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Lee Marvin

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedFeb 19, 1924 (Died at 63)
Zodiac Sign♓Pisces
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Career Span1944 – 1987
Known Credits124 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 2.2

Lee Marvin

Also known as:Лі Марвінلی ماروین
Total Works

124

78 movies • 46 shows

Avg Rating

6.5 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Dirty Dozen
7.6
The Dirty Dozen
1967•movie
as Maj. John Reisman
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
7.8
as Liberty Valance
The Twilight Zone
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959•series
as Steel Kelly
The Big Heat
7.7
The Big Heat
1953•movie
as Vince Stone

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 124 titles featuring Lee Marvin

The Dirty Dozen
7.6
The Dirty Dozen
1967•movie

as Maj. John Reisman

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
7.8

as Liberty Valance

The Twilight Zone
8.5
1 eps
The Twilight Zone
1959•series

as Steel Kelly

The Big Heat
7.7
The Big Heat
1953•movie

as Vince Stone

The Delta Force
6.0
The Delta Force
1986•movie

as Colonel Nick Alexander

Bonanza
7.5
1 eps
Bonanza
1959•series

as Peter Kane

Point Blank
7.0
Point Blank
1967•movie

as Walker

Bad Day at Black Rock
7.3

as Hector David

The Caine Mutiny
7.2
The Caine Mutiny
1954•movie

as Meatball

The Professionals
7.1
The Professionals
1966•movie

as Fardan

The Big Red One
6.7
The Big Red One
1980•movie

as The Sergeant

Gorky Park
6.3
Gorky Park
1983•movie

as Jack Osborne

The Wild One
6.5
The Wild One
1953•movie

as Chino

Cat Ballou
6.4
Cat Ballou
1965•movie

as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn

Paint Your Wagon
6.3
Paint Your Wagon
1969•movie

as Ben Rumson

The Comancheros
6.7
The Comancheros
1961•movie

as Crow

Death Hunt
6.7
Death Hunt
1981•movie

as RCMP Sgt. Edgar Millen

The Killers
6.9
The Killers
1964•movie

as Charlie Strom

Hell in the Pacific
7.0

as American Pilot

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
7.2

as Col. Nick Alexander (archive footage) (uncredited)

Donovan's Reef
6.2
Donovan's Reef
1963•movie

as Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley

Emperor of the North
6.9

as A No. 1

Attack
6.8
Attack
1956•movie

as Clyde Bartlett

The Untouchables
8.0
1 eps
The Untouchables
1959•series

as Mike Brannon

Prime Cut
6.5
Prime Cut
1972•movie

as Nick Devlin

7 Men from Now
6.8
7 Men from Now
1956•movie

as Bill Masters

Combat!
8.0
1 eps
Combat!
1962•series

as Sgt. Turk

Ship of Fools
6.6
Ship of Fools
1965•movie

as Tenny

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.6
10 eps
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
6.3

as Maj. John Reisman

The Oscars
7.1
2 eps
The Oscars
1953•series

as Self

Violent Saturday
6.7
Violent Saturday
1955•movie

as Dill

Monte Walsh
6.3
Monte Walsh
1970•movie

as Monte Walsh

Dog Day
5.2
Dog Day
1984•movie

as Jimmy Cobb

Raintree County
6.4
Raintree County
1957•movie

as Orville 'Flash' Perkins

Shout at the Devil
6.0
Shout at the Devil
1976•movie

as Colonel Flynn O'Flynn

Gun Fury
6.1
Gun Fury
1953•movie

as Blinky

Avalanche Express
4.8
Avalanche Express
1979•movie

as Harry Wargrave

Not as a Stranger
6.2
Not as a Stranger
1955•movie

as Brundage

The Spikes Gang
6.7
The Spikes Gang
1974•movie

as Harry Spikes

The Klansman
5.6
The Klansman
1974•movie

as Sheriff Track Bascomb

Top of the Pops
6.6
3 eps
Top of the Pops
1964•series

as Self

The Duel at Silver Creek
7.0

as Tinhorn Burgess

Hangman's Knot
6.5
Hangman's Knot
1952•movie

as Rolph Bainter

Dragnet
6.5
1 eps
Dragnet
1951•series

as Henry Ross

Pocket Money
5.6
Pocket Money
1972•movie

as Leonard

The Raid
6.6
The Raid
1954•movie

as Lt. Keating

The Virginian
6.5
1 eps
The Virginian
1962•series

as Martin Kalig

The Iceman Cometh
6.2
The Iceman Cometh
1973•movie

as Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman

The Stranger Wore a Gun
5.5

as Dan Kurth

We're Not Married!
6.0
We're Not Married!
1952•movie

as Pinky (uncredited)

I Died a Thousand Times
6.2

as Babe Kossuck

Seminole
5.6
Seminole
1953•movie

as Sgt. Magruder

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
5.1

as Sam Longwood

Pete Kelly's Blues
6.3
Pete Kelly's Blues
1955•movie

as Al Gannaway

Wagon Train
6.6
1 eps
Wagon Train
1957•series

as Jud Benedict

The Rack
6.6
The Rack
1956•movie

as Capt. John R. Miller

Diplomatic Courier
6.2
Diplomatic Courier
1952•movie

as Military Policeman at Trieste (uncredited)

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
7.2

as Self (archive footage)

The Dick Cavett Show
6.8
1 eps

as Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards
7.0
1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
1944•series

as Self - Nominee

Shack Out on 101
6.0
Shack Out on 101
1955•movie

as Slob / Mr. Gregory

Route 66
6.7
1 eps
Route 66
1960•series

as Woody Biggs

Dr. Kildare
5.7
1 eps
Dr. Kildare
1961•series

as Dr. Paul Probeck

Pillars of the Sky
5.5
Pillars of the Sky
1956•movie

as Sgt. Lloyd Carracart

Gorilla at Large
5.5
Gorilla at Large
1954•movie

as Shaughnessy--Policeman

The Meanest Men in the West
4.0

as Kalig Talbot

You're in the Navy Now
5.5

as Radio Man

Ben Casey
5.9
1 eps
Ben Casey
1961•series
Studio One
5.4
1 eps
Studio One
1948•series

as Teale

The Merv Griffin Show
6.8
3 eps

as Self

Climax!
3.8
1 eps
Climax!
1954•series

as Capt. Cavallero

Suspense
5.1
1 eps
Suspense
1949•series

as Barrow

Teresa
6.1
Teresa
1951•movie

as G.I. (uncredited)

The Mike Douglas Show
5.8
3 eps

as Self

The Big Red One: The Reconstruction
8.4

as The Sergeant

A Life in the Balance
6.4

as The Killer

Sergeant Ryker
6.3
Sergeant Ryker
1968•movie

as Sgt. Paul Ryker

Champs-Elysées
6.8
1 eps
Champs-Elysées
1982•series

as Self

The Missouri Traveler
6.5

as Tobias Brown

Wogan
5.6
1 eps
Wogan
1982•series

as Self

People's Choice Awards
8.3
1 eps

as Self - Presenter

Checkmate
4.8
1 eps
Checkmate
1960•series

as Lee Tabor

The Glory Brigade
6.3
The Glory Brigade
1953•movie

as Cpl. Bowman

Eight Iron Men
6.6
Eight Iron Men
1952•movie

as Sgt. Joe Mooney

The Dick Powell Show
5.7
1 eps

as Finn

M Squad
5.4
117 eps
M Squad
1957•series

as Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger

The Rock
7.4
The Rock
1967•movie

as Self (uncredited)

General Electric Theater
6.8
1 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
6.3
1 eps
The Steve Allen Show
6.2
1 eps

as Self

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
6.2

as The Sergeant (archive footage)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
1 eps

as Jim Patterson

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
6.4
1 eps

as Jud Hollister

The Bob Hope Show
7.0
4 eps
The Bob Hope Show
1950•series

as Self

Kraft Television Theatre
7.8
1 eps

as Milo Bogardus

Operation Dirty Dozen
7.0

as Self

Kraft Suspense Theatre
6.5
2 eps

as Sgt. Paul Ryker

Biff Baker U.S.A.
7.8
1 eps
Biff Baker U.S.A.
1952•series

as Michler / Captain Hollis

Treasury Men in Action
6.2
1 eps
The Big Story
7.2
1 eps
The Big Story
1949•series
Lionpower from MGM
6.3
Lionpower from MGM
1967•movie

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
6.3
1 eps
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
6.5

as Pvt. Snively (uncredited)

The Lawbreakers
7.5
32 eps
The Lawbreakers
1963•series

as Self - Host

The DuPont Show of the Week
7.0
1 eps

as Juan de Nuñez

Studio 57
7.5
1 eps
Studio 57
1954•series
The Investigators
6.0
1 eps
The Investigators
1961•series

as Nostradamus

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
6.0

as Self (archive footage)

Sam Fuller & the Big Red One
7.0

as Self

The Great Adventure
10.0
1 eps
The Great Adventure
1963•series

as Misok Bedrozian

The Motorola Television Hour
10.0
1 eps
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

as Self (archive footage)

No Name City
No Name City
1969•movie

as Self

The Losers
The Losers
1963•movie

as Dave Blassingame

Our Time In Hell
Our Time In Hell
1967•movie

as Narrator

Autumn and Cardboard

as Narrator

Point Blank the Documentary

as Self

Canicule
Canicule
1983•movie
It Couldn't Be Done
1 eps
It Couldn't Be Done
1970•series

as Narrator

Revlon Mirror Theatre
1 eps

as Red Johnson