Moore Marriott

Who was Moore Marriott?

Moore Marriott was a British character actor most notable for a series of films he made with Will Hay, his first appearance with Hay was in Hay's 1935 film Dandy Dick but he was a major star in Hay's films from 1936 to 1940, and while he starred with Hay during this period he played a character called "Harbottle" that was based on a character Marriott usually played, his character Harbottle was originally created by Hay when he used the character in his "The fourth form at St. Michael's" sketches in the 1920s.