Lee Marvin

ActorCrew Feb 19 (died age 63) New York City, New York, USA 1944–2022 (78 year career)

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Biography

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 Profession…

Known For

Film

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Liberty Valance

Film

The Dirty Dozen

Maj. John Reisman

Film

The Big Heat

Vince Stone

Film

Bad Day at Black Rock

Hector David

Film

The Caine Mutiny

Meatball

Film

Point Blank

Walker

Film

The Professionals

Fardan

Film

The Big Red One

The Sergeant

Filmography

Acting (127)

Movies (76)

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014

as Col. Nick Alexander (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.2

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

2009

as Self (archive footage)

Operation Dirty Dozen

2006

as Self

6.0

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

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Big Red One: The Reconstruction

2005

as The Sergeant

8.4

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002

as The Sergeant (archive footage)

5.8

The Delta Force

1986

as Colonel Nick Alexander

5.9

Combat Leadership: The Ultimate Challenge

1986

as Himself

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

1986

as Self

8.0

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

as Maj. John Reisman

Dog Day

as Jimmy Cobb

Sam Fuller & the Big Red One

1984

as Self

Gorky Park

1983

as Jack Osborne

6.3

Death Hunt

1981

as RCMP Sgt. Edgar Millen

The Big Red One

as The Sergeant

Avalanche Express

as Harry Wargrave

The Meanest Men in the West

1978

as Kalig Talbot

4.1

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

1976

as Sam Longwood

5.0

Shout at the Devil

1976

as Colonel Flynn O'Flynn

6.0

The Klansman

1974

as Sheriff Track Bascomb

The Spikes Gang

as Harry Spikes

Emperor of the North

as A No. 1

The Iceman Cometh

as Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman

Pocket Money

as Leonard

Prime Cut

as Nick Devlin

Monte Walsh

as Monte Walsh

Paint Your Wagon

as Ben Rumson

No Name City

as Self

Sergeant Ryker

as Sgt. Paul Ryker

Hell in the Pacific

as American Pilot

Autumn and Cardboard

as Narrator

The Dirty Dozen

as Maj. John Reisman

Point Blank

as Walker

The Rock

as Self (uncredited)

Our Time In Hell

as Narrator

Lionpower from MGM

1967

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.5

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

as Self

The Professionals

as Fardan

Cat Ballou

as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn

Ship of Fools

as Tenny

The Killers

as Charlie Strom

Donovan's Reef

as Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley

6.2

The Losers

1963

as Dave Blassingame

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Liberty Valance

The Comancheros

as Crow

The Missouri Traveler

1958

as Tobias Brown

6.4

Raintree County

1957

as Orville 'Flash' Perkins

Attack

as Clyde Bartlett

Pillars of the Sky

as Sgt. Lloyd Carracart

Seven Men from Now

as Bill Masters

The Rack

as Capt. John R. Miller

6.6

Bad Day at Black Rock

as Hector David

Pete Kelly's Blues

as Al Gannaway

Violent Saturday

as Dill, Bank Robber

Shack Out on 101

as Slob / Mr. Gregory

5.9

I Died a Thousand Times

as Babe Kossuck

Not as a Stranger

as Brundage

A Life in the Balance

as The Killer

The Caine Mutiny

as Meatball

Gorilla at Large

as Shaughnessy--Policeman

The Raid

as Lt. Keating

Seminole

as Sgt. Magruder

The Big Heat

as Vince Stone

The Wild One

as Chino

Gun Fury

as Blinky

The Glory Brigade

as Cpl. Bowman

The Stranger Wore a Gun

1953

as Dan Kurth

5.4

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

1953

as Pvt. Snively (uncredited)

5.0

We're Not Married!

1952

as Pinky (uncredited)

5.9

Diplomatic Courier

1952

as Military Policeman at Trieste (uncredited)

6.1

The Duel at Silver Creek

as Tinhorn Burgess

Hangman's Knot

as Rolph Bainter

Eight Iron Men

as Sgt. Joe Mooney

Teresa

as G.I. (uncredited)

You're in the Navy Now

1951

as Radio Man

4.4

Television (51)

Wogan

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

People's Choice Awards

1975

as Self - Presenter

9.0

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973

as Self

6.3

It Couldn't Be Done

1970

as Narrator

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Top of the Pops

as Self

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Nick Karajanian

5.7

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Sgt. Paul Ryker

5.3

The Great Adventure

1963

as Misok Bedrozian

The Lawbreakers

1963

as Self - Host

6.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Virginian

as Martin Kalig

Combat!

as Sgt. Turk

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Paul Probeck

Ben Casey

The Dick Powell Show

as Finn

The DuPont Show of the Week

as Juan de Nuñez

The Investigators

as Nostradamus

Route 66

as Woody Biggs

Checkmate

as Lee Tabor

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

as Jud Hollister

Bonanza

as Peter Kane

The Twilight Zone

as Conny Miller

The Untouchables

as Nick Acropolis

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Wagon Train

as Jose Morales

M Squad

as Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger

5.2

The Steve Allen Show

1956

as Self - M-Squad

5.6

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

1956

as Self

Climax!

as Capt. Cavallero

Studio 57

The Oscars

as Self

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

1953

as John Temple

7.0

General Electric Theater

1953

6.4

The Motorola Television Hour

1953

Revlon Mirror Theatre

1953

as Red Johnson

Biff Baker U.S.A.

1952

as Captain Hollis Michler

7.5

Biff Baker U.S.A.

1952

as Michler / Captain Hollis

7.5

Dragnet

1951

as Henry Ross

6.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Russ Anderson

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Treasury Men in Action

Cameo Theatre

Suspense

as Barrow

The Big Story

Studio One

as Teale

Kraft Television Theatre

as Milo Bogardus

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

The Caine Mutiny

1954

Technical Supervisor

7.2