# Lee Marvin on screen and stage

Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and premature white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters. Although initially typecast as the "heavy" (i.e. villainous character), he later gained prominence for portraying anti-heroes, such as Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger on the television series M Squad (1957–1960). Marvin's notable roles in film included: Charlie Strom in The Killers (1964), Rico Fardan in The Professionals (1966), Major John Reisman in The Dirty Dozen (1967), Ben Rumson in Paint Your Wagon (1969), Walker in Point Blank (1967) and the Sergeant in The Big Red One (1980).
Marvin achieved numerous accolades when he portrayed both gunfighter Kid Shelleen and criminal Tim Strawn in a dual role for the comedy Western film Cat Ballou (1965), alongside Jane Fonda, a surprise hit which won him 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.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1951 | You're in the Navy Now | Radio Man | Uncredited |
| 1951 | Teresa | G.I. | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Diplomatic Courier | MP at Trieste | Uncredited |
| 1952 | We're Not Married! | "Pinky" | Uncredited |
| 1952 | The Duel at Silver Creek | Tinhorn Burgess | |
| 1952 | Hangman's Knot | Rolph Bainter | |
| 1952 | Eight Iron Men | Sgt. Joe Mooney | |
| 1953 | Down Among the Sheltering Palms | Pvt. Snively | Uncredited |
| 1953 | Seminole | Sgt. Magruder | |
| 1953 | The Glory Brigade | Cpl. Bowman | |
| 1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Dan Kurth | |
| 1953 | The Big Heat | Vince Stone | |
| 1953 | Gun Fury | Blinky | |
| 1953 | The Wild One | Chino | |
| 1954 | Gorilla at Large | Shaughnessy, Policeman | |
| 1954 | The Caine Mutiny | "Meatball" | |
| 1954 | The Raid | Lt. Keating | |
| 1955 | Bad Day at Black Rock | Hector David | |
| 1955 | Violent Saturday | Dill, Bank Robber | |
| 1955 | Not as a Stranger | Brundage | |
| 1955 | A Life in the Balance | The Killer | |
| 1955 | Pete Kelly's Blues | Al Gannaway | |
| 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times | Babe Kossuck | |
| 1955 | Shack Out on 101 | Slob / Mr. Gregory | |
| 1956 | Seven Men from Now | Bill Masters | Made by Batjac Productions, John Wayne's company. |
| 1956 | Attack | Lt. Col. Clyde Bartlett | |
| 1956 | Pillars of the Sky | Sergeant Lloyd Carracart | |
| 1956 | The Rack | Capt. John R. Miller | |
| 1957 | Raintree County | Orville "Flash" Perkins | Nominated—Laurel Award for Best Male Supporting Performance |
| 1958 | The Missouri Traveler | Tobias Brown | |
| 1961 | The Comancheros | Tully Crow | Nominated—Laurel Award for Best Male Supporting Performance |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Liberty Valance | Bronze Wrangler for Best Theatrical Motion Picture Nominated—Laurel Award for Best Action Performance |
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef | Thomas Aloysius "Boats" Gilhooley | |
| 1964 | The Killers | Charlie Strom | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (also for Cat Ballou) Nominated—Laurel Award for Best Action Performance |
| 1965 | Cat Ballou | Kid Shelleen and Tim Strawn | Academy Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (also for The Killers) Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Laurel Award for Best Male Comedy Performance National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (also for Ship of Fools) Silver Bear for Best Actor Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor |
| 1965 | Ship of Fools | Bill Tenny | National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (also for Cat Ballou) |
| 1966 | The Professionals | Henry "Rico" Fardan | Laurel Award for Best Action Performance |
| 1967 | The Dirty Dozen | Major John Reisman | Laurel Award for Best Action Performance |
| 1967 | Point Blank | Walker | |
| 1968 | Hell in the Pacific | American Pilot | |
| 1969 | Paint Your Wagon | Ben Rumson | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1970 | Monte Walsh | Monte Walsh | Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Foreign Performer Nominated—Laurel Award for Best Action Performance |
| 1972 | Pocket Money | Leonard | |
| 1972 | Prime Cut | Nick Devlin | |
| 1973 | Emperor of the North Pole | A No. 1 | |
| 1973 | The Iceman Cometh | Hickey | |
| 1974 | The Spikes Gang | Harry Spikes | |
| 1974 | The Klansman | Sheriff Track Bascomb | |
| 1976 | Shout at the Devil | Col. Flynn O'Flynn | |
| 1976 | The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday | Sam Longwood | |
| 1979 | Avalanche Express | Col. Harry Wargrave | |
| 1980 | The Big Red One | The Sergeant | |
| 1981 | Death Hunt | Sergeant Edgar Millen | |
| 1983 | Gorky Park | Jack Osborne | |
| 1984 | Dog Day | Jimmy Cobb | French title: Canicule |
| 1986 | The Delta Force | Col. Nick Alexander | (final film role) |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1950 | Escape | | Episode: "Whappernocker Song" |
| 1950 | The Big Story | | Episode: "Eugene Travis, Memphis Tennessee Reporter" |
| 1950 | Treasury Men in Action | | Episode: "The Case of the Deadly Fish" |
| 1950–1953 | Suspense | Barrow | 2 episodes |
| 1952 | Rebound | Sgt. Krone / Bull | 2 episodes |
| 1952 | Fireside Theatre | | Episode: "Sound in the Night" |
| 1952 | Biff Baker, U.S.A. | Michler / Captain Hollis | Episode: "Alpine Assignment" |
| 1952–1953 | Dragnet | James Mitchell / Henry Ross | 2 episodes |
| 1953 | The Doctor | | Episode: "The Runaways" |
| 1953 | The Revlon Mirror Theater | Red Johnson | Episode: "Lullaby" |
| 1953 | The Motorola Television Hour | | Episode: "Outlaw's Reckoning" |
| 1953 | Plymouth Playhouse | | Episode: "Outlaw's Reckoning" |
| 1954 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | John Temple | 2 episodes |
| 1954 | Center Stage | Zach Toombs | Episode: "The Day Before Atlanta" |
| 1954 | Medic | Larry Collins | Episode: "White Is the Color" |
| 1954–1959 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Jim Patterson / Russ Anderson | 3 episodes |
| 1954–1961 | General Electric Theater | Sid Benton / Clerk / Joe Kittridge / Dick Giles / Art Temple / Captain Morrissey | 7 episodes |
| 1955 | TV Reader's Digest | Charlie Faust | Episode: "How Charlie Faust Won a Pennant for the Giants" |
| 1955 | Fireside Theatre | Jigger | Episode: "Little Guy" |
| 1955 | Studio One | Teale | Episode: "Shakedown Cruise" |
| 1955–1958 | Climax! | Mannon Tate / 'Little Man' Brush / Charter Plane Pilot / Capt. Cavallero | 4 episodes |
| 1956 | Kraft Television Theatre | Milo Bogardus | Episode: "The Fool Killer" |
| 1956 | Front Row Center | David Hawken | Episode: "Dinner Date" |
| 1957 | Studio 57 | | Episode: "You Take Ballistics" |
| 1957 | The United States Steel Hour | | Episode: "Shadow of Evil" |
| 1957–1960 | M Squad | Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger / Lt. Frank Ballinger / Barney | 117 episodes |
| 1959 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Captain David Roberts | Episode: "Man in Orbit" |
| 1960 | NBC Sunday Showcase | Ira Hayes | Episode: "The American" |
| 1960–1961 | Wagon Train | Jud Benedict / Jose Morales | 2 episodes |
| 1961 | Route 66 | John Ryan / Woody Biggs | 2 episodes |
| 1961 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Jud Hollister | Episode: "Confession" |
| 1961 | The Americans | Capt. Judd | Episode: "Reconnaissance" |
| 1961 | Checkmate | Lee Tabor | Episode: "Jungle Castle" |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere | Hughes | Episode: "People Need People" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1961 | The Investigators | "Nostradamus" (Walter Mimms) | Episode: "The Oracle" |
| 1961–1962 | The Untouchables | Mike Brannon / Victor Rait / Howard Carson / Nick Acropolis | 3 episodes |
| 1961–1963 | The Twilight Zone | Sam "Steel" Kelly / Conny Miller | Episodes: "The Grave" and "Steel" |
| 1962 | Ben Casey | Gerry Bramson | Episode: "A Story to Be Softly Told" |
| 1962 | Bonanza | Peter Kane | Episode: "The Crucible" |
| 1962 | The DuPont Show of the Week | Juan de Nuñez | Episode: "The Richest Man in Bogotá" |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Martin Kalig | Episode: "It Tolls for Thee" |
| 1962–1964 | Dr. Kildare | Buddy Bishop / Dr. Paul Probeck | 2 episodes |
| 1963 | The Dick Powell Show | Finn / Dave Blassingame | 2 episodes |
| 1963 | Combat! | Sgt. Turk | Episode: "The Bridge at Châlons" |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Sgt. Paul Ryker | 2 episodes |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Misok Bedrozian | Episode: "Six Wagons to the Sea" |
| 1963–1964 | Lawbreakers | Himself – Host / Narrator | 35 episodes |
| 1965 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Nick Karajanian | Episode: "The Loving Cup" |
| 1968 | Sergeant Ryker | Sgt. Paul Ryker | Kraft Suspense Theatre |
| 1985 | The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission | Maj. John Reisman | Television film |

## Stage

* Billy Budd (1951)