Marshall Thompson

ActorWriterProducerDirector Nov 27 (died age 66) Peoria, Illinois, USA 1944–1991 (47 year career)

6.0 avg rating

Biography

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 an…

Known For

Film

White Dog

Director

Film

They Were Expendable

Ens. 'Snake' Gardner

Film

Battleground

Jim Layton

Film

Mystery Street

Henry Shanway

Film

The Clock

Bill

Film

To Hell and Back

Johnson

Film

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

Carruthers

Film

The Turning Point

Carter

Filmography

Acting (95)

Movies (60)

McBain

1991

as Mr. Rich

4.3

Dallas: The Early Years

as Dr. Ted Johnson

White Dog

as Director

The Formula

as Geologist #1

Bog

as Dr. Brad Wednesday

Cruise Into Terror

as Bennett

The Turning Point

as Carter

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

George

1972

as Jim

Ride the Tiger

1970

To the Shores of Hell

1966

as Maj. Greg Donahue

5.0

Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion

1965

as Dr. Marsh Tracy

6.4

Around the World Under the Sea

as Dr. Orin Hillyard

Zebra in the Kitchen

as Shaving Man

A Yank in Viet-Nam

as Maj. Benson

The Mighty Jungle

1964

5.0

East of Kilimanjaro

1962

as Marsh Connors

No Man Is an Island

1962

as Jonn Sonnenberg

6.0

Flight of the Lost Balloon

1961

as Dr.Joseph Farady

5.0

First Man into Space

1959

as Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott

5.0

The Secret Man

1958

as Dr. Cliff Mitchell

6.3

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

1958

as Carruthers

5.8

Fiend Without a Face

1958

as Major Jeff Cummings

6.0

The Blackwell Story

1957

as David

Lure of the Swamp

1957

as Simon Lewt

6.5

Born to Fight

1956

as Man Exiting Airplane (uncredited)

To Hell and Back

as Johnson

Crashout

as Billy Lang

Good Morning, Miss Dove

1955

as Wilfred Banning Pendleton III

Cult of the Cobra

as Tom Markel

Battle Taxi

as 2nd Lt. Tim Vernon

5.4

Port of Hell

1954

as Marsh Walker

The Caddy

as Bruce Reeber

The Rose Bowl Story

as Steve Davis

My Six Convicts

as Blivens Scott

The Tall Target

as Lance Beaufort

The Basketball Fix

as Johnny Long

Mystery Street

as Henry Shanway

Stars in My Crown

as Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)

Devil's Doorway

as Rod MacDougall

Dial 1119

as Gunther Wyckoff

Battleground

as Jim Layton

Roseanna McCoy

as Tolbert McCoy

Command Decision

as Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee

6.4

Homecoming

1948

as Staff Sgt. 'Mac' McKeen

Words and Music

as Herbert Fields

B.F.'s Daughter

as The Sailor

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

as Ben Mac Bean

The Secret Heart

as Brandon Reynolds

Bad Bascomb

as Jimmy Holden

Gallant Bess

as Tex Barton

The Cockeyed Miracle

as Jim Griggs

The Show-Off

as Joe Fisher

The Valley of Decision

1945

as Ted Scott

7.3

They Were Expendable

1945

as Ens. 'Snake' Gardner

The Clock

as Bill

Twice Blessed

as Jimmy

Blonde Fever

as Freddie Bilson

Reckless Age

as Roy Connors

The Purple Heart

1944

as Morrison (uncredited)

6.0

Television (35)

Murder, She Wrote

as Ward Silloway

Benson

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

Lou Grant

as Paul Newman

Charlie's Angels

as Meadows

Quincy, M.E.

George

as Jim Hunter

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

as Fr. Carey

7.0

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as Jeff Crane

The Partridge Family

as Dr. Milstead

Jambo

Ironside

as Tom Ames

Daktari

as Dr. Marsh Tracy

Flipper

Angel

as Johnny Smith

Men Into Space

World of Giants

Bronco

Perry Mason

as Arthur Poe

Wagon Train

as Bradley Mason

Panic!

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Eli Hendericks

Matinee Theater

The Millionaire

as Tom Hunt

Gunsmoke

as Leach Fields

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

as Matt Clay

5.4

Climax!

1954

as (segment "Child of the Wind")

Public Defender

as Jeff Norton

The Whistler

Letter to Loretta

as Jim Turner

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

7.3

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as George Washington

8.6

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as James Wilson

7.2

Robert Montgomery Presents

Studio One

Crew (6)

Movies (5)

Race for Survival

1978

Story

George

1972

Original Story

George

1972

Producer

Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion

1965

Story

6.4

A Yank in Viet-Nam

1964

Director

Television (1)

Flipper

1964

Director

6.1