Lee Marvin
Born: 1924-02-19 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1987-08-29
Known For: Acting
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 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
2024
- Point Blank the Documentary as Self
2022
- Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Col. Nick Alexander (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
- The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth as Self (archive footage)
2006
- Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' as Self (archive footage)
- Operation Dirty Dozen as Self
2005
- The Big Red One: The Reconstruction as The Sergeant
2002
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as The Sergeant (archive footage)
1986
- The Delta Force as Colonel Nick Alexander
- The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self
- Combat Leadership: The Ultimate Challenge as Himself
1985
- The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission as Maj. John Reisman
1984
- Dog Day as Jimmy Cobb
- Sam Fuller & the Big Red One as Self
1983
- Gorky Park as Jack Osborne
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- Wogan as Self
1981
- Death Hunt as RCMP Sgt. Edgar Millen
1980
- The Big Red One as The Sergeant
1979
- Avalanche Express as Harry Wargrave
1978
- The Meanest Men in the West as Kalig Talbot
1977
- Superstunt as Self - Host
1976
- Shout at the Devil as Colonel Flynn O'Flynn
- The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday as Sam Longwood
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self (archive footage)
1975
- People's Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
1974
- The Spikes Gang as Harry Spikes
- The Klansman as Sheriff Track Bascomb
1973
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- Emperor of the North as A No. 1
- The Iceman Cometh as Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman
1972
- Prime Cut as Nick Devlin
- Pocket Money as Leonard
1971
- Film '72 as Self
1970
- Monte Walsh as Monte Walsh
- It Couldn't Be Done as Narrator
1969
- Paint Your Wagon as Ben Rumson
- No Name City as Self
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- Hell in the Pacific as American Pilot
- Sergeant Ryker as Sgt. Paul Ryker
- Autumn and Cardboard as Narrator
1967
- The Dirty Dozen as Maj. John Reisman
- Point Blank as Walker
- Tonite Let's All Make Love in London as Self
- The Rock as Self (uncredited)
- Lionpower from MGM as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Our Time In Hell as Narrator
1966
- The Professionals as Fardan
1965
- Cat Ballou as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn
- Ship of Fools as Tenny
1964
- Top of the Pops as Self
- The Killers as Charlie Strom
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Nick Karajanian
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Sgt. Paul Ryker
- The Great Adventure as Misok Bedrozian
- Donovan's Reef as Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley
- The Lawbreakers as Self - Host
- The Losers as Dave Blassingame
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Virginian as Martin Kalig
- Combat! as Sgt. Turk
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Liberty Valance
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Dr. Kildare as Dr. Paul Probeck
- Ben Casey
- The Dick Powell Show as Finn
- The Investigators as Nostradamus
- The Comancheros as Crow
- The DuPont Show of the Week as Juan de Nuñez
1960
- Route 66 as Woody Biggs
- Checkmate as Lee Tabor
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Jud Hollister
1959
- Bonanza as Peter Kane
- The Twilight Zone as Steel Kelly
- The Untouchables as Mike Brannon
1958
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- The Missouri Traveler as Tobias Brown
1957
- Wagon Train as Jud Benedict
- M Squad as Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger
- Raintree County as Orville 'Flash' Perkins
1956
- The Steve Allen Show as Self - M-Squad
- Attack as Clyde Bartlett
- 7 Men from Now as Bill Masters
- Pillars of the Sky as Sgt. Lloyd Carracart
- The Rack as Capt. John R. Miller
- The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show as Self
1955
- Bad Day at Black Rock as Hector David
- I Died a Thousand Times as Babe Kossuck
- Violent Saturday as Dill, Bank Robber
- Pete Kelly's Blues as Al Gannaway
- A Life in the Balance as The Killer
- Not as a Stranger as Brundage
- Shack Out on 101 as Slob / Mr. Gregory
1954
- Climax! as Capt. Cavallero
- Studio 57
- The Caine Mutiny as Meatball
- The Raid as Lt. Keating
- Gorilla at Large as Shaughnessy--Policeman
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as John Temple
- General Electric Theater
- The Big Heat as Vince Stone
- Revlon Mirror Theatre as Red Johnson
- The Wild One as Chino
- The Motorola Television Hour
- Gun Fury as Blinky
- Seminole as Sgt. Magruder
- The Stranger Wore a Gun as Dan Kurth
- Down Among the Sheltering Palms as Pvt. Snively (uncredited)
- The Glory Brigade as Cpl. Bowman
1952
- Biff Baker U.S.A. as Michler / Captain Hollis
- The Duel at Silver Creek as Tinhorn Burgess
- Diplomatic Courier as Military Policeman at Trieste (uncredited)
- We're Not Married! as Pinky (uncredited)
- Hangman's Knot as Rolph Bainter
- Eight Iron Men as Sgt. Joe Mooney
1951
- Dragnet as Henry Ross
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Jim Patterson
- You're in the Navy Now as Radio Man
- Teresa as G.I. (uncredited)
1950
1949
- Suspense as Barrow
- The Big Story
1948
- Studio One as Teale
1947
- Kraft Television Theatre as Milo Bogardus
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee