Marcus Gilbert (29 July 1958 – 11 January 2026) was a British actor.
Beginning in 1984 he appeared in films, including The Masks of Death (1984), Biggles (1986), A Hazard of Hearts (1987), Rambo III (1988), A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990), Army of Darkness (1992), Legacy (1993) and Freebird (2008), on television (including Doctor Who in Battlefield in 1989), an episode of Murder, She Wrote (in 1994) and in commercials. He has also worked in the theatre, including playing the young Viscount Goring in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband with the Middle Ground Theatre Company on their national tour in 2000.
Early life and career Gilbert was born in Bristol, England, on 29 July 1958. After graduating from the Mountview Theatre School in 1981, Gilbert became a founder member of the original Odyssey Theatre Company, touring London schools with productions of contemporary classics. This was followed by seasons working in the Dundee Repertory Theatre and the Library Theatre, Manchester.p. 5 of marcusgilbert.org.uk
Gilbert made over 50 commercials, including one for Lee Cooper jeans called Mean Jeans, directed by Willi Patterson, which won a British Arrows Pearl & Dean Cinema Award in 1983.
He also ran his own film production company, Touch the Sky Productions, and in 2004 while making a documentary about his climbing Mount Kilimanjaro he visited the Arusha Children's Trust in Tanzania and filmed an appeal for the trust. Personal life and death Gilbert married a doctor named Homaa Khan-Gilbert, with whom he had two children. His wife of 28 years died in 2020. Gilbert died on 11 January 2026, at the age of 67, of throat cancer.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes 1983 The Weather in the Streets Kurt TV movie1984 The Masks of Death Anton von Felseck TV movie1986 Biggles Eric von Stalhein 1987 A Hazard of Hearts Lord Justin Vulcan TV movie1988 Rambo III Tomask 1989Doctor WhoAncelynSerial: Battlefield1990 A Ghost in Monte Carlo Lord Robert Stanford TV movie1992 Army of Darkness Lord Arthur1993 Legacy David Walker 1993 Riders Rupert Campbell-Black 1994 Murder, She Wrote Colin Biddle 2008 Freebird Marl 2015 Meet Pursuit Delange: The Movie John Scott MP 2026 Ancelyn Voice role; posthumous release
Footnotes
External links
Middle Ground Theatre Company Marcus Gilbert official website The Marcus Gilbert fansite The Mill at Sonning The Arusha Children's Trust Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts