Marshall Thompson
Marshall Thompson (November 27, 1925 – May 18, 1992) was an American film and television actor. He was born James Marshall Thompson in Peoria, Illinois. In 1943 Thompson, known for his boy-next-door good looks, was signed by Universal Pictures. He played quiet, thoughtful teens in Universal's feature films, including a lead opposite singing star Gloria Jean in Reckless Age, earning $350 weekly. During 1946 Universal discharged most of its contract players; that same year Thompson moved to MGM and his film roles steadily increased and improved. Thompson became a freelance actor in the 1950s and worked for various studios on a variety of pictures, including a number of horror and science-fiction features; this included the role of Carruthers in It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958), one of the two feature films that would later inspire the plot for director Ridley Scott's 1979 big budget feature film Alien. Thompson also starred as Mel Hunter in the syndicated science fiction TV series World of Giants, about a man who has been miniaturized and must live in a dollhouse. By the 1960s, Thompson's boyish looks had matured and his screen persona became more authoritative. He co-starred with Annie Fargé in the 33-episode CBS sitcom Angel (1960–1961) about an American architect with a charming but scatterbrained French wife, who often got into zany, Lucy Ricardo-esque situations, caused in part by her lack of English; the show was canceled after 33 episodes due to low ratings, despite critical acclaim for French-born newcomer Annie Fargé. In the mid-1960s Thompson starred in CBS's Daktari, a television series about a veterinarian in Africa; the series was based on Thompson's 1965 feature film Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion. Later in his career, he appeared in many television episodes and in feature films such as The Turning Point (1977) and The Formula(1980). Thompson was a brother-in-law of actor Richard Long, best known for his role as Jarrod Barkley in ABC's The Big Valley. Thompson's wife, Barbara, was Long's sister. Marshall Thompson died from congestive heart failure at the age of sixty-six in Royal Oak, Michigan.
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Fotos
Películas (62)
McBain
1991 · Mr. Rich
Dallas: The Early Years
1986 · Dr. Ted Johnson
White Dog
1982 · Director
The Formula
1980 · Geologist #1
Bog
1979 · Dr. Brad Wednesday
Race for Survival
1978 · Story
Cruise Into Terror
1978 · Bennett
The Turning Point
1977 · Carter
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
George
1972 · Jim, Original Story, Producer
Ride the Tiger
1970
To the Shores of Hell
1966 · Maj. Greg Donahue
Around the World Under the Sea
1965 · Dr. Orin Hillyard
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
1965 · Dr. Marsh Tracy, Story
Zebra in the Kitchen
1965 · Shaving Man
The Mighty Jungle
1964
A Yank in Viet-Nam
1964 · Maj. Benson, Director
No Man Is an Island
1962 · Jonn Sonnenberg
East of Kilimanjaro
1962 · Marsh Connors
Flight of the Lost Balloon
1961 · Dr.Joseph Farady
First Man into Space
1959 · Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott
The Secret Man
1958 · Dr. Cliff Mitchell
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958 · Carruthers
Fiend Without a Face
1958 · Major Jeff Cummings
Lure of the Swamp
1957 · Simon Lewt
The Blackwell Story
1957 · David
Down Liberty Road
1957 · Mysterious Stranger
Born to Fight
1956 · Man Exiting Airplane (uncredited)
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955 · Wilfred Banning Pendleton III
To Hell and Back
1955 · Johnson
Cult of the Cobra
1955 · Tom Markel
Crashout
1955 · Billy Lang
Battle Taxi
1955 · 2nd Lt. Tim Vernon
Port of Hell
1954 · Marsh Walker
The Caddy
1953 · Bruce Reeber
The Rose Bowl Story
1952 · Steve Davis
My Six Convicts
1952 · Blivens Scott
The Tall Target
1951 · Lance Beaufort
The Basketball Fix
1951 · Johnny Long
Dial 1119
1950 · Gunther Wyckoff
Devil's Doorway
1950 · Rod MacDougall
Mystery Street
1950 · Henry Shanway
Stars in My Crown
1950 · Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)
Battleground
1949 · Jim Layton
Roseanna McCoy
1949 · Tolbert McCoy
Words and Music
1948 · Herbert Fields
Command Decision
1948 · Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee
Homecoming
1948 · Staff Sgt. 'Mac' McKeen
B.F.'s Daughter
1948 · The Sailor
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 · Ben Mac Bean
The Secret Heart
1946 · Brandon Reynolds
Gallant Bess
1946 · Tex Barton
The Show-Off
1946 · Joe Fisher
The Cockeyed Miracle
1946 · Jim Griggs
Bad Bascomb
1946 · Jimmy Holden
They Were Expendable
1945 · Ens. 'Snake' Gardner
Twice Blessed
1945 · Jimmy
The Clock
1945 · Bill
The Valley of Decision
1945 · Ted Scott
Blonde Fever
1944 · Freddie Bilson
Reckless Age
1944 · Roy Connors
The Purple Heart
1944 · Morrison (uncredited)
Series (36)
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Ward Silloway
Benson
1979
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Lou Grant
1977 · Paul Newman
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Meadows
George
1974 · Jim Hunter, Creator
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Fr. Carey
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · Jeff Crane
The Partridge Family
1970 · Dr. Milstead
Jambo
1969
Ironside
1967 · Tom Ames
Daktari
1966 · Dr. Marsh Tracy
Flipper
1964 · Director
Angel
1960 · Johnny Smith
Startime
1959 · Lt. Train
Men Into Space
1959
World of Giants
1959
Bronco
1958
Perry Mason
1957 · Arthur Poe
Wagon Train
1957 · Bradley Mason, Will Stebbins
Panic!
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Eli Hendericks
Matinee Theater
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Matt Clay
Gunsmoke
1955 · Leach Fields
The Millionaire
1955 · Tom Hunt, Bill Andreson
Climax!
1954 · (segment "Child of the Wind")
The Whistler
1954
Public Defender
1954 · Jeff Norton
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Jim Turner, Dan Jenkins
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · George Washington, Pythias
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · James Wilson
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Studio One
1948