Lee Marvin
Gender: Male
Born: 19th February 1924
Died: 29th August 1987
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: M Squad, The Virginian
Movies: Cat Ballou, Emperor of the North, Gorky Park, Hell in the Pacific, Pete Kelly's Blues, Point Blank, Seven Men from Now, Ship of Fools, The Big Red One, The Delta Force, The Dirty Dozen, The Killers, The Klansman, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Professionals, The Wild One, Cat Ballou, Donovan's Reef, Pocket Money, The Comancheros, Prime Cut, The Iceman Cometh, Shout at the Devil, Paint Your Wagon, The Big Heat, The Caine Mutiny, Hangman's Knot, Attack, Violent Saturday, Death Hunt, Avalanche Express, Raintree County, The Spikes Gang, The Raid, The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday, The Missouri Traveller, The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission, Bad Day at Black Rock, The Duel at Silver Creek, Classic Cinema: Richard Burton Triple Feature, Gun Fury, Gorilla at Large, The Stranger Wore a Gun, Dog Day, Monte Walsh, The Rack, Sergeant Ryker, Lost Crime Shows: Vol. 2, A Life in the Balance
Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers and other hardboiled characters, but after winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles in Cat Ballou (1965), he landed more heroic and sympathetic leading roles.
Marvin was born in New York City. He was the son of Lamont Waltman Marvin, an advertising executive and the head of the New York and New England Apple Institute, and his wife Courtenay Washington (née Davidge), a fashion writer and beauty consultant. He was named in honor of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who was his first cousin, four times removed. His father was a direct descendant of Matthew Marvin, Sr., who emigrated from Great Bentley, Essex, England in 1635 and helped found Hartford, Connecticut.
Marvin studied violin when he was young. As a teenager, Marvin "spent weekends and spare time hunting deer, puma, wild turkey, and bobwhite in the wilds of the then-uncharted Everglades." He attended St. Leo College Preparatory School in St. Leo, Florida after being expelled from several other
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