Lee Marvin was born on 19th February, 1924 in New York City, New York, USA was an American film actor.

Biography and Career

Prematurely white-haired character star who began as a supporting player of generally vicious demeanor, then metamorphosed into a star of both action and drama projects, Lee Marvin was born in New York City to Lamont Waltman Marvin, an advertising executive, and his wife Courtenay Washington Davidge, a fashion writer.

Dismissed there as well, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at the beginning of World War II. In the battle of Saipan in June 1944, he was wounded in the buttocks by Japanese fire which severed his sciatic nerve. He received a medical discharge and got menial work as a plumber's apprentice in Woodstock, NY.

He landed an extra role in Henry Hathaway's You're in the Navy Now (1951), and found his role expanded when Hathaway took a liking to him. Returning to the stage, he made his Broadway debut in "Billy Budd"

Given a leading role in Eight Iron Men (1952), he followed it with enormously memorable heavies in The Big Heat (1953) and The Wild One (1953). Now established as a major screen villain, Marvin began shifting toward leading roles with a successful run as a police detective in the TV series "M Squad" (1957). A surprise Oscar for his dual role as a drunken gunfighter and his evil, noseless brother in the western comedy Cat Ballou (1965) placed him in the upper tiers of Hollywood leading men, and he filled out his career with predominantly action-oriented films.

Her case failed in its main pursuit, but did establish a legal precedent for the rights of unmarried cohabitors, the so-called "palimony" law. Marvin continued making films of varying quality, always as a star, until his sudden death from a heart attack in 1987.

General Appearance

Date of Death : 29 August 1987, Tucson, Arizona, USA (heart attack)
Height : 6' 2" (1.88 m)

Why do we like Lee Marvin?

We like Lee Marvin because of his gravelly voice.


Why is Lee Marvin famous?

Lee Marvin is famous for winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles in Cat Ballou (1965),

Lee Marvin Lists

	American film actors
	Western (genre) film actors
	American military personnel of World War II
	United States Marines
	American people of English descent
	1924 births
	1987 deaths
	Actors from New York City
	Saint Leo University alumni
	BAFTA winners (people)
	Best Foreign Actor BAFTA Award winners
	Best Actor Academy Award winners
	Best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe (film) winners
	Recipients of the Purple Heart medal
	Deaths from myocardial infarction
	Burials at Arlington National Cemetery

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Lee Marvin Pictures

 

Lee Marvin Movies
Teresa Diplomatic Courier Eight Iron Men Hong Kong The Duel at Silver Creek Down Among the Sheltering Palms Gun Fury Seminole The Big Heat The Glory Brigade The Stranger Wore a Gun The Wild One Gorilla at Large The Caine Mutiny The Raid
Lee Marvin Filmography

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Category: Actors  - ( Actors Archive)

Date Added: 26 May '09

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