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