Lee Marvin
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Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive voice and premature white hair, Marvin initially appeared in supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers, and other hardboiled characters. A prominent television role was that of Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger in the crime series M Squad (1957–1960). Marvin is best remembered for his lead roles as "tough guy" characters such as Charlie Strom in The Killers (1964), Rico Fardan in The Professionals (1966), Major John Reisman in The Dirty Dozen, Walker in Point Blank (both 1967), and the Sergeant in The Big Red One (1980). One of Marvin's more notable movie projects was Cat Ballou (1965), a comedy Western in which he played dual roles. For portraying both gunfighter Kid Shelleen and criminal Tim Strawn, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, along with a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, an NBR Award, and the Silver Bear for Best Actor.
Known for
Credits
The Delta Force (1986)
as Colonel Nick Alexander
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
as Maj. John Reisman
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
as Liberty Valance
The Professionals (1966)
as Fardan
Death Hunt (1981)
as RCMP Sgt. Edgar Millen
Gorky Park (1983)
as Jack Osborne
Point Blank (1967)
as Walker
The Comancheros (1961)
as Crow
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
as Hector David
The Big Heat (1953)
as Vince Stone
The Wild One (1953)
as Chino
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
as Meatball
7 Men from Now (1956)
as Bill Masters
The Big Red One (1980)
as The Sergeant
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
as Ben Rumson
Emperor of the North (1973)
as A No. 1
Cat Ballou (1965)
as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Col. Nick Alexander (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Killers (1964)
as Charlie Strom
Hell in the Pacific (1968)
as American Pilot
Donovan's Reef (1963)
as Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley
Pocket Money (1972)
as Leonard
The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
as Tinhorn Burgess
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
as Colonel Flynn O'Flynn
Gun Fury (1953)
as Blinky
The Spikes Gang (1974)
as Harry Spikes
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985)
as Maj. John Reisman
Ship of Fools (1965)
as Tenny
The Meanest Men in the West (1978)
as Kalig Talbot
Prime Cut (1972)
as Nick Devlin
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
as Babe Kossuck
The Rack (1956)
as Capt. John R. Miller
The Iceman Cometh (1973)
as Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman
Violent Saturday (1955)
as Dill, Bank Robber
The Rock (1967)
as Self (uncredited)
We're Not Married! (1952)
as Pinky (uncredited)
Attack (1956)
as Clyde Bartlett
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
as Dan Kurth
The Klansman (1974)
as Sheriff Track Bascomb
Diplomatic Courier (1952)
as Military Policeman at Trieste (uncredited)
Raintree County (1957)
as Orville 'Flash' Perkins
Avalanche Express (1979)
as Harry Wargrave
Seminole (1953)
as Sgt. Magruder
Monte Walsh (1970)
as Monte Walsh
Not as a Stranger (1955)
as Brundage
The Raid (1954)
as Lt. Keating
Gorilla at Large (1954)
as Shaughnessy--Policeman
Sergeant Ryker (1968)
as Sgt. Paul Ryker
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
as Radio Man
Hangman's Knot (1952)
as Rolph Bainter
Pillars of the Sky (1956)
as Sgt. Lloyd Carracart
Dog Day (1984)
as Jimmy Cobb
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)
as Sam Longwood
Teresa (1951)
as G.I. (uncredited)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967)
as Self
Superstunt (1977)
as Self - Host
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)
as The Sergeant (archive footage)
Shack Out on 101 (1955)
as Slob / Mr. Gregory
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One (1984)
as Self
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Eight Iron Men (1952)
as Sgt. Joe Mooney
Point Blank the Documentary (2024)
as Self
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
as Al Gannaway
The Glory Brigade (1953)
as Cpl. Bowman
The Losers (1963)
as Dave Blassingame
Canicule (1983)
Actor
The Missouri Traveler (1958)
as Tobias Brown
Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953)
as Pvt. Snively (uncredited)
Operation Dirty Dozen (2006)
as Self
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
as Self
The Big Red One: The Reconstruction (2005)
as The Sergeant
No Name City (1969)
as Self
A Life in the Balance (1955)
as The Killer
Combat Leadership: The Ultimate Challenge (1986)
as Himself
Autumn and Cardboard (1968)
as Narrator
Our Time In Hell (1967)
as Narrator