Biography and filmography

Hugh Marlowe

Hugh Marlowe (January 30, 1911 – May 2, 1982) was an American film, television, stage and radio actor.

Marlowe was born Hugh Herbert Hipple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and began his stage career in the 1930s at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. Marlowe was usually a secondary lead or supporting actor in the films he appeared in.

His films included Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Twelve O'Clock High (1949), All About Eve (1950), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Howard Hawks' Monkey Business (1952), Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), Elmer Gantry (1960), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Seven Days in May (1964).

Marlowe was also a regular on the daytime television soap opera, Another World, the last of four actors to portray Matthews family patriarch Jim Matthews, from 1969 until his death from a heart attack, at age 71, in 1982.

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Movies (37)

The Last Shot You Hear

The Last Shot You Hear

1969 · Charles Nordeck

How to Steal the World

How to Steal the World

1968 · Grant

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

1968 · Self (archive footage)

Castle of Evil

Castle of Evil

1966 · Doc Corozal

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May

1964 · Harold McPherson

13 Frightened Girls

13 Frightened Girls

1963 · John Hull

Birdman of Alcatraz

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962 · Roy Comstock

The Long Rope

The Long Rope

1961 · Jonas Stone

Elmer Gantry

Elmer Gantry

1960 · Rev. Philip Garrison

The Black Whip

The Black Whip

1956 · Lorn Crawford

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

1956 · Dr. Russell A. Marvin

World Without End

World Without End

1956 · John Borden

Illegal

Illegal

1955 · Ray Borden

Garden of Evil

Garden of Evil

1954 · John Fuller

Casanova's Big Night

Casanova's Big Night

1954 · Stefano Di Gambetta

The Stand at Apache River

The Stand at Apache River

1953 · Colonel Morsby

Way of a Gaucho

Way of a Gaucho

1952 · Don Miguel Aleondo

Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952 · Hank Entwhistle

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

1952 · Ed Jordan

Diplomatic Courier

Diplomatic Courier

1952 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Bugles in the Afternoon

Bugles in the Afternoon

1952 · Capitano Garnett

The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951 · Tom Stevens

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell

1951 · Reverend Watson

Rawhide

Rawhide

1951 · Rafe Zimmerman

All About Eve

All About Eve

1950 · Lloyd Richards

Night and the City

Night and the City

1950 · Adam Dunn

Twelve O'Clock High

Twelve O'Clock High

1949 · Lieutenant Colonel Ben Gately

Come to the Stable

Come to the Stable

1949 · Robert Masen

Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944 · Colonel Darly

Mrs. Parkington

Mrs. Parkington

1944 · John Marbey

Marriage Is a Private Affair

Marriage Is a Private Affair

1944 · Joesph I. Murdock

For God and Country

For God and Country

1943 · Mark Richards

Between Two Women

Between Two Women

1937 · Priest

Married Before Breakfast

Married Before Breakfast

1937 · Kenneth

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)

1936 · Edward Forrest

The Jonker Diamond

The Jonker Diamond

1936 · Younger Jonker

Brilliant Marriage

Brilliant Marriage

1936 · Richard G. Taylor, III

TV shows (18)