Lee Marvin
American actor (1924-1987) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 63
Lamont Warren Marvin Jr., known as Lee Marvin, was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and prematurely white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters. He received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two BAFTA Awards.
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The Dirty Dozen: Next MissionFilm, Maj. John Reisman1983
Gorky ParkFilm, Jack Osborne1982
Champs-ElyséesSeries1980
The Big Red OneFilm, The Sergeant1976
Shout at the DevilFilm, Colonel Flynn O'Flynn1973
Emperor of the NorthFilm, A No. 11970
Monte WalshFilm, Monte Walsh1967
Point BlankFilm, Walker1966Academy Award for Best ActorAward1965Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or ComedyAwardSilver BearAward
Cat BallouFilm, 1965Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn1964
Top of the PopsSeries1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries, Nick Karajanian
Donovan's ReefFilm, 1963Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley1961
Ben CaseySeries
The ComancherosFilm, 1961Crow1959
BonanzaSeries, Peter Kane1957
Wagon TrainSeries, Jud Benedict1956
7 Men from NowFilm, Bill Masters1954
Climax!Series, Capt. Cavallero
The Caine MutinyFilm, 1954Meatball1952
The Duel at Silver CreekFilm, Tinhorn Burgess1951
DragnetSeries, Henry Ross1950
The Bob Hope ShowSeries1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1924Born19 February 1924People around Lee
Stanley Kramer Produced The Caine Mutiny and The Wild One
Edward Dmytryk Directed The Caine Mutiny and Raintree County
Robert Aldrich Directed The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Ernest Borgnine Also in The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Budd Boetticher Directed Seminole and Seven Men from Now
Chuck Roberson Also in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Andrew V. McLaglen Produced Seven Men from Now (1956)
John Ford Directed The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Don Siegel Produced The Killers (1964)
John Boorman Directed Point Blank and Hell in the Pacific
Henry Hathaway Directed Diplomatic Courier (1952)
Richard Fleischer Directed The Spikes Gang and Violent Saturday
Edmund Goulding Directed We're Not Married! (1952)
Peter R. Hunt Directed Death Hunt and Shout at the Devil- Matt Clark Also in Emperor of the North Pole (1973)
- Frank De Vol Wrote The Dirty Dozen and Cat Ballou
Harry Harvey Also in Bad Day at Black Rock and Cat Ballou- Harry Joe Brown Produced The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
- Millard Kaufman Produced Raintree County (1957)
Willis Goldbeck Produced The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
John Wayne Also in The Comancheros (1961)
Sid Haig Also in Point Blank (1968)
Jerry Paris Also in The Wild One and Not as a Stranger- Cyril J. Mockridge Wrote The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962
The Big Heat 1953
The Dirty Dozen 1967
Bad Day at Black Rock 1955
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014
Filmography 40
155 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 7
Picture of Private Lee Marvin, USMC, as listed in the "Red Book", 24th Regiment, 4th Marine Division, published in 1943
Lee Marvin in "The Grave", a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone
Marvin in M Squad (1957-1960)
Marvin in Attack (1956)
Marvin in 1959 from the set of M Squad
Grave of Lee Marvin at Arlington National CemeteryAwards
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He was also a decorated United States Marine during the Second World War. He was also a descendant of the Lee family of Virginia.
