John Marley

**John Marley** (October 17, 1907 – May 22, 1984) was an American actor. He played Phil Cavalleri in _Love Story_ (1970) and Jack Woltz in _The Godfather_ (1972).

## Biography

John was born in Harlem, New York City. His parents were Russian Jews. He dropped out of college and then did acting. John served in the  United States Army Signal Corps during World War II.

John appeared in about 250 films and television series. He mainly performed as a supporting actor. He played different and exotic characters. He also appeared on many TV shows and performed on stage. Marley got nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in _Love Story_. Marley died during open-heart surgery.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1942|_Native Land_|Thug With Crowbar|Uncredited as John Marlieb||
|1947|_Kiss of Death_|Prisoner in Spinning Mill|Uncredited||
|1948|_The Naked City_|Managing Editor|Uncredited||
|1950|_Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town_|Second Cab Driver|Uncredited||
|1951|_The Mob_|Tony|||
|1952|_My Six Convicts_|Knotty Johnson|||
|1953|_The Joe Louis Story_|Mannie Seamon|||
|1955|_The Square Jungle_|Tommy Dillon - Referee|||
|1956|_Time Table_|Bobik|||
|1958|_I Want to Live!_|Father Devers|||
|rowspan="2"|1960|_Pay or Die_|D. Caputo, Ragman||
|_Sea Hunt_||Season 3, Episode 31|||
|1961|_Sea Hunt_||Season 4, Episode 28||
|1962|_The Twilight Zone - Kick the Can_|Mr. Cox|||
|rowspan="3"|1963|_A Child Is Waiting_|Holland||
|_The Wheeler Dealers_|Achilles Dimitros||||
|_America, America_|Garabet||||
|1964|_The Twilight Zone - The Old Man in the Cave_|Jason|||
|rowspan="4"|1965|_Nightmare in the Sun_|Hogan, Gas station owner||
|_Cat Ballou_|Frankie Ballou||||
|_The Lollipop Cover_|George||||
|_Gunsmoke_|Ben Pringle|Season 11 Episode: 4 "Ten Little Indians"|||
|1967|_The Wild Wild West_|King Stefan IX|Episode: "The Night of the Wolf"||
|rowspan="2"|1968|_Faces_|Richard Forst||
|_In Enemy Country_|Rausch||||
|rowspan="3"|1970|_A Man Called Sledge_|Old Man||
|_Love Story_|Phil Cavalleri|Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|||
|_Hawaii Five-O_|Dr. Gregorios Lemira|"The Second Shot"|||
|1971|_Clay Pigeon_|Police Captain|||
|rowspan="2"|1972|_The Dead Are Alive_|Nikos Samarakis||
|_The Godfather_|Jack Woltz||||
|rowspan="2"|1973|_Jory_|Roy Starr||
|_Blade_|Tommy Blade||||
|1974|_Deathdream_|Charles Brooks|||
|rowspan="2"|1975|_Framed_|Sal Viccarrone||
|_Kolchak: The Night Stalker_|Captain Maurice Molnar|Episode: "Primal Scream"|||
|1976|_W.C. Fields and Me_|Studio Head Bannerman|||
|rowspan="5"|1977|_The Car_|Sheriff Everett Peck||
|_Hawaii Five-O_|Noah|"Tread the King's Shadow"|||
|_Vengeance_|Jesus||||
|_The Greatest_|Dr. Ferdie Pacheco||||
|_The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover_|Dave Hindley||||
|rowspan="3"|1978|_Greatest Heroes of the Bible_|Moses||
|_It Lives Again_|Mr. Mallory||||
|_Hooper_|Max Berns||||
|1980|_Tribute_|Lou Daniels|||
|rowspan="3"|1981|_Threshold_|Edgar Fine||
|_The Amateur_|Molton||||
|_SCTV_|Leonard Bernstein|Played parody of his role in The Godfather but with his character as Leonard Bernstein instead of Jack Woltz.|||
|1982|_Mother Lode_|Elijah|||
|1983|_Utilities_|Roy Blue|||
|1986|_On the Edge_|Elmo Glidden|(final film role)||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: John Marley
- **image**: John Marley (1968, Faces).jpg
- **alt**: Black-and-white close-up photo of the face of a smiling man with light hair, thick dark eyebrows, and visible stubble.
- **caption**: John Marley from a poster promoting _Faces (1968 film), Faces_(1968)
- **birth name**: Mortimer Marlieb
- **birth place**: New York City, U.S.
- **death place**: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- **resting place**: Cedar Park Cemetery, Emerson, Cedar Park Cemetery
- **occupation**: Actor
- **years active**: 1947–1984
- **children**: 4