Lee Marvin
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-02-19
Day of Death
1987-08-29 (63 years old)
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 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
Acting
(2022)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
Operation Dirty Dozen
as Self
(2005)
The Big Red One: The Reconstruction
as The Sergeant
(2002)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as The Sergeant (archive footage)
(1986)
(1986)
The Delta Force
as Colonel Nick Alexander
(1986)
(1985)
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
as Maj. John Reisman
(1984)
Dog Day
as Jimmy Cobb
(1984)
Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
as Self
(1983)
Gorky Park
as Jack Osborne
(1981)
Death Hunt
as RCMP Sgt. Edgar Millen
(1980)
The Big Red One
as The Sergeant
(1979)
Avalanche Express
as Harry Wargrave
(1978)
The Meanest Men in the West
as Kalig Talbot
(1976)
Shout at the Devil
as Colonel Flynn O'Flynn
(1976)
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Sam Longwood
(1974)
The Spikes Gang
as Harry Spikes
(1974)
The Klansman
as Sheriff Track Bascomb
(1973)
The Iceman Cometh
as Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman
(1973)
Emperor of the North
as A No. 1
(1972)
Pocket Money
as Leonard
(1972)
Prime Cut
as Nick Devlin
(1970)
Monte Walsh
as Monte Walsh
(1969)
Paint Your Wagon
as Ben Rumson
(1969)
No Name City
as Self
(1968)
Hell in the Pacific
as American Pilot
(1968)
Sergeant Ryker
as Sgt. Paul Ryker
(1968)
Autumn and Cardboard
as Narrator
(1967)
The Dirty Dozen
as Maj. John Reisman
(1967)
Point Blank
as Walker
(1967)
(1967)
The Rock
as Self (uncredited)
(1967)
(1967)
Our Time In Hell
as Narrator
(1966)
The Professionals
as Fardan
(1965)
Cat Ballou
as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn
(1965)
Ship of Fools
as Tenny
(1964)
The Killers
as Charlie Strom
(1963)
Donovan's Reef
as Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley
(1963)
The Losers
as Dave Blassingame
(1962)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Liberty Valance
(1961)
The Comancheros
as Crow
(1958)
The Missouri Traveler
as Tobias Brown
(1957)
Raintree County
as Orville 'Flash' Perkins
(1956)
Pillars of the Sky
as Sgt. Lloyd Carracart
(1956)
The Rack
as Capt. John R. Miller
(1956)
Attack
as Clyde Bartlett
(1956)
Seven Men from Now
as Bill Masters
(1955)
Bad Day at Black Rock
as Hector David
(1955)
Pete Kelly's Blues
as Al Gannaway
(1955)
A Life in the Balance
as The Killer
(1955)
Violent Saturday
as Dill, Bank Robber
(1955)
Shack Out on 101
as Slob / Mr. Gregory
(1955)
I Died a Thousand Times
as Babe Kossuck
(1955)
Not as a Stranger
as Brundage
(1954)
The Raid
as Lt. Keating
(1954)
The Caine Mutiny
as Meatball
(1954)
Gorilla at Large
as Shaughnessy--Policeman
(1953)
The Big Heat
as Vince Stone
(1953)
Gun Fury
as Blinky
(1953)
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Dan Kurth
(1953)
The Wild One
as Chino
(1953)
The Glory Brigade
as Cpl. Bowman
(1953)
Seminole
as Sgt. Magruder
(1953)
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Pvt. Snively (uncredited)
(1952)
Eight Iron Men
as Sgt. Joe Mooney
(1952)
The Duel at Silver Creek
as Tinhorn Burgess
(1952)
Diplomatic Courier
as Military Policeman at Trieste (uncredited)
(1952)
We're Not Married!
as Pinky (uncredited)
(1952)
Hangman's Knot
as Rolph Bainter
(1951)
Teresa
as G.I. (uncredited)
(1951)
You're in the Navy Now
as Radio Man
Crew
(1954)
The Caine Mutiny
Technical Supervisor