Marshall Thompson
Gender: Male
Born: 27th November 1925
Died: 18th May 1992
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Daktari, Angel, George, Jambo, World of Giants
Movies: It! The Terror from Beyond Space, The Clock, Fiend Without a Face, First Man into Space, They Were Expendable, Gallant Bess, To Hell and Back, The Basketball Fix, Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion, A Yank in Viet-Nam, To the Shores of Hell, My Six Convicts, Dial 1119, No Man Is an Island, Command Decision, White Dog, Battleground, Lure of the Swamp, Operation C.I.A., Flight of the Lost Balloon, Bog, The Show Off, Twice Blessed
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
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