Leo Marks(1920-2001)

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Actor
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Le voyeur (1960)

Leo Marks was born on 24 September 1920 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Le voyeur (1960), Les filles du code secret (1968) and Sous l'emprise du démon (1968). He was married to Elena Gaussen. He died on 15 January 2001 in London, England, UK.

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Known for

Le voyeur (1960)

7.6

Writer

1960

Dirk Bogarde and Susannah York in Les filles du code secret (1968)

Les filles du code secret

6.1

Writer

1968

Sous l'emprise du démon (1968)

Sous l'emprise du démon

7.0

Writer

1968

Cloudburst (1951)

6.6

Writer

1951

Credits

Writer

En voiture, Simone
5.2
- story and screenplay
- 1974
Sous l'emprise du démon
7.0
- screenplay
- 1968
Les filles du code secret
6.1
- original screen story
- 1968
Les Canons de Batasi
7.1
- original adaptation
- 1964
Espionage
7.6
TV Series
- writer
- 1964
The Webster Boy
6.9
- story
- 1962
Le voyeur
7.6
- original story
- screenplay
- 1960
Agent secret S.Z
7.2
- poem (uncredited)
- 1958
Cloudburst
6.6
- play "Cloudburst"
- screenplay
- 1951
The Girl Who Couldn't Quite
5.8
- based on the stage play by
- 1950

Actor

Additional Crew

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Personal details

Born
- September 24, 1920
- London, England, UK
Died
- January 15, 2001
- London, England, UK(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Elena Gaussen1966 - 2000 (divorced)
Other works
"Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945" HarperCollins, 1998; reprint, The Free Press, 1999, Touchstone 2000.
Publicity listings
- 1 Print Biography
- 3 Portrayals

Did you know

Trivia
Leo wrote the "code poem" used by Violette Szabo as portrayed in the film Agent secret S.Z (1958). Leo was a real wartime cryptographer and often composed poems like this for agents to use as an emergency code. The life that I have Is all that I have And the life that I have Is yours The love that I have Of the life that I have Is yours and yours and yours A sleep I shall have A rest I shall have Yet death will be but a pause For the peace of my years In the long green grass Will be yours and yours and yours

Quotes
The only indecipherable code in the world is a woman

Salary
- Le voyeur
  (1960)
  £1,000

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When did Leo Marks die?
January 15, 2001
How did Leo Marks die?
Undisclosed
How old was Leo Marks when he died?
80 years old
Where did Leo Marks die?
London, England, UK
When was Leo Marks born?
September 24, 1920

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