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