Lee Marvin
Birthday: 1924-02-19 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USALee 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Marvin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self
as Colonel Nick Alexander
as Maj. John Reisman
as Jack Osborne
as RCMP Sgt. Edgar Millen
as The Sergeant
as Kalig Talbot
as Colonel Flynn O'Flynn
as Sam Longwood
as Harry Spikes
as Sheriff Track Bascomb
as A No. 1
as Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman
as Leonard
as Nick Devlin
as Monte Walsh
as Ben Rumson
as American Pilot
as Sgt. Paul Ryker
as Maj. John Reisman
as Walker
as Fardan
as Kid Shelleen & Tim Strawn
as Tenny
as Charlie Strom
as Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley
as Liberty Valance
as Crow
as Tobias Brown
as Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger
