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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Marvin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Known For

Harry Wargrave

Avalanche Express

Meatball

The Caine Mutiny

Maj. John Reisman

The Dirty Dozen

Military Policeman at Trieste (uncredited)

Diplomatic Courier

Ben Rumson

Paint Your Wagon

Tenny

Ship of Fools

Crow

The Comancheros

Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn

Cat Ballou

Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Pinky (uncredited)

We're Not Married!

Fardan

The Professionals

Charlie Strom

The Killers

Pvt. Snively (uncredited)

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

A No. 1

Emperor of the North

American Pilot

Hell in the Pacific

Self (archive footage)

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

Jack Osborne

Gorky Park

Self (archive footage)

Charles Bronson, le génie du mâle

Radio Man

You're in the Navy Now

Self

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Clyde Bartlett

Attack

G.I. (uncredited)

Teresa

RCMP Sgt. Edgar Millen

Death Hunt

Bill Masters

Seven Men from Now

Walker

Point Blank

Nick Devlin

Prime Cut

Self

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

Chino

The Wild One

Babe Kossuck

I Died a Thousand Times

Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman

The Iceman Cometh

Maj. John Reisman

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

Hector David

Bad Day at Black Rock

Vince Stone

The Big Heat

Self (archive footage)

Live at Mister Kelly's

Al Gannaway

Pete Kelly's Blues

Slob / Mr. Gregory

Shack Out on 101

Tinhorn Burgess

The Duel at Silver Creek

Blinky

Gun Fury

Dan Kurth

The Stranger Wore a Gun

Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley

Donovan's Reef

Harry Spikes

The Spikes Gang

Colonel Nick Alexander

The Delta Force

The Sergeant

The Big Red One

Sgt. Magruder

Seminole

Leonard

Pocket Money

Sgt. Lloyd Carracart

Pillars of the Sky

Dill, Bank Robber

Violent Saturday

Orville 'Flash' Perkins

Raintree County

Colonel Flynn O'Flynn

Shout at the Devil

Sam Longwood

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

Monte Walsh

Monte Walsh

Shaughnessy--Policeman

Gorilla at Large

Rolph Bainter

Hangman's Knot

Capt. John R. Miller

The Rack

Lt. Keating

The Raid

The Sergeant (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Brundage

Not as a Stranger

Cpl. Bowman

The Glory Brigade

Jimmy Cobb

Canicule

Sheriff Track Bascomb

The Klansman

The Killer

A Life in the Balance

Kalig Talbot

The Meanest Men in the West

Sgt. Joe Mooney

Eight Iron Men

Self (uncredited)

The Rock

Tobias Brown

The Missouri Traveler

Self (archive footage)

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

Self

Operation Dirty Dozen

Sgt. Paul Ryker

Sergeant Ryker

Self (archive footage)

Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende

Self

No Name City

The Sergeant

The Big Red One : The Reconstruction

Dave Blassingame

The Losers

Himself

Combat Leadership: The Ultimate Challenge

Himself

Sam Fuller & the Big Red One

Self (archive footage)

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage)

Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

Narrator

Our Time In Hell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

77

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-02-19

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Лі Марвін