Hay (1960) — Director
21. Attic Queen (1960) — Director
22. Macabre! (1968) — Director
23. Tailor Maid — Director
24. Arabian Knights (1979) — Director
25. One Track Mind (1962) — Director
26. Nude in the Sun (1964) — Director
27. Photo Session (1963) — Director
28. Gypsy Fire (1961) — Director
29. Art for Art's Sake (1960) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Come Play with Me (1977) — Cornelius
2. As Nature Intended (1961) — Self
3. The Nine Ages of Nakedness (1969) — Nine Roles
4. Doing Rude Things (1995) — Self
5. The Naked World of Harrison Marks (1966) — Self
6. Vampire (1964) — Count Dracula III
7. World in Action (1963)
8. The Four Poster (1964) — Hunchback
9. The Window Dresser (1961) — Shop owner
10. Hopeless Helpmates (1960)
11. The Chimney Sweeps (1963) — Chimney Sweep / Orchestra Member