Mikhail Gorbachev. In 1991, when the President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, convened a "Congress of Compatriots" (an olive branch to some of the post-1917 White Russian diaspora), Marner was one of the 600 people who returned to the motherland. Despite being caught up in a coup, he stayed long enough to watch, through tearful eyes, the raising of the first Imperial Russian flag flown in Moscow since 1917. Personal life Marner died nine days before his 83rd birthday on 18 March 2004 in Perth, Scotland, and left a wife, actress Pauline Farr, who retained Molchanoff as her off-stage name. Marner was fluent in Russian, English, French and German. He is survived by a daughter and three grandchildren. Selected filmography Highly Dangerous (1950) – Soldier on Train (uncredited) Lilli Marlene (1951) – SS Colonel Appointment with Venus (1951) – 2nd German Corporal The African Queen (1951) – Second Officer of Fort Shona Top Secret (1952) – Russian Sentry Never Let Me Go (1953) – Toasting Russian Officer (uncredited) Park Plaza 605 (1953) – Barkov Mask of Dust (1954) – Hans Brecht – racer Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955) – Col. Lebotov The Master Plan (1955) – Man (uncredited) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) – Aide to Prime Minister (uncredited) Reach for the Sky (1956) – German Officer in Staff Car (uncredited) Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) – German Officer with Gen. Brauer (uncredited) Miracle in Soho (1957) – Karl The One That Got Away (1957) – German Prisoner The Safecracker (1958) – German N.C.O No Time to Die (1958) – German colonel Ice Cold in Alex (1958) – German Guard The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) – Russian Soldier (uncredited) The Square Peg (1958) – Hauptmann Schmidt (uncredited) A Touch of Larceny (1959) – Russian Officer Cornered by Max Easton (uncredited) Beyond the Curtain (1960) – Russian Officer (uncredited) A Circle of Deception (1960) – German colonel Very Important Person (1961) – German Guard (uncredited) Invasion Quartet (1961) – German Soldier (uncredited) The Pursuers (1961) – Aranson The Password Is Courage (1962) – Schmidt The Mouse on the Moon (1963) – Russian Air Force General Children of the Damned (1964) – Russian Embassy official (uncredited) Ring of Spies (1964) – Colonel Monat (uncredited) Operation Crossbow (1965) – SS Sergeant (uncredited) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) – Vopo Captain Where the Spies Are (1966) – Josef You