death_date death_place birth_place othername birth_date yearsactive image article_title name occupation
17 february 1975 los angeles , california , united states chicago , illinois , united states george e. marshall 29 december 1891 1915 - 1975 george marshall 1921.jpg george marshall -lrb- director -rrb-
 george marshall actor director , screenwriter , producer , film and television
george marshall -lrb- director -rrb-

george e. marshall -lrb- december 29 , 1891 -- february 17 , 1975 -rrb- was an american actor , screenwriter , producer , film and television director , active through the first six decades of movie history .
relatively few of marshall 's films are well-known today , with `` destry rides again '' , `` the sheepman '' , and `` how the west was won '' being the biggest exceptions .
marshall co-directed `` how the west was won '' with john ford and henry hathaway , handling the railroad segment , which featured a celebrated buffalo stampede sequence .
while marshall worked on almost all kinds of films imaginable , he started his career in the early silent period doing mostly westerns , a genre he never completely abandoned .
later in his career , he was particularly sought after for comedies .
he did around half a dozen films each with bob hope and jerry lewis , and also worked with w.c. fields , jackie gleason , will rogers and laurel and hardy .
for his contribution to the film industry , george marshall has a star on the hollywood walk of fame at 7048 hollywood boulevard .
