Marshall Thompson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-11-27 (67 years old)

Deathday

1992-05-18

Place of Birth

Peoria, Illinois, USA

Marshall Thompson

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 and his film roles steadily increased and improved. Thompson became a freelance actor in the 1950s and worked for various studios on a variety of pictur...

Acting

1980

The Formula

as Geologist #1

1949

Battleground

as Jim Layton

1966

Around the World Under the Sea

as Dr. Orin Hillyard

1955

Crashout

as Billy Lang

1951

The Tall Target

as Lance Beaufort

1950

Devil's Doorway

as Rod MacDougall

1978

1955

Cult of the Cobra

as Tom Markel

1959

First Man into Space

as Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott

1950

Dial 1119

as Gunther Wyckoff

1958

Fiend Without a Face

as Major Jeff Cummings

1977

1945

1952

My Six Convicts

as Blivens Scott

1953

The Caddy

as Bruce Reeber

1955

1945

They Were Expendable

as Ens. 'Snake' Gardner

1950

Mystery Street

as Henry Shanway

1945

The Clock

as Bill

1948

B.F.'s Daughter

as The Sailor

1962

No Man Is an Island

as Jonn Sonnenberg

1957

Lure of the Swamp

as Simon Lewt

1955

Good Morning, Miss Dove

as Wilfred Banning Pendleton III

1965

1951

The Basketball Fix

as Johnny Long

1950

Stars in My Crown

as Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)

1944

Blonde Fever

as Freddie Bilson

1946

1955

Battle Taxi

as 2nd Lt. Tim Vernon

1956

Born to Fight

as Man Exiting Airplane (uncredited)

1949

Roseanna McCoy

as Tolbert McCoy

1946

Bad Bascomb

as Jimmy Holden

1961

Flight of the Lost Balloon

as Dr.Joseph Farady

1947

1979

Bog

as Dr. Brad Wednesday

1982

White Dog

as Director

1945

1946

The Secret Heart

as Brandon Reynolds

1946

Gallant Bess

as Tex Barton

1944

The Purple Heart

as Morrison (uncredited)

1948

Words and Music

as Herbert Fields

1964

A Yank in Viet-Nam

as Maj. Benson

1966

To the Shores of Hell

as Maj. Greg Donahue

1948

Command Decision

as Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee

1986

Dallas: The Early Years

as Dr. Ted Johnson

1962

East of Kilimanjaro

as Marsh Connors

1972

George

as Jim

1946

The Show-Off

as Joe Fisher

1952

The Rose Bowl Story

as Steve Davis

1958

The Secret Man

as Dr. Cliff Mitchell

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1954

Port of Hell

as Marsh Walker

1944

Reckless Age

as Roy Connors

1948

Homecoming

as Staff Sgt. 'Mac' McKeen

1991

McBain

as Mr. Rich

1965

Zebra in the Kitchen

as Shaving Man

Production

1964

1972

George

as Original Story

1972

George

as Producer

1978

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