Jacob Marley
Background
Jacob Marley was a co-owner of Amalgamated Mercantile Society Ltd. in London, England. He shared ownership with Ebenezer Scrooge. On his deathbed he told Ebenezer they were wrong in putting money in front of people.
During the events of A Christmas Carol (1951) played by Patrick Macnee and Michael Hordern
As Ebenezer walks up to his front door, he hears Marley's voice and image appear on his door-knocker. He goes inside and keeps on hearing Marley calling his name. The door opens to his bedroom and the ghost of Marley floats into the room. Ebenezer thinks Marley is a fragment of his imagination, but eventually believes he is real. Marley tells Ebenezer that he wears the chains he forged in life and is now condemned to wander in agony. He warns Ebenezer that he will be visited by three spirits during the night and then disappears after showing Ebenezer spirits forced to witness human misery forever.