Lee Marvin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-02-19 (63 years old)

Deathday

1987-08-29

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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 mo...

Acting

1979

Avalanche Express

as Harry Wargrave

1954

The Caine Mutiny

as Meatball

1967

The Dirty Dozen

as Maj. John Reisman

1952

Diplomatic Courier

as Military Policeman at Trieste (uncredited)

1969

Paint Your Wagon

as Ben Rumson

1965

1961

1965

Cat Ballou

as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn

1962

1952

We're Not Married!

as Pinky (uncredited)

1966

1964

The Killers

as Charlie Strom

1953

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

as Pvt. Snively (uncredited)

1973

1968

Hell in the Pacific

as American Pilot

1983

Gorky Park

as Jack Osborne

2020

1951

1956

Attack

as Clyde Bartlett

1951

Teresa

as G.I. (uncredited)

1981

Death Hunt

as RCMP Sgt. Edgar Millen

1956

Seven Men from Now

as Bill Masters

1967

Point Blank

as Walker

1972

Prime Cut

as Nick Devlin

1953

The Wild One

as Chino

1955

1973

The Iceman Cometh

as Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman

1985

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

as Maj. John Reisman

1955

Bad Day at Black Rock

as Hector David

1953

The Big Heat

as Vince Stone

2021

Live at Mister Kelly's

as Self (archive footage)

1955

Pete Kelly's Blues

as Al Gannaway

1955

Shack Out on 101

as Slob / Mr. Gregory

1952

The Duel at Silver Creek

as Tinhorn Burgess

1953

Gun Fury

as Blinky

1953

1963

Donovan's Reef

as Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley

1974

The Spikes Gang

as Harry Spikes

1986

The Delta Force

as Colonel Nick Alexander

1980

The Big Red One

as The Sergeant

1953

Seminole

as Sgt. Magruder

1972

Pocket Money

as Leonard

1956

Pillars of the Sky

as Sgt. Lloyd Carracart

1955

Violent Saturday

as Dill, Bank Robber

1957

Raintree County

as Orville 'Flash' Perkins

1976

Shout at the Devil

as Colonel Flynn O'Flynn

1970

Monte Walsh

as Monte Walsh

1954

Gorilla at Large

as Shaughnessy--Policeman

1952

Hangman's Knot

as Rolph Bainter

1956

The Rack

as Capt. John R. Miller

1954

The Raid

as Lt. Keating

2002

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as The Sergeant (archive footage)

1955

1953

The Glory Brigade

as Cpl. Bowman

1984

Dog Day

as Jimmy Cobb

1974

The Klansman

as Sheriff Track Bascomb

1955

1978

1952

Eight Iron Men

as Sgt. Joe Mooney

1967

The Rock

as Self (uncredited)

1958

The Missouri Traveler

as Tobias Brown

2009

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

as Self (archive footage)

1968

Sergeant Ryker

as Sgt. Paul Ryker

2022

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

as Self (archive footage)

1969

1963

The Losers

as Dave Blassingame

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1967

Our Time In Hell

as Narrator

Production

1954

The Caine Mutiny

as Technical Supervisor

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