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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 27, 1925
Died
May 18, 1992
Place of Birth
Peoria, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- James Marshall Thompson
- J. Marsh Thomson
Marshall Thompson
0.8 Popularity
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
Credits
McBain
as Mr. Rich
1991
4.3
Dallas: The Early Years
as Dr. Ted Johnson
1986
5.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Ward Silloway
1984
7.5
White Dog
as Director
1982
6.6
The Formula
as Geologist #1
1980
5.5
Benson
1979
7.1
Bog
as Dr. Brad Wednesday
1979
3.0
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
5.0
Cruise Into Terror
as Bennett
1978
4.7
The Turning Point
as Carter
1977
6.5
Lou Grant
as Paul Newman
1977
7.3
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
Charlie's Angels
as Meadows
1976
6.7
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
George
as Jim Hunter
1974
5.0
The Streets of San Francisco
as Fr. Carey
1972
7.0
George
as Jim
1972
0.0
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Jeff Crane
1971
6.3
The Partridge Family
as Dr. Milstead
1970
6.8
Ride the Tiger
1970
0.0
🎬
Jambo
1969
0.0
Ironside
as Tom Ames
1967
6.8
To the Shores of Hell
as Maj. Greg Donahue
1966
5.0
Daktari
as Dr. Marsh Tracy
1966
7.2
Around the World Under the Sea
as Dr. Orin Hillyard
1965
5.4
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
as Dr. Marsh Tracy
1965
6.4
Zebra in the Kitchen
as Shaving Man
1965
4.3
The Mighty Jungle
1964
5.0
Flipper
1964
6.1
A Yank in Viet-Nam
as Maj. Benson
1964
0.0
No Man Is an Island
as Jonn Sonnenberg
1962
6.0
East of Kilimanjaro
as Marsh Connors
1962
0.0
Flight of the Lost Balloon
as Dr.Joseph Farady
1961
5.0
Angel
as Johnny Smith
1960
2.8
Men Into Space
1959
7.0
World of Giants
1959
5.5
First Man into Space
as Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott
1959
5.0
The Secret Man
as Dr. Cliff Mitchell
1958
6.3
Bronco
1958
5.9
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as Carruthers
1958
5.9
Fiend Without a Face
as Major Jeff Cummings
1958
6.0
Perry Mason
as Arthur Poe
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Bradley Mason
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Will Stebbins
1957
6.6
Lure of the Swamp
as Simon Lewt
1957
6.5
Panic!
1957
0.0
The Blackwell Story
as David
1957
0.0
Born to Fight
as Man Exiting Airplane (uncredited)
1956
0.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Eli Hendericks
1956
6.0
Good Morning, Miss Dove
as Wilfred Banning Pendleton III
1955
6.8
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Matt Clay
1955
5.4
To Hell and Back
as Johnson
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Leach Fields
1955
6.6
Cult of the Cobra
as Tom Markel
1955
6.0
Crashout
as Billy Lang
1955
6.6
The Millionaire
as Tom Hunt
1955
5.0
The Millionaire
as Bill Andreson
1955
5.0
Battle Taxi
as 2nd Lt. Tim Vernon
1955
5.4
Port of Hell
as Marsh Walker
1954
0.0
Climax!
as (segment "Child of the Wind")
1954
3.3
🎬
The Whistler
1954
0.0
Public Defender
as Jeff Norton
1954
5.7
Letter to Loretta
as Jim Turner
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Dan Jenkins
1953
6.5
The Caddy
as Bruce Reeber
1953
6.4
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.3
The Rose Bowl Story
as Steve Davis
1952
3.0
My Six Convicts
as Blivens Scott
1952
6.3
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as George Washington
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Pythias
1951
8.6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as James Wilson
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
The Tall Target
as Lance Beaufort
1951
6.8
The Basketball Fix
as Johnny Long
1951
5.7
Dial 1119
as Gunther Wyckoff
1950
5.4
Devil's Doorway
as Rod MacDougall
1950
6.9
Mystery Street
as Henry Shanway
1950
6.7
Stars in My Crown
as Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)
1950
6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Battleground
as Jim Layton
1949
6.7
Roseanna McCoy
as Tolbert McCoy
1949
5.6
Words and Music
as Herbert Fields
1948
5.7
Command Decision
as Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee
1948
6.4
Studio One
1948
5.0
Homecoming
as Staff Sgt. 'Mac' McKeen
1948
7.0
B.F.'s Daughter
as The Sailor
1948
6.3
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Ben Mac Bean
1947
6.6
The Secret Heart
as Brandon Reynolds
1946
6.3
Gallant Bess
as Tex Barton
1946
6.5
The Show-Off
as Joe Fisher
1946
7.0
The Cockeyed Miracle
as Jim Griggs
1946
6.7
Bad Bascomb
as Jimmy Holden
1946
6.2
They Were Expendable
as Ens. 'Snake' Gardner
1945
6.5
Twice Blessed
as Jimmy
1945
6.0
The Clock
as Bill
1945
7.1
The Valley of Decision
as Ted Scott
1945
7.3
Blonde Fever
as Freddie Bilson
1944
3.9
Reckless Age
as Roy Connors
1944
0.0
The Purple Heart
as Morrison (uncredited)
1944
6.0