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Lee Marvin
Birthday: February 19, 1924

Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
Height: 6' 3"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Lee Marvin. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

Prematurely white-haired character star who began as a supporting player of generally vicious demeanor, then metamorphosed into a star of both action and drama projects, Lee Marvin was born in New York City to Lamont Marvin, an advertising executive, and his wife Courtenay, a fashion writer. The young Marvin was thrown out of dozens of schools for incorrigibility. His parents took him to Florida, where he attended St. Leo's Preparatory School near Dade City. Dismissed there as well, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at the beginning of World War II. In the battle of Saipan in June 1944, he was wounded in the buttocks by Japanese fire which severed his sciatic nerve. He received a medical discharge and got menial work as a plumber's apprentice in Woodstock, NY. While repairing a toilet at the local community theater, he was asked to replace an ailing actor in a rehearsal. He was immediately stricken with a love for the theater and went to New York City, where he studied and played small roles in stock and Off-Broadway. He landed an extra role in Henry Hathaway's You're in the Navy Now (1951), and found his role expanded when Hathaway took a liking to him. Returning to the stage, he made his Broadway debut in "Billy Budd", and after a succession of small TV roles, moved to Hollywood, where he began playing heavies and cops in roles of increasing size and frequency. Given a leading role in Eight Iron Men (1952), he followed it with enormously memorable heavies in The Big Heat (1953) and The Wild One (1953). Now established as a major screen villain, Marvin began shifting toward leading roles with a successful run as a police detective in the TV series "M Squad" (1957). A surprise Oscar for his dual role as a drunken gunfighter and his evil, noseless brother in the western comedy Cat Ballou (1965) placed him in the upper tiers of Hollywood leading men, and he filled out his career with predominantly action-oriented films. A long-term romantic relationship with Michelle Triola led, after their breakup, to a highly publicized lawsuit in which Triola asked for a substantial portion of Marvin's assets. Her case failed in its main pursuit, but did establish a legal precedent for the rights of unmarried cohabitors, the so-called "palimony" law. Marvin continued making films of varying quality, always as a star, until his sudden death from a heart attack in 1987.

Movie Credits
The Delta Force (1986)
[ Chuck Norris ][ Robert Vaughn ][ George Kennedy ][ Robert Forster ][ Martin Balsam ]
The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission (1985)
[ Ernest Borgnine ]
Canicule (1984)
[ David Bennent ]
Gorky Park (1983)
[ William Hurt ][ Ian McDiarmid ][ Richard Griffiths ][ David R. Ellis ][ Alexei Sayle ]
Death Hunt (1981)
[ Charles Bronson ][ Carl Weathers ][ William Sanderson ]
The Big Red One (1980)
[ Mark Hamill ][ Robert Carradine ][ Guy Marchand ]
Avalanche Express (1979)
[ Robert Shaw ][ Maximilian Schell ][ Mike Connors ][ Joe Namath ]
Shout at the Devil (1976)
[ Ian Holm ][ Roger Moore ]
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)
[ Oliver Reed ][ Robert Culp ][ Strother Martin ]
The Klansman (1974)
[ Richard Burton ][ O.J. Simpson ]
The Spikes Gang (1974)
[ Ron Howard ][ Charles Martin Smith ]
The Iceman Cometh (1973)
[ Jeff Bridges ][ Robert Ryan ]
Emperor of the North Pole (1973)
[ Lance Henriksen ][ Ernest Borgnine ][ Keith Carradine ][ Sid Haig ]
Prime Cut (1972)
[ Gene Hackman ]
Pocket Money (1972)
[ Paul Newman ][ Terrence Malick ][ Hector Elizondo ][ Richard Farnsworth ][ Wayne Rogers ]
Monte Walsh (1970)
[ Jack Palance ][ Richard Farnsworth ]
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
[ Clint Eastwood ][ Ray Walston ]
Hell in the Pacific (1968)
[ Toshirô Mifune ]
Sergeant Ryker (1968)
[ John Williams ][ Peter Graves ][ Norman Fell ]
Point Blank (1967)
[ Carroll O'Connor ][ Sid Haig ][ John Vernon ][ Keenan Wynn ]
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
[ Donald Sutherland ][ Charles Bronson ][ Ernest Borgnine ][ John Cassavetes ][ Telly Savalas ]
The Professionals (1966)
[ Burt Lancaster ][ Jack Palance ][ Ralph Bellamy ][ Robert Ryan ]
Ship of Fools (1965)
[ George Segal ][ Werner Klemperer ]
Cat Ballou (1965)
[ Michael Callan ]
The Killers (1964)
[ John Williams ][ John Cassavetes ][ Ronald Reagan ][ Seymour Cassel ][ Norman Fell ]
The Case Against Paul Ryker: Part 1 (1963)
[ John Williams ][ Peter Graves ][ Norman Fell ]
Donovan's Reef (1963)
[ John Wayne ][ Jack Lord ][ John Ford ][ Jack Warden ][ Cesar Romero ]
The Losers (1963)
[ Keenan Wynn ]
Lee Marvin vs. Gypsy Rose Lee (1962)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
[ John Wayne ][ James Stewart ][ Lee Van Cleef ][ Jack Lord ][ John Ford ]
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
One for the Road (1962)
Element of Danger (1962)
The Nick Acropolis Story (1961)
Sheba (1961)
The Comancheros (1961)
[ John Wayne ][ Jack Elam ][ Dennis Cole ]
The Grave (1961)
[ James Best ]
Don't You Remember? (1960)
The Jose Morales Story (1960)
[ Lon Chaney Jr. ]
The Last Reunion (1959)
All I Survey (1958)
The Missouri Traveler (1958)
[ Ken Curtis ]
The Doctors of Pawnee Kill (1957)
Easy Going Man (1957)
Stain of Honor (1957)
Raintree County (1957)
[ Montgomery Clift ][ DeForest Kelley ][ Rod Taylor ][ Gardner McKay ]
The Rack (1956)
[ Paul Newman ][ Robert Blake ][ James Best ]
Pillars of the Sky (1956)
[ Ward Bond ][ Keith Andes ]
Attack (1956)
[ Jack Palance ][ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ][ Buddy Ebsen ][ Strother Martin ]
Seven Men from Now (1956)
[ Randolph Scott ]
Shack Out on 101 (1955)
[ Keenan Wynn ]
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
[ Dennis Hopper ][ Jack Palance ][ Lon Chaney Jr. ][ Ed Fury ]
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
[ Harry Morgan ]
A Life in the Balance (1955)
[ Ricardo Montalban ]
Not as a Stranger (1955)
[ Robert Mitchum ][ Harry Morgan ][ Lon Chaney Jr. ]
Violent Saturday (1955)
[ Ernest Borgnine ][ Victor Mature ][ Richard Egan ]
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
[ Ernest Borgnine ][ Spencer Tracy ][ Walter Brennan ][ Robert Ryan ]
Bailout at 43,000 Feet (1955)
[ Charlton Heston ]
The Raid (1954)
[ Peter Graves ][ James Best ][ Claude Akins ]
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
[ Humphrey Bogart ][ Fred MacMurray ][ James Best ][ Van Johnson ][ Claude Akins ]
Gorilla at Large (1954)
[ Raymond Burr ][ Lee J. Cobb ]
The Psychophonic Nurse (1954)
Gun Fury (1953)
[ Rock Hudson ]
The Big Heat (1953)
[ Glenn Ford ][ Fritz Lang ][ Johnny Crawford ]
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
[ Ernest Borgnine ][ Randolph Scott ]
The Glory Brigade (1953)
[ Victor Mature ][ Richard Egan ]
Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953)
[ George Nader ]
Seminole (1953)
[ Anthony Quinn ][ Rock Hudson ][ James Best ]
The Wild One (1953)
[ Marlon Brando ][ Richard Farnsworth ]
The Big Cast (1952)
Eight Iron Men (1952)
Hangman's Knot (1952)
[ Randolph Scott ]
The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
We're Not Married! (1952)
[ Walter Brennan ][ Dabbs Greer ]
Diplomatic Courier (1952)
[ Charles Bronson ][ Karl Malden ][ Tyrone Power ][ Dabbs Greer ]
Hong Kong (1952)
[ Ronald Reagan ]
Teresa (1951)
[ Robert Wagner ][ Rod Steiger ]
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
[ Charles Bronson ][ Gary Cooper ][ Jack Warden ][ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ]

Trivia

  • Says he learned to "act" in the Marines, trying to act unafraid during ferocious combat, which brought him a Purple Heart during invasion of Saipan.
  • The body of Lee Marvin was interred next to that of Joe Louis in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. USA.
  • Son Christopher born 1952.
  • Daughter Courtenay born 1954.
  • Daughter Cynthia born 1956.
  • Daughter Claudia born 1958.
  • Was a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson.
  • Was Spielberg's first choice for the role of Quint in _Jaws (1975)_ .
  • Was as suprised as anyone when his recording of "Wandering Star", from the "Paint Your Wagon" soundtrack, became a suprise hit, earning the Gold Record (the standard in those days) for one million copies sold in 1969.
  • Not a sentimental man by nature, Marvin kept only four souvenirs of his career over the years. These were his Best Actor Oscar for "Cat Ballou", the citation he received from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame for his performance in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", his Gold Record for "Wandering Star" and the high-heeled shoe that Vivien Leigh beat him with in "Ship of Fools".
  • Named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, who was his first cousin four times removed.
  • Bonded with co-star Vivien Leigh on the set of "Ship of Fools" (1965). When he and his partner Michelle Triola visited Leigh at her exquisite home in England, he tore up a deck of antique playing cards that they were playing with. Much to Triola's surprise, Leigh was not at all disturbed by Marvin's boorish behavior but seemed enchanted by him.
  • When serving in the Marine Corps became best friends with John Miara of Malden, Mass.
  • Turned down the lead role of Gen. George S. Patton Jr. in Patton (1970).
  • Revisted Saipan (the sight of his wounding during World War II) in 1967, where his guide was P. F. Kluge, who went on to write "Eddie and the Cruisers."

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