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Marshall Thompson
Actor, Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Died May 18, 1992 (66 years)
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| 1991 | |
| 1986 | Dallas: The Early Years · as Dr. Ted Johnson |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Ward Silloway |
| 1982 | White Dog · as Director |
| 1980 | The Formula · as Geologist #1 |
| 1979 | Bog · as Dr. Brad Wednesday |
| 1979 | Benson (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Centennial (TV Series) · as Dennis |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Cruise Into Terror · as Bennett |
| 1977 | The Turning Point · as Carter |
| 1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Paul Newman |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Meadows |
| 1976 | Ark II (TV Series) · as Baxter |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1972 | Hec Ramsey (TV Series) · as Judd White |
| 1972 | George (TV Series) · as Jim Hunter |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) |
| 1972 | George! · as Jim |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Jeff Crane |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Dr. Milstead |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Around the World Under the Sea · as Dr. Orin Hillyard |
| 1966 | To the Shores of Hell · as Maj. Greg Donahue |
| 1966 | Daktari (TV Series) · as Dr. Marsh Tracy |
| 1965 | Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion · as Dr. Marsh Tracy |
| 1965 | Zebra in the Kitchen · as Shaving Man |
| 1964 | Flipper (TV Series) |
| 1964 | A Yank in Viet-Nam · as Maj. Benson |
| 1962 | No Man Is an Island · as Jonn Sonnenberg |
| 1961 | Flight of the Lost Balloon · as Dr.joseph Farady |
| 1960 | Angel (1960) (TV Series) · as Johnny Smith |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as John Sims |
| 1959 | Ford Startime (TV Series) · as Lt. Train |
| 1959 | Men into Space (TV Series) |
| 1959 | World of Giants (TV Series) |
| 1959 | First Man Into Space · as Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott |
| 1958 | The Secret Man · as Dr. Cliff Mitchell |
| 1958 | It! The Terror from Beyond Space · as Carruthers |
| 1958 | Flight (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1958 | Bronco (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Fiend Without a Face · as Major Jeff Cummings |
| 1957 | East of Kilimanjaro · as Marsh Connors |
| 1957 | How To Marry A Millionaire (TV Series) · as Harry |
| 1957 | The Court of Last Resort (TV Series) · as Officer Bentley |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Arthur Poe |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Bradley Mason |
| 1957 | Lure of the Swamp · as Simon Lewt |
| 1957 | Panic (TV Series) |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Eli Hendericks |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as David |
| 1955 | Good Morning, Miss Dove · as Wilfred Banning Pendleton Iii |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1955 | To Hell and Back · as Johnson |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Leach Fields |
| 1955 | Cult of the Cobra · as Tom Markel |
| 1955 | Science Fiction Theatre (TV Series) · as Dr. Albert Neville |
| 1955 | Crashout · as Billy Lang |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Tom Hunt |
| 1955 | TV Reader's Digest (TV Series) · as Herzog |
| 1955 | Battle Taxi · as 2nd Lt. Tim Vernon |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as (segment "child Of The Wind") |
| 1954 | The Whistler (TV Series) · as David Martin |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Jeff Norton |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Capt. Ed Hall Jr. |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Jim Turner |
| 1953 | The Caddy · as Bruce Reeber |
| 1953 | Private Secretary (TV Series) · as David Lasalle |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1952 | The Rose Bowl Story · as Steve Davis |
| 1952 | My Six Convicts · as Blivens Scott |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Mayor Ben Dowell |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | The Basketball Fix · as Johnny Long |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Pythias |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as James Wilson |
| 1951 | The Tall Target · as Lance Beaufort |
| 1951 | The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story · as Cast |
| 1950 | Dial 1119 · as Gunther Wyckoff |
| 1950 | Stars in My Crown · as Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice) |
| 1950 | Devil's Doorway · as Rod Macdougall |
| 1950 | Mystery Street · as Henry Shanway |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | |
| 1949 | Battleground · as Jim Layton |
| 1949 | Scene of the Crime · as Annoucer At Fol De Rol Club |
| 1949 | Roseanna McCoy · as Tolbert Mccoy |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Paul |
| 1948 | Words and Music · as Herbert Fields |
| 1948 | Command Decision · as Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) |
| 1948 | Homecoming · as Staff Sgt. 'mac' Mckeen |
| 1948 | B.F.'s Daughter · as The Sailor |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge · as Ben Mac Bean |
| 1946 | Gallant Bess · as Tex Barton |
| 1946 | The Secret Heart · as Brandon Reynolds |
| 1946 | The Cockeyed Miracle · as Jim Griggs |
| 1946 | The Show-Off · as Joe Fisher |
| 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 | The Valley of Decision · as Ted Scott |
| 1944 | Blonde Fever · as Freddie Bilson |
| 1944 | The Purple Heart · as Morrison (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout · as Senior Patrol Leader |