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