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person_profile-Marshall Thompson

Marshall Thompson Died at age: 66

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Marshall Thompson

Date of Birth:

Nov 27, 1925

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

May 18, 1992

Biography of

Marshall Thompson

    Marshall Thompson (November 27, 1925 – May 18, 1992) was an American film and television actor. He was born James Marshall Thompson in Peoria, Illinois. In 1943 Thompson, known for his boy-next-door good looks, was signed by Universal Pictures. He played quiet, thoughtful teens in Universal's feature films, including a lead opposite singing star Gloria Jean in Reckless Age, earning $350 weekly. During 1946 Universal discharged most of its contract players; that same year Thompson moved to MGM and his film roles steadily increased and improved. Thompson became a freelance actor in the 1950s and worked for various studios on a variety of pictures, including a number of horror and science-fiction features; this included the role of Carruthers in It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958), one of the two feature films that would later inspire the plot for director Ridley Scott's 1979 big budget feature film Alien. Thompson also starred as Mel Hunter in the syndicated science fiction TV series World of Giants, about a man who has been miniaturized and must live in a dollhouse. By the 1960s, Thompson's boyish looks had matured and his screen persona became more authoritative. He co-starred with Annie Fargé in the 33-episode CBS sitcom Angel (1960–1961) about an American architect with a charming but scatterbrained French wife, who often got into zany, Lucy Ricardo-esque situations, caused in part by her lack of English; the show was canceled after 33 episodes due to low ratings, despite critical acclaim for French-born newcomer Annie Fargé. In the mid-1960s Thompson starred in CBS's Daktari, a television series about a veterinarian in Africa; the series was based on Thompson's 1965 feature film Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion. Later in his career, he appeared in many television episodes and in feature films such as The Turning Point (1977) and The Formula(1980). Thompson was a brother-in-law of actor Richard Long, best known for his role as Jarrod Barkley in ABC's The Big Valley. Thompson's wife, Barbara, was Long's sister. Marshall Thompson died from congestive heart failure at the age of sixty-six in Royal Oak, Michigan.

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Filmography of

Marshall Thompson

Found 58 Movies in total

McBain

Mr. Rich ( Actor )

... 1991

Dallas: The Early Years

Dr. Ted Johnson ( Actor )

... 1986

White Dog

Director ( Actor )

... 1982

The Formula

Geologist #1 ( Actor )

... 1980

Bog

Dr. Brad Wednesday ( Actor )

... 1979

Cruise Into Terror

Bennett ( Actor )

... 1978

The Turning Point

Carter ( Actor )

... 1977

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

George

Jim ( Actor )

Writer

... 1972

... 1970

Around the World Under the Sea

Dr. Orin Hillyard ( Actor )

... 1966

To the Shores of Hell

Maj. Greg Donahue ( Actor )

... 1966

Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion

Dr. Marsh Tracy ( Actor )

Story

... 1965

Zebra in the Kitchen

Shaving Man ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1964

A Yank in Viet-Nam

Maj. Benson ( Actor )

Director

... 1964

No Man Is an Island

Jonn Sonnenberg ( Actor )

... 1962

East of Kilimanjaro

Marsh Connors ( Actor )

... 1962

Flight of the Lost Balloon

Dr.Joseph Farady ( Actor )

... 1961

First Man into Space

Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott ( Actor )

... 1959

The Secret Man

Dr. Cliff Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1958

... 1958

Fiend Without a Face

Major Jeff Cummings ( Actor )

... 1958

Lure of the Swamp

Simon Lewt ( Actor )

... 1957

Good Morning, Miss Dove

Wilfred Banning Pendleton III ( Actor )

... 1955

To Hell and Back

Johnson ( Actor )

... 1955

Cult of the Cobra

Tom Markel ( Actor )

... 1955

Crashout

Billy Lang ( Actor )

... 1955

Battle Taxi

2nd Lt. Tim Vernon ( Actor )

... 1955

Port of Hell

Marsh Walker ( Actor )

... 1954

The Caddy

Bruce Reeber ( Actor )

... 1953

The Rose Bowl Story

Steve Davis ( Actor )

... 1952

My Six Convicts

Blivens Scott ( Actor )

... 1952

The Tall Target

Lance Beaufort ( Actor )

... 1951

The Basketball Fix

Johnny Long ( Actor )

... 1951

Dial 1119

Gunther Wyckoff ( Actor )

... 1950

Devil's Doorway

Rod MacDougall ( Actor )

... 1950

Mystery Street

Henry Shanway ( Actor )

... 1950

Stars in My Crown

Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice) ( Actor )

... 1950

Battleground

Jim Layton ( Actor )

... 1949

Roseanna McCoy

Tolbert McCoy ( Actor )

... 1949

Words and Music

Herbert Fields ( Actor )

... 1948

Command Decision

Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee ( Actor )

... 1948

Homecoming

Staff Sgt. 'Mac' McKeen ( Actor )

... 1948

B.F.'s Daughter

The Sailor ( Actor )

... 1948

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

Ben Mac Bean ( Actor )

... 1947

The Secret Heart

Brandon Reynolds ( Actor )

... 1946

Gallant Bess

Tex Barton ( Actor )

... 1946

The Show-Off

Joe Fisher ( Actor )

... 1946

The Cockeyed Miracle

Jim Griggs ( Actor )

... 1946

Bad Bascomb

Jimmy Holden ( Actor )

... 1946

They Were Expendable

Ens. 'Snake' Gardner ( Actor )

... 1945

Twice Blessed

Jimmy ( Actor )

... 1945

The Clock

Bill ( Actor )

... 1945

The Valley of Decision

Ted Scott ( Actor )

... 1945

Blonde Fever

Freddie Bilson ( Actor )

... 1944

Reckless Age

Roy Connors ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1944