Dennis Marks (other)
Dennis Marks may refer to: * Dennis Marks (screenwriter) (1932–2006), American screenwriter, producer and voice actor * Dennis Marks (music director) (1948–2015), head of music at BBC Television * Dennis Howard Marks Dennis Howard Marks (13 August 1945 – 10 April 2016) was a Welsh drug smuggler and author who achieved notoriety as an international Cannabis (drug), cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases. At his peak he claimed to have been sm ...

Dennis Marks (screenwriter)
Dennis Marks (August 2, 1932 – January 10, 2006) was an American screenwriter, producer and voice actor, mainly for children's animations. Marks wrote for several big production companies during the 1960s through to the 1990s, including Hanna-Barbera, DC and Marvel. He wrote screenplays and stories for many popular animation shows including '' Batfink'', ''The Beatles'', ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and ''Spider-Man'', providing the voice for the Green Goblin in the latter. He also worked as a producer for Children's TV show ''Wonderama'', chat show ''A.M. New York'' and ''Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends''. Career history Early career Marks was born in New York City in 1932. His parents were vaudevillians, though Marks did not follow them to the stage despite showing a strong interest in performing magic tricks. He was awarded a bachelor's degree from Duke University in North Carolina, before serving in the United States Navy aboard the ''USS Lexington (CV-16), Lexington'' as a ...
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Dennis Marks (music Director)
Dennis Michael Marks (2 July 1948 – 2 April 2015), was head of music at BBC Television in the 1980s and from 1993 to 1997 was general director of English National Opera. He was also a maker of television documentaries, broadcaster and author. Early career Marks was born to Jewish parents; his father was the son of immigrants from Ukraine.Goodwin (1993) Brought up in Harrow, London,Rozner (1999) Marks was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and Trinity College, Cambridge.Anon (2015) Originally he hoped for a career in the theatre and was a member of the National Youth Theatre. Obtaining a job, originally as a researcher, at the BBC, he became a director and producer of television arts programmes. While making a programme in 1972 about Shandy Hall (home of the writer Laurence Sterne), he met the writer Michael Frayn and the two became lifelong friends. Leaving the BBC to work as an independent producer, Marks was invited back by Alan Yentob and eventually became Head o ...
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