Marshall Thompson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 27, 1925
- Died
- May 18, 1992 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- Peoria, Illinois, USA
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.
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Filmography
McBain
Movie · as Mr. Rich
Dallas: The Early Years
Movie · as Dr. Ted Johnson
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Ward Silloway · 1 ep
White Dog
Movie · as Director
The Formula
Movie · as Geologist #1
Bog
Movie · as Dr. Brad Wednesday
Benson
TV · 1 ep
Cruise Into Terror
Movie · as Bennett
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
TV · 1 ep
The Turning Point
Movie · as Carter
Lou Grant
TV · as Paul Newman · 1 ep
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Quincy, M.E.
TV · 2 eps
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Meadows · 1 ep
George
TV · as Jim Hunter · 26 eps
George
Movie · as Jim
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · as Fr. Carey · 1 ep
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV · as Jeff Crane · 1 ep
Ride the Tiger
Movie
The Partridge Family
TV · as Dr. Milstead · 1 ep
Jambo
TV · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Tom Ames · 1 ep
To the Shores of Hell
Movie · as Maj. Greg Donahue
Daktari
TV · as Dr. Marsh Tracy · 89 eps
Around the World Under the Sea
Movie · as Dr. Orin Hillyard
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
Movie · as Dr. Marsh Tracy
Zebra in the Kitchen
Movie · as Shaving Man
A Yank in Viet-Nam
Movie · as Maj. Benson
The Mighty Jungle
Movie
Flipper
TV · 1 ep
No Man Is an Island
Movie · as Jonn Sonnenberg
East of Kilimanjaro
Movie · as Marsh Connors
Flight of the Lost Balloon
Movie · as Dr.Joseph Farady
Angel
TV · as Johnny Smith · 34 eps
First Man into Space
Movie · as Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott
Men Into Space
TV · 1 ep
World of Giants
TV · 13 eps
Startime
TV · as Lt. Train · 1 ep
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Movie · as Carruthers
Fiend Without a Face
Movie · as Major Jeff Cummings
The Secret Man
Movie · as Dr. Cliff Mitchell
Bronco
TV · 1 ep
Lure of the Swamp
Movie · as Simon Lewt
The Blackwell Story
Movie · as David
Down Liberty Road
Movie · as Mysterious Stranger
Perry Mason
TV · as Arthur Poe · 1 ep
Panic!
TV · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Bradley Mason, Will Stebbins · 1 ep
Born to Fight
Movie · as Man Exiting Airplane (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Eli Hendericks · 1 ep
Crashout
Movie · as Billy Lang
Cult of the Cobra
Movie · as Tom Markel
To Hell and Back
Movie · as Johnson
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Movie · as Wilfred Banning Pendleton III
Battle Taxi
Movie · as 2nd Lt. Tim Vernon
Gunsmoke
TV · as Leach Fields · 1 ep
The Millionaire
TV · as Tom Hunt, Bill Andreson · 1 ep
Matinee Theater
TV · 3 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · as Matt Clay · 1 ep
Port of Hell
Movie · as Marsh Walker
Climax!
TV · as (segment "Child of the Wind") · 1 ep
The Whistler
TV · 2 eps
Public Defender
TV · as Jeff Norton · 1 ep
The Caddy
Movie · as Bruce Reeber
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Jim Turner, Dan Jenkins · 1 ep
My Six Convicts
Movie · as Blivens Scott
The Rose Bowl Story
Movie · as Steve Davis
The Ford Television Theatre
TV · 1 ep
The Tall Target
Movie · as Lance Beaufort
The Basketball Fix
Movie · as Johnny Long
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as George Washington, Pythias · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as James Wilson · 1 ep
Devil's Doorway
Movie · as Rod MacDougall
Dial 1119
Movie · as Gunther Wyckoff
Mystery Street
Movie · as Henry Shanway
Stars in My Crown
Movie · as Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · 3 eps
Battleground
Movie · as Jim Layton
Roseanna McCoy
Movie · as Tolbert McCoy
B.F.'s Daughter
Movie · as The Sailor
Words and Music
Movie · as Herbert Fields
Command Decision
Movie · as Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee
Homecoming
Movie · as Staff Sgt. 'Mac' McKeen
Studio One
TV · 1 ep
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Movie · as Ben Mac Bean
The Cockeyed Miracle
Movie · as Jim Griggs
Bad Bascomb
Movie · as Jimmy Holden
The Secret Heart
Movie · as Brandon Reynolds
Gallant Bess
Movie · as Tex Barton
The Show-Off
Movie · as Joe Fisher
The Valley of Decision
Movie · as Ted Scott
They Were Expendable
Movie · as Ens. 'Snake' Gardner
The Clock
Movie · as Bill
Twice Blessed
Movie · as Jimmy
Blonde Fever
Movie · as Freddie Bilson
The Purple Heart
Movie · as Morrison (uncredited)
Reckless Age
Movie · as Roy Connors