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Closed 26/07/2023

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£1,590
raised of £1,000 target by 87 supporters

    Weʼve raised £1,590 to fund a me-moore-ial to Moore Marriott, the Old Man of British Cinema.

    Funded on Wednesday, 26th July 2023

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    Story

    Following our successful fundraiser for a Buggleskelly bench, the much needed restoration and repair of Will Hay's grave, and a memorial plaque to Graham Moffatt in August 2019, we are now focusing our efforts on 'The Old Man of British Cinema', Moore Marriott.

    Moore Marriott starred in hundreds of films, throughout the silent era and into the 1940s, most famously playing the old man 'Harbottle' in the Will Hay films, and a similar character in films with the Crazy Gang and Arthur Askey.

    Before his work with Will Hay, Moore was already a prolific character actor, and even starred in 'The Flying Scotsman' (1929) the earliest British film made with sound.

    Rather like Clive Dunn and Wilfrid Brambell later, he became typecast as playing old men when he was still relatively young. He had a special set of artificial teeth which he would put in to play his 'old man' characters. He had no teeth in real life and took four different sets of false teeth with him to achieve variety in his characters.

    The Will Hay Appreciation Society would like to honour Moore's memory in 2023 with a memorial unveiling around what would be his birthday, 14th September.

    We have ideas for plaques in various places but details are still to be finalised, we just want to get the ball rolling for now with some funds.

    Any money raised above the target, or left over if it comes in under budget would go to our Will Hay memorial appeal, as we aim to fund several more memorial plaques throughout the UK to Will Hay and his co-stars Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt.

    Find out more and join the Will Hay Appreciation Society at www.buggleskelly.co.uk

    The Marriott Family Archives

    Would you like to see more Moore than you've ever seen before!?

    The Will Hay Appreciation Society's very own Steve has been granted special permission to photograph the private Marriott family archive, which includes personal photos of Moore Marriott, and 'behind the scenes' photos from his hundreds of films, including those of his co-stars Will Hay and Graham Moffatt.

    Moore's family have given us permission to upload the photos to a private Facebook group, and if you would like to view them, all we ask is a donation to our memorial appeal

    After donating please request to join the private group here: https://bit.ly/31UNQNR

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    • The Will Hay Appreciation Society8 months ago
      The Will Hay Appreciation Society

      The Will Hay Appreciation Society

      8 months ago

      Thank you for your support with this fundraiser. We have now raised £1590 and have closed the fundraiser. We will begin work on the design and production of the plaque in the Autumn, and will post updates about the unveiling in due course. Thanks to everybody who has donated, Tom & Steve The Will Hay Appreciation Society.

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    Supporters

    87

    • Mark Baldwin [ plansdesigned ]

      Mark Baldwin [ plansdesigned ]

      Jul 28, 2022

      We live as a family, in Moore Marriott`s old house, so it is an honour to keep his reputation alive.

      £20.00

    • warren wright

      warren wright

      Mar 24, 2022

      Loved there films.

      £20.00

    • Martin Wilkinson

      Martin Wilkinson

      Dec 18, 2021

      Very worthy cause. Happy to help out.

      £20.00

    • Holly G

      Holly G

      Aug 6, 2021

      If I can't be Gladstone them I'm not playing!

      £10.00

    • Deb & Dave Crump

      Deb & Dave Crump

      Jul 6, 2021

      £10.00

    • Derek Malone

      Derek Malone

      Jul 1, 2021

      £10.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Jun 2, 2021

      £20.00

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