Marshall Thompson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1925-11-27

Deathday 1992-05-18 (66 years old)

Place of Birth Peoria, Illinois, USA

Also Known As James Marshall Thompson, J. Marsh Thomson

Marshall Thompson

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Marshall Thompson , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

1991
McBain

as Mr. Rich

1986
Dallas: The Early Years

as Dr. Ted Johnson

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Ward Silloway

1982
White Dog

as Director

1980
The Formula

as Geologist #1

1979
Bog

as Dr. Brad Wednesday

1979
1978
1977
1977
Lou Grant

as Paul Newman

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1976
Charlie's Angels

as Meadows

1974
George

as Jim Hunter

1972
George

as Jim

1969
1967
Ironside

as Tom Ames

1966
Around the World Under the Sea

as Dr. Orin Hillyard

1966
To the Shores of Hell

as Maj. Greg Donahue

1966
Daktari

as Dr. Marsh Tracy

1965
1965
Zebra in the Kitchen

as Shaving Man

1964
A Yank in Viet-Nam

as Maj. Benson

1962
No Man Is an Island

as Jonn Sonnenberg

1962
East of Kilimanjaro

as Marsh Connors

1961
Flight of the Lost Balloon

as Dr.Joseph Farady

1960
Angel

as Johnny Smith

1959
First Man into Space

as Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott

1958
The Secret Man

as Dr. Cliff Mitchell

1958
Fiend Without a Face

as Major Jeff Cummings

1958
1957
Lure of the Swamp

as Simon Lewt

1957
Perry Mason

as Arthur Poe

1957
Wagon Train

as Bradley Mason

1957
Wagon Train

as Will Stebbins

1957
1956
Born to Fight

as Man Exiting Airplane (uncredited)

1956
1955
Good Morning, Miss Dove

as Wilfred Banning Pendleton III

1955
To Hell and Back

as Johnson

1955
Cult of the Cobra

as Tom Markel

1955
Crashout

as Billy Lang

1955
Battle Taxi

as 2nd Lt. Tim Vernon

1955
Gunsmoke

as Leach Fields

1955
The Millionaire

as Tom Hunt

1955
The Millionaire

as Bill Andreson

1954
Port of Hell

as Marsh Walker

1954
Climax!

as (segment "Child of the Wind")

1954
Public Defender

as Jeff Norton

1953
The Caddy

as Bruce Reeber

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Jim Turner

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Dan Jenkins

1952
The Rose Bowl Story

as Steve Davis

1952
My Six Convicts

as Blivens Scott

1951
The Tall Target

as Lance Beaufort

1951
The Basketball Fix

as Johnny Long

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as George Washington

1951
1951
1950
Dial 1119

as Gunther Wyckoff

1950
Devil's Doorway

as Rod MacDougall

1950
Mystery Street

as Henry Shanway

1950
Stars in My Crown

as Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)

1949
Battleground

as Jim Layton

1949
Roseanna McCoy

as Tolbert McCoy

1948
Words and Music

as Herbert Fields

1948
Command Decision

as Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee

1948
Homecoming

as Staff Sgt. 'Mac' McKeen

1948
B.F.'s Daughter

as The Sailor

1947
1946
The Secret Heart

as Brandon Reynolds

1946
Gallant Bess

as Tex Barton

1946
The Show-Off

as Joe Fisher

1946
The Cockeyed Miracle

as Jim Griggs

1946
Bad Bascomb

as Jimmy Holden

1945
They Were Expendable

as Ens. 'Snake' Gardner

1945
Twice Blessed

as Jimmy

1945
The Clock

as Bill

1945
1944
Blonde Fever

as Freddie Bilson

1944
Reckless Age

as Roy Connors

1944
The Purple Heart

as Morrison (uncredited)

Writer

1978
1972
George

as Original Story

Director

1964
A Yank in Viet-Nam

as Director

1964
Flipper

as Director

Producer

1972
George

as Producer

Creator

1974
George

as Creator