
Lee Marvin
Known for Acting · 130 credits
- Born
- 1924-02-19
- Died
- 1987-08-29
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Лі Марвін · لی ماروین
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
TV Shows (51)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Top of the Pops
1964
as Self

Bonanza
1959
as Peter Kane

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self - Co-Host

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee

Dragnet
1951
as Henry Ross / James Mitchell

Wagon Train
1957
as Jud Benedict / Jose Morales

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Steel Kelly / Conny Miller

The Virginian
1962
as Martin Kalig

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Climax!
1954
as Capt. Cavallero / 'Little Man' Brush / Mannon Tate

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Paul Probeck / Buddy Bishop
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Nick Karajanian

Ben Casey
1961

Wogan
1982
as Self

Combat!
1962
as Sgt. Turk

The Untouchables
1959
as Mike Brannon / Victor Rait / Howard Carson / Nick Acropolis

Studio One
1948
as Teale

Route 66
1960
as Woody Biggs / John Ryan

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

The Oscars
1953
as Self

People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter

The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - M-Squad / Self - Detective / Self - Guest

The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Sgt. Paul Ryker

M Squad
1957
as Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger

Studio 57
1954

Checkmate
1960
as Lee Tabor

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958

Suspense
1949
as Barrow

Kraft Television Theatre
1947
as Milo Bogardus
Film '72
1971
as Self

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Jud Hollister

The Great Adventure
1963
as Misok Bedrozian

The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Finn
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as John Temple

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self

Treasury Men in Action
1950

Biff Baker U.S.A.
1952
as Michler / Captain Hollis / Captain Hollis Michler

The Investigators
1961
as Nostradamus

General Electric Theater
1953
as Captain Morrissey / Art Temple / Dick Giles / Joe Kittridge / Clerk / Sid Benton

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Jim Patterson / Russ Anderson

The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
as Juan de Nuñez
Cameo Theatre
1950

Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
as Red Johnson

The Motorola Television Hour
1953

The Big Story
1949
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1956
as Self

The Lawbreakers
1963
as Self - Host

It Couldn't Be Done
1970
as Narrator
Movies (79)

The Dirty Dozen
1967
as Maj. John Reisman

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Liberty Valance

The Delta Force
1986
as Colonel Nick Alexander

The Comancheros
1961
as Crow

The Caine Mutiny
1954
as Meatball

The Professionals
1966
as Fardan

The Big Heat
1953
as Vince Stone

Point Blank
1967
as Walker

Cat Ballou
1965
as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn

Death Hunt
1981
as RCMP Sgt. Edgar Millen

Paint Your Wagon
1969
as Ben Rumson

Gorky Park
1983
as Jack Osborne

Donovan's Reef
1963
as Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Col. Nick Alexander (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gun Fury
1953
as Blinky

The Killers
1964
as Charlie Strom

Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
as Hector David

7 Men from Now
1956
as Bill Masters

Attack
1956
as Clyde Bartlett

The Rack
1956
as Capt. John R. Miller

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)

The Wild One
1953
as Chino

Ship of Fools
1965
as Tenny

Hell in the Pacific
1968
as American Pilot

The Big Red One
1980
as The Sergeant

Prime Cut
1972
as Nick Devlin

Monte Walsh
1970
as Monte Walsh

Raintree County
1957
as Orville 'Flash' Perkins

We're Not Married!
1952
as Pinky (uncredited)

Dog Day
1984
as Jimmy Cobb

You're in the Navy Now
1951
as Radio Man

I Died a Thousand Times
1955
as Babe Kossuck

The Klansman
1974
as Sheriff Track Bascomb

Emperor of the North
1973
as A No. 1

The Spikes Gang
1974
as Harry Spikes

The Duel at Silver Creek
1952
as Tinhorn Burgess

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
1985
as Maj. John Reisman

Avalanche Express
1979
as Harry Wargrave

Pillars of the Sky
1956
as Sgt. Lloyd Carracart

Pocket Money
1972
as Leonard

Hangman's Knot
1952
as Rolph Bainter

The Meanest Men in the West
1978
as Kalig Talbot

The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Dan Kurth

Violent Saturday
1955
as Dill, Bank Robber

Not as a Stranger
1955
as Brundage

Shout at the Devil
1976
as Colonel Flynn O'Flynn

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self

Seminole
1953
as Sgt. Magruder

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967
as Self

Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pete Kelly's Blues
1955
as Al Gannaway

The Raid
1954
as Lt. Keating

The Iceman Cometh
1973
as Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
as Sam Longwood

Diplomatic Courier
1952
as Military Policeman at Trieste (uncredited)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as The Sergeant (archive footage)

Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
as Pvt. Snively (uncredited)

The Missouri Traveler
1958
as Tobias Brown

The Losers
1963
as Dave Blassingame

Sergeant Ryker
1968
as Sgt. Paul Ryker
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)

The Big Red One: The Reconstruction
2005
as The Sergeant

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
2006
as Self (archive footage)

Teresa
1951
as G.I. (uncredited)

Shack Out on 101
1955
as Slob / Mr. Gregory

The Rock
1967
as Self (uncredited)

Operation Dirty Dozen
2006
as Self
Superstunt
1977
as Self - Host

Gorilla at Large
1954
as Shaughnessy--Policeman

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
2009
as Self (archive footage)

A Life in the Balance
1955
as The Killer

Eight Iron Men
1952
as Sgt. Joe Mooney

The Glory Brigade
1953
as Cpl. Bowman

Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
1984
as Self

No Name City
1969
as Self

Point Blank the Documentary
2024
as Self

Our Time In Hell
1967
as Narrator

Combat Leadership: The Ultimate Challenge
1986
as Himself

Autumn and Cardboard
1968
as Narrator
About Lee Marvin
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… With 130 credits spanning from 1944 to 2024, Lee Marvin has appeared in 79 films and 51 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lee Marvin Movies
- The Dirty Dozen (1967) — as Maj. John Reisman
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Liberty Valance
- The Delta Force (1986) — as Colonel Nick Alexander
- The Comancheros (1961) — as Crow
- The Caine Mutiny (1954) — as Meatball
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