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