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
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
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
Slob / Mr. Gregory
Shack Out on 101
Al Gannaway
Pete Kelly's Blues
Tinhorn Burgess
The Duel at Silver Creek
Dan Kurth
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Blinky
Gun Fury
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
Self
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
Narrator
Our Time In Hell
Lionpower from MGM
Narrator
Autumn and Cardboard
Col. Nick Alexander (archive footage) (uncredited)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
76
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-02-19
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Лі Марвін