Ralph A. Marcom

Ralph A. Marcom
Born	Ralph A. Marcom March 30, circa 1926 Levelland, Texas
Died	October 2010 (age 84) Paris, Texas (USA)
Nationality	American

Dr. Ralph Marcom, M.I.M.C., was an award-winning magician, actor, author, and columnist for The Linking Ring who performed as MarcoM the Mountebank.

During Korean War, he was a Marine Corps drill instructor. Marcom worked in carnivals, theatre, nightclubs, radio and television before finishing medical school and becoming a physician in Honey Grove, Texas.

He was inspired to take up magic as a semi-pro after marrying Vampira (Gloria Marcom) in 1968. Starting in 1981 they occasionally worked at a Renaissance Faire as "MarcoM the Mountebank and Lady Gloria."

He served as a president of T.A.O.M..

Awards

• ? Best close-upperformance at the Tulsa, Oklahoma Cavalcade of Magic
• 1971 - Best Close-Up Magic (T.A.O.M.)
• 1972 - Best Comedy Magic (T.A.O.M.)
• 1973 - Best Comedy Magic (T.A.O.M.)
• 1974 - Best Close-Up Magic (Midwest Magic Jubilee)
• 1976 - Best Close-Up Magic (Midwest Magic Jubilee)
• 1977 - Best Close-Up Magic (Midwest Magic Jubilee)
• 1978 - Limerick Laureate (M-U-M Magazine)
• 1979 - Best Close-Up Magic (International Brotherhood of Magicians)

Tricks

• MarcoM's Leprechauns
• The Sheikh's Bequest
• MarcoM's Werewolf
• The Lady or The Tiger?
• MarcoM's Chain Escape
• MarcoM's Chain Reaction

Books

• The Magic of MarcoM (1974)
• MagicaLimericks (1977)
• Marcom Presents Magic (1979)
• Licentious Limericks
• This Rough Magic (I & II)(Lectures) (1987)
• MarcoM Magic: Tricks You Can Do
• And The Winner Is...
• Rimes Without Reason
• A Slim Volume
• "...from the table of my memory..." [The Linking Ring column]
• Lord of Legerdemain

References

↑ MUM, February 1978

↑ http://marcomthemountebank.com

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