Marcus Gilbert
Marcus Gilbert (1958 - 2026) was a British actor, known for his roles in Jilly Cooper's Riders and Army of Darkness (Evil Dead 3).
He appeared in films including A Hazard of Hearts (1987), A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990), Biggles (1986), Rambo III (1988) and Legacy (1990), and on television and in commercials. He 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. In 2006, Gilbert starred as Jordan Power in the world premiere of Starry Starry Night, at The Mill at Sonning.
After training at the Mountview Theatre School (graduated 1981 - alumni), Gilbert became a founder member of the original Odyssey Theatre Company touring London schools with productions of contemporary classics. This was followed by seasons at the Dundee Repertory Theatre and the Library Theatre, Manchester. He made over 50 commercials including one for Lee Jeans called Mean Jeans, directed by Willi Patterson, which won the best cinema commercial award in 1986.
Gilbert also ran his own film production company, Touch The Sky Productions, and while making a documentary about his climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 2004 he visited the Arusha Children's Trust in Tanzania and filmed an appeal for the trust. Gilbert was married to Homaa Khan from 1992 until her death in 2020. Together they had two children. In 2023 it was announced that Gilbert was in a relationship with Lysette Anthony, his co-star from A Ghost in Monte Carlo over thirty years earlier. Gilbert passed away on 11th January 2026 following a long battle with cancer.
Acting
Movie
Army of Darkness
as Arthur
1992
Movie
Rambo III
as Tomask
1988
TV
Doctor Who
as Ancelyn
1963
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Colin Biddle
1984
TV
Hunter
as Kane (uncredited)
1984
TV
Robin of Sherwood
as Lucifer
1984
Movie
Biggles
as Eric Von Stalhein
1986
TV
Jonathan Creek
as Jason Tippet
1997
Movie
A Hazard of Hearts
as Lord Justin Vulcan
1987
Movie
Freebird
as Marl
2008
Movie
The Masks of Death
as Anton Von Felseck
1984
Movie
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as Lord Robert Stanford
1990
Movie
Legacy
as David Walker
1993
TV
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Young Bray
1984
TV
The Lazarus Man
1996
Movie
Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
as Self
2015
Movie
Doctor Who: Battlefield
as Ancelyn
1989
Movie
The Weather in the Streets
as Kurt
1983
Movie
Riders
as Rupert Campell-Black
1993
TV
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
as Fl. Lt. Dufour
1984
Movie
Woman of the Wolf
as Pierre Lenoir
1994
Movie
The Dark Angel
as Lord Carysbroke
1987
Movie
Tennis Court
as Young John Bray
1984
TV
Connie
as Georgiou
1985
