Lee Marvin

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
02/19/1924
Birthplace:
New York, New York
Death Date:
08/29/1987
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biography
Movie tough guy Lee Marvin mined his WWII experiences and turned them into pure gold in the Hollywood crucible, initially portraying flagrantly sadistic heavies in supporting roles before growing into a leading man whose inescapable violence was often heroic. He had joined the Marines with his father's permission at age 18 and participated in 21 island landings as a scout sniper in the South Pacific before a bullet severed a nerve below his spine and invalidated him out of the service. Recognizing man's capacity for evil in his own cruel wartime deeds, he recounted for the cameras what he had Continued
Credits
Major Reisman
1967
Tenny
1965
Aloysius "Boats" Gilhooley
1963
Liberty Valance
1962
Dill
1955
Lieutenant Keating
1954
Meatball
Hector David
Shaugnessey
Actor
Blinky
Captain John Miller
Al Gannaway
Vince Stone
Orville "Flash" Perkins
Chino
Colonel Bartlett
1956
Big Masters
The Murderer
Corporal Bowman
Sergeant
Sergeant Edgar Millen
Colonel Harry Wargrave
Colonel Nick Alexander
1986
Kid Shellen/Tim Strawn
Tobias Brown
Leonard
Jack Osborne
American Marine Pilot
Ben Rumson
Flynn O'Flynn
Actor
Charlie
1964
Harry Spikes
Nick Devlin
Sheriff Bascomb
Jimmy Cobb
Sergeant Paul Ryker
Walker
milestones
Year
Milestone
1942 
Fought in Pacific chapter of WWII; gun shot wound resulted in 13 months of hospitalization before discharge
1947 
Stage debut in "Roadside" with Maverick Theater, Woodstock, NY; then to Greenwich Village, New York
 
Appeared Off-Broadway and in summer stock
1950 
Moved to Hollywood under the aegis of Henry Hathaway
1950 
Film debut (a bit) in "Teresa", directed by Fred Zinnemann
Continued