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