E G Marshall

AKA:
Edda Gunnar Marshall
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
06/18/1910
Birthplace:
Owatonna, Minnesota
Death Date:
08/24/1998
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biography
Forceful veteran character actor of stage, screen, and radio since the 1940s. According to Ephraim Katz in "The Film Encyclopedia", Marshall could be found "typically in determined or morally indignant parts". With his stony features, and warm, insinuating line delivery, Marshall has convincingly played mature, often patrician, authority figures on screen since he was in his thirties. He began his professional career in radio where his honey-coated voice served him well. As late as the 70s, Marshall still frequented the theater of the imagination as host (and frequent performer) of the Continued
Credits
Horn
2003
Walter Sullivan
1997
John Mitchell
1995
Val Rogers
1965
4th Juror
1957
Governor
Lieutenant Commander Challee
Judge Cropper
Governor Claiborne
Jennings
Solange
Senator Sam Hastings
Lieutenant Colonel Bratton
George Gordon
Brig Gen Shinner
Witherspoon
Harold Rhinelander
Arthur
Winston Conway
Lieutenant Carl Eckstrom
Daniel Lawrence
Steven Pike
Major Jerome Pakenham
Senator Joseph Paine
milestones
Year
Milestone
1932 
Began professional career on radio in St. Paul, Chicago, and Minneapolis
1933 
Left his home in Minneapolis to join the Oxford Players, a traveling Shakespearean company that toured the South and Southwest
 
Oxford Players settled in Chicago and became the hub of the classical wing of the Federal Theater
 
Moved to NYC and appeared in such Broadway productions as "The Iceman Cometh", "The Skin of Our Teeth", "Waiting for Godot" and "The Crucible"
1945 
Film debut, "The House on 92nd Street"
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