Marshall Thompson
Actor
Born November 27, 1925 in Peoria, Illinois, USA
Marshall Thompson (November 27, 1925 – May 18, 1992) was an American film and television actor. He was born James Marshall Thompson in Peoria, Illinois. In 1943 Thompson, known for his boy-next-door good looks, was signed by Universal Pictures. He played quiet, thoughtful teens in Universal's feature films, including a lead opposite singing star Gloria Jean in Reckless Age, earning $350 weekly. During 1946 Universal discharged most of its contract players; that same year Thompson moved to MGM and his film roles steadily increased and improved. Thompson became a freelance actor in the 1950s and worked for various studios on a variety of pictures, including a number of horror and science-fiction features; this included the role of Carruthers in It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958), one of the two feature films that would later inspire the plot for director Ridley Scott's 1979 big budget feature film Alien. Thompson also starred as Mel Hunter in the syndicated science fiction TV series World of Giants, about a man who has been miniaturized and must live in a dollhouse. By the 1960s, Thompson's boyish looks had matured and his screen persona became more authoritative. He co-starred with Annie Fargé in the 33-episode CBS sitcom Angel (1960–1961) about an American architect with a charming but scatterbrained French wife, who often got into zany, Lucy Ricardo-esque situations, caused in part by her lack of English; the show was canceled after 33 episodes due to low ratings, despite critical acclaim for French-born newcomer Annie Fargé. In the mid-1960s Thompson starred in CBS's Daktari, a television series about a veterinarian in Africa; the series was based on Thompson's 1965 feature film Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion. Later in his career, he appeared in many television episodes and in feature films such as The Turning Point (1977) and The Formula(1980). Thompson was a brother-in-law of actor Richard Long, best known for his role as Jarrod Barkley in ABC's The Big Valley. Thompson's wife, Barbara, was Long's sister. Marshall Thompson died from congestive heart failure at the age of sixty-six in Royal Oak, Michigan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marshall Thompson , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
McBain
Mr. Rich
Dallas: The Early Years
Dr. Ted Johnson
Murder, She Wrote
Ward Silloway
White Dog
Director
The Formula
Geologist #1
Benson
Bog
Dr. Brad Wednesday
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Race for Survival
Cruise Into Terror
Bennett
The Turning Point
Carter
Lou Grant
Paul Newman
Quincy, M.E.
Charlie's Angels
Meadows
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
George
Jim Hunter
The Streets of San Francisco
Fr. Carey
George
Jim
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Jeff Crane
The Partridge Family
Dr. Milstead
Ride the Tiger
Jambo
Ironside
Tom Ames
To the Shores of Hell
Maj. Greg Donahue
Daktari
Dr. Marsh Tracy
Around the World Under the Sea
Dr. Orin Hillyard
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
Dr. Marsh Tracy
Zebra in the Kitchen
Shaving Man
The Mighty Jungle
Flipper
A Yank in Viet-Nam
Maj. Benson
No Man Is an Island
Jonn Sonnenberg
East of Kilimanjaro
Marsh Connors
Flight of the Lost Balloon
Dr.Joseph Farady
Angel
Johnny Smith
Startime
Lt. Train
Men Into Space
World of Giants
First Man into Space
Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott
The Secret Man
Dr. Cliff Mitchell
Bronco
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Carruthers
Fiend Without a Face
Major Jeff Cummings
Perry Mason
Arthur Poe
Wagon Train
Bradley Mason
Lure of the Swamp
Simon Lewt
Panic!
The Blackwell Story
David
Down Liberty Road
Mysterious Stranger
Born to Fight
Man Exiting Airplane (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Eli Hendericks
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Wilfred Banning Pendleton III
Matinee Theater
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Matt Clay
To Hell and Back
Johnson
Gunsmoke
Leach Fields
Cult of the Cobra
Tom Markel
Crashout
Billy Lang
The Millionaire
Tom Hunt
Battle Taxi
2nd Lt. Tim Vernon
Port of Hell
Marsh Walker
Climax!
(segment "Child of the Wind")
The Whistler
Public Defender
Jeff Norton
Letter to Loretta
Jim Turner
The Caddy
Bruce Reeber
The Ford Television Theatre
The Rose Bowl Story
Steve Davis
My Six Convicts
Blivens Scott
Hallmark Hall of Fame
George Washington
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
James Wilson
The Tall Target
Lance Beaufort
The Basketball Fix
Johnny Long
Dial 1119
Gunther Wyckoff
Devil's Doorway
Rod MacDougall
Mystery Street
Henry Shanway
Stars in My Crown
Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)
Robert Montgomery Presents
Battleground
Jim Layton
Roseanna McCoy
Tolbert McCoy
Words and Music
Herbert Fields
Command Decision
Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee
Studio One
Homecoming
Staff Sgt. 'Mac' McKeen
B.F.'s Daughter
The Sailor
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Ben Mac Bean
The Secret Heart
Brandon Reynolds
Gallant Bess
Tex Barton
The Show-Off
Joe Fisher
The Cockeyed Miracle
Jim Griggs
Bad Bascomb
Jimmy Holden
They Were Expendable
Ens. 'Snake' Gardner
Twice Blessed
Jimmy
The Clock
Bill
The Valley of Decision
Ted Scott
Blonde Fever
Freddie Bilson
Reckless Age
Roy Connors
The Purple Heart
Morrison (uncredited)