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HERBERT LI&RSHALL (Paramount player)
Herbert Marshall, English stage and screen actor, exemplifies the adage that the world will beat a path to the door of the man who makes a better mouse-trap.
Marshall had no idea of becoming an actor. He was not fired with any ambition to stalk across the stages of his native country, England, and make feminine hearts skip a beat in the process. His early life proves that he was determined to become a conservative British business man, but pate had other plan, for him.
Herbert ?/as born in London, the son of Percy F. and Ethel Marshall. Ho was educated at St. Mary's College in Harlow, England, and upon graduation became an articled clerk in a firm of chartered accountants in London. Accounting didn't interest him, and he lost his job.
But the Gods of Fate which were to wed him to the stage and screen played their first card when Marshall was nineteen years old. Through a chance acquaintance, he became interested in the theatre. His first stage appearance was in "The Adventure of Lady Ursula", which was presented in 3uxton, England, For the next two years, he played a succession of parts in other productions. Encouraged, Marshall went to London and won a role in "Brewster's Millions".
The mouse-trap part of the story enters at this point. Marshall had had no experience on the London stage at the time when Cyril Maude wanted him for a part in "Grumpy" which the far-famed English character actor was taking on a tour of the United States and Canada. Marshall's lack of experience was offset by his smooth performance, a fact which intrigued Maude, who hired hi:.i.
War clouds were then forming over Europe, and upon his return from the foreign road tour, Marshall entered tho British Military Service. He served during the duration of the war and was severely wounded. When the army demobilized, Marshall joined a stock company. For tha next three years, he played a variety of roles.