Lee Marvin

Actor

Born February 19, 1924 in New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

Point Blank the Documentary

Self

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Self (archive footage)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Col. Nick Alexander (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

Self (archive footage)

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

Self (archive footage)

Operation Dirty Dozen

Self

The Big Red One: The Reconstruction

The Sergeant

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

The Sergeant (archive footage)

Combat Leadership: The Ultimate Challenge

Himself

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Self

The Delta Force

Colonel Nick Alexander

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

Maj. John Reisman

Sam Fuller & the Big Red One

Self

Dog Day

Jimmy Cobb

Gorky Park

Jack Osborne

Canicule

Wogan

Self

Champs-Elysées

Self

Death Hunt

RCMP Sgt. Edgar Millen

The Big Red One

The Sergeant

Avalanche Express

Harry Wargrave

The Meanest Men in the West

Kalig Talbot

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

Sam Longwood

Shout at the Devil

Colonel Flynn O'Flynn

People's Choice Awards

Self - Presenter

The Klansman

Sheriff Track Bascomb

The Spikes Gang

Harry Spikes

The Iceman Cometh

Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman

Emperor of the North

A No. 1

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Self

Prime Cut

Nick Devlin

Pocket Money

Leonard

Monte Walsh

It Couldn't Be Done

Narrator

Paint Your Wagon

Ben Rumson

No Name City

Self

Hell in the Pacific

American Pilot

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

Sergeant Ryker

Sgt. Paul Ryker

Autumn and Cardboard

Narrator

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

Self

Point Blank

Walker

The Dirty Dozen

Maj. John Reisman

Our Time In Hell

Narrator

The Rock

Self (uncredited)

Lionpower from MGM

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Professionals

Fardan

Ship of Fools

Tenny

Cat Ballou

Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn

The Killers

Charlie Strom

Top of the Pops

Self

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Sgt. Paul Ryker

The Great Adventure

Misok Bedrozian

The Lawbreakers

Self - Host

Donovan's Reef

Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley

The Losers

Dave Blassingame

Combat!

Sgt. Turk

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Virginian

Martin Kalig

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Liberty Valance

The Comancheros

Crow

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

The Investigators

Nostradamus

Ben Casey

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Paul Probeck

The Dick Powell Show

Finn

The DuPont Show of the Week

Juan de Nuñez

Route 66

Woody Biggs

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Jud Hollister

Checkmate

Lee Tabor

The Untouchables

Mike Brannon

The Twilight Zone

Steel Kelly

Bonanza

Peter Kane

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

The Missouri Traveler

Tobias Brown

Raintree County

Orville 'Flash' Perkins

M Squad

Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger

Wagon Train

Jud Benedict

The Rack

Capt. John R. Miller

Attack

Clyde Bartlett

Pillars of the Sky

Sgt. Lloyd Carracart

7 Men from Now

Bill Masters

The Steve Allen Show

Self - M-Squad

Shack Out on 101

Slob / Mr. Gregory

I Died a Thousand Times

Babe Kossuck

Pete Kelly's Blues

Al Gannaway

Not as a Stranger

Brundage

A Life in the Balance

The Killer

Violent Saturday

Dill, Bank Robber

Bad Day at Black Rock

Hector David

Climax!

Capt. Cavallero

Studio 57

The Raid

Lt. Keating

The Caine Mutiny

Meatball

Gorilla at Large

Shaughnessy--Policeman

The Wild One

Chino

The Motorola Television Hour

The Big Heat

Vince Stone

Gun Fury

Blinky

The Stranger Wore a Gun

Dan Kurth

Revlon Mirror Theatre

Red Johnson

The Glory Brigade

Cpl. Bowman

Seminole

Sgt. Magruder

The Oscars

Self

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

Pvt. Snively (uncredited)

General Electric Theater

Eight Iron Men

Sgt. Joe Mooney

Hangman's Knot

Rolph Bainter

Biff Baker U.S.A.

Michler / Captain Hollis

The Duel at Silver Creek

Tinhorn Burgess

We're Not Married!

Pinky (uncredited)

Diplomatic Courier

Military Policeman at Trieste (uncredited)

Dragnet

Henry Ross

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Jim Patterson

Teresa

G.I. (uncredited)

You're in the Navy Now

Radio Man

Treasury Men in Action

The Bob Hope Show

Self

The Big Story

Suspense

Barrow

Studio One

Teale

Kraft Television Theatre

Milo Bogardus

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee