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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 …
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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.
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Lee Marvin's Filmography
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Point Blank the Documentary
as Self
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Col. Nick Alexander (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
as Self (archive footage)
Operation Dirty Dozen
as Self
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Red One: The Reconstruction
as The Sergeant
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as The Sergeant (archive footage)
Combat Leadership: The Ultimate Challenge
as Himself
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self
The Delta Force
as Colonel Nick Alexander
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
as Maj. John Reisman
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
as Self
Dog Day
as Jimmy Cobb
Gorky Park
as Jack Osborne
Canicule
Death Hunt
as RCMP Sgt. Edgar Millen
The Big Red One
as The Sergeant
Avalanche Express
as Harry Wargrave
The Meanest Men in the West
as Kalig Talbot
No Poster
Superstunt
as Self - Host
No Poster
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Sam Longwood
Shout at the Devil
as Colonel Flynn O'Flynn
The Klansman
as Sheriff Track Bascomb
The Spikes Gang
as Harry Spikes
The Iceman Cometh
as Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman
Emperor of the North
as A No. 1
Prime Cut
as Nick Devlin
Pocket Money
as Leonard
Monte Walsh
as Monte Walsh
Paint Your Wagon
as Ben Rumson
No Name City
as Self
Hell in the Pacific
as American Pilot
Sergeant Ryker
as Sgt. Paul Ryker
Autumn and Cardboard
as Narrator
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
as Self
Point Blank
as Walker
The Dirty Dozen
as Maj. John Reisman
Our Time In Hell
as Narrator
The Rock
as Self (uncredited)
Lionpower from MGM
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Professionals
as Fardan
Ship of Fools
as Tenny
Cat Ballou
as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn
The Killers
as Charlie Strom
Donovan's Reef
as Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley
The Losers
as Dave Blassingame
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Liberty Valance
The Comancheros
as Crow
The Missouri Traveler
as Tobias Brown
Raintree County
as Orville 'Flash' Perkins
The Rack
as Capt. John R. Miller
Attack
as Clyde Bartlett
Pillars of the Sky
as Sgt. Lloyd Carracart
7 Men from Now
as Bill Masters
Shack Out on 101
as Slob / Mr. Gregory
I Died a Thousand Times
as Babe Kossuck
Pete Kelly's Blues
as Al Gannaway
Not as a Stranger
as Brundage
A Life in the Balance
as The Killer
Violent Saturday
as Dill
Bad Day at Black Rock
as Hector David
The Raid
as Lt. Keating
The Caine Mutiny
as Meatball
Gorilla at Large
as Shaughnessy--Policeman
The Wild One
as Chino
The Big Heat
as Vince Stone
Gun Fury
as Blinky
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Dan Kurth
The Glory Brigade
as Cpl. Bowman
Seminole
as Sgt. Magruder
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Pvt. Snively (uncredited)
Eight Iron Men
as Sgt. Joe Mooney
Hangman's Knot
as Rolph Bainter
The Duel at Silver Creek
as Tinhorn Burgess
We're Not Married!
as Pinky (uncredited)
Diplomatic Courier
as Military Policeman at Trieste (uncredited)
Teresa
as G.I. (uncredited)
You're in the Navy Now
as Radio Man