Lee Marvin

1924-1987

Biography: life and films

Lee Marvin was an American actor and singer. He was born in New York City, New York, USA on 19th February 1924 and died in Tucson, Arizona, USA on 29th August 1987, aged 63.

His best films as an actor include Robert Aldrich's Attack (1956), John Boorman's crime-thriller Point Blank (1967), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Hell in the Pacific (1968) and John Frankenheimer's The Iceman Cometh (1973).

Lee Marvin appeared in 58 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Edward Dmytryk (4 films), Robert Aldrich (3), Stanley Kramer (2), Richard Fleischer (2), Peter R. Hunt (2), John Ford (2), John Boorman (2), Don Siegel (2) and Budd Boetticher (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (33 films), Western (18), Thriller (14), War (10), crime-thriller (5), comedy (5) and comedy-romance (2).

Our average rating for Lee Marvin over all films is: 3.2

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Cave of Outlaws (1951) [a]

Teresa (1951) [a]

Diplomatic Courier (1952) [a]

Eight Iron Men (1952) [a]

Hangman's Knot (1952) [a]

Hong Kong (1952) [a]

The Duel at Silver Creek (1952) [a]

Gun Fury (1953) [a]

Seminole (1953) [a]

The Big Heat (1953) [a]

The Glory Brigade (1953) [a]

The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) [a]

The Wild One (1953) [a]

Gorilla at Large (1954) [a]

The Caine Mutiny (1954) [a]

The Raid (1954) [a]

A Life in the Balance (1955) [a]

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) [a]

I Died a Thousand Times (1955) [a]

Not as a Stranger (1955) [a]

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) [a]

Shack Out on 101 (1955) [a]

Violent Saturday (1955) [a]

Attack (1956) [a]

Pillars of the Sky (1956) [a]

Seven Men from Now (1956) [a]

The Rack (1956) [a]

Raintree County (1957) [a]

The Missouri Traveler (1958) [a]

The Comancheros (1961) [a]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) [a]

Walk on the Wild Side (1962) [a]

Donovan's Reef (1963) [a]

The Killers (1964) [a]

Cat Ballou (1965) [a]

Ship of Fools (1965) [a]

The Professionals (1966) [a]

Point Blank (1967) [a]

The Dirty Dozen (1967) [a]

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967) [a]

Hell in the Pacific (1968) [a]

Sergeant Ryker (1968) [a]

Paint Your Wagon (1969) [a]

Monte Walsh (1970) [a]

Pocket Money (1972) [a]

Prime Cut (1972) [a]

Emperor of the North Pole (1973) [a]

The Iceman Cometh (1973) [a]

The Klansman (1974) [a]

The Spikes Gang (1974) [a]

Shout at the Devil (1976) [a]

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976) [a]

Avalanche Express (1979) [a]

The Big Red One (1980) [a]

Death Hunt (1981) [a]

Gorky Park (1983) [a]

Canicule (1984) [a]

The Delta Force (1986) [a]



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