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Marshall Thompson

Marshall Thompson

Actor · 1925 – 1992 · Peoria, Illinois, USA

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.

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  • Movie7.2

    The Valley of Decision

    1945 · 29 votes

  • Movie6.6

    White Dog

    1982 · 313 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Battleground

    1949 · 107 votes

  • Movie5.8
  • Movie7.1

    The Clock

    1945 · 53 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Mystery Street

    1950 · 69 votes

  • Movie6.6

    To Hell and Back

    1955 · 69 votes

  • Movie6.5

    They Were Expendable

    1945 · 140 votes

  • Movie6.6

    The Turning Point

    1977 · 71 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Caddy

    1953 · 63 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Cult of the Cobra

    1955 · 38 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Good Morning, Miss Dove

    1955 · 17 votes

  • Movie5.5

    The Formula

    1980 · 51 votes

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  • Movie7.0

    Stars in My Crown

    1950 · 50 votes

  • Movie5.8
  • Movie6.8

    The Tall Target

    1951 · 48 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Command Decision

    1948 · 24 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Words and Music

    1948 · 21 votes

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  • Movie6.5

    My Six Convicts

    1952 · 10 votes

  • Movie4.9

    Zebra in the Kitchen

    1965 · 7 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Devil's Doorway

    1950 · 53 votes

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  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV7.5

    Murder, She Wrote

    1984 · 471 votes

  • TV6.8

    Ironside

    1967 · 71 votes

  • TV6.6

    Wagon Train

    1957 · 31 votes

  • TV7.5

    Quincy, M.E.

    1976 · 123 votes

  • TV5.3

    Matinee Theater

    1955 · 7 votes

  • TV5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • TV6.7

    Charlie's Angels

    1976 · 241 votes

  • TV6.0
  • TV3.8

    Climax!

    1954 · 12 votes

  • TV6.2
  • TV6.8

    The Partridge Family

    1970 · 35 votes

  • TV7.4

    Lou Grant

    1977 · 32 votes

  • TV6.7

    Gunsmoke

    1955 · 119 votes

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  • TV5.8

    The Millionaire

    1955 · 4 votes

  • TV7.8
  • TV6.0
  • TV7.1

    Benson

    1979 · 44 votes

  • TV6.0

    Bronco

    1958 · 8 votes

  • TV6.8

    Startime

    1959 · 4 votes

  • TV6.3

    Flipper

    1964 · 58 votes

  • TV6.3

    Public Defender

    1954 · 4 votes