He made it to Broadway with a small role in a production of Uniform of Flesh, now titled Billy Budd, in February 1951. Marvin began appearing on television shows like Escape, The Big Story, and Treasury Men in Action. It was performed at the Experimental Theatre, where a few months later, Marvin also appeared in The Nineteenth Hole of Europe (1949). He appeared on stage in a production of Uniform of Flesh, the original version of Billy Budd (1949). Bill to study at the American Theatre Wing. He moved to Greenwich Village and used the G.I. He caught the acting bug and got a job with the company at $7 a week. Lee Marvin in " The Grave", a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone Early acting career Īfter the war, while working as a plumber's assistant at a local community theatre in upstate New York, Marvin was asked to replace an actor who had fallen ill during rehearsals. Marvin's decorations include the Purple Heart Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon. He previously held the rank of corporal, but had been demoted for troublemaking. After over a year of medical treatment in naval hospitals, Marvin was given a medical discharge with the rank of private first class. He was hit by machine gun fire, which severed his sciatic nerve, and then was hit again in the foot by a sniper. While serving as a member of "I" Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division, Lee participated in 21 Japanese islands landings and was wounded in action on June 18, 1944, during the assault on Mount Tapochau in the Battle of Saipan, during which most of his company were casualties. Lee served in the 4th Marine Division as a scout sniper in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including assaults on Eniwetok and Saipan-Tinian.
Before finishing School of Infantry, he was an quartermaster. Marvin enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on August 12, 1942. Picture of Private Lee Marvin, USMC, as listed in the "Red Book", 24th Regiment, 4th Marine Division, published in 1943
Leo, Florida, after being expelled from several other schools for bad behavior (smoking cigarettes and fights). Leo College Preparatory School, a Catholic school in St. He attended Manumit School, a Christian socialist boarding school in Pawling, New York, during the late 1930s, and Peekskill Military Academy in Peekskill, New York. As a teenager, Marvin "spent weekends and spare time hunting deer, puma, wild turkey, and bobwhite in the wilds of the then-uncharted Everglades". In childhood, Lee Marvin suffered from dyslexia and ADHD. His father was abusive and his mother failed to provide mother love kids need. His father was a direct descendant of Matthew Marvin Sr., who emigrated from Great Bentley, Essex, England in 1635, and helped found Hartford, Connecticut. Lee, who was his first cousin, four times removed. As with his elder brother, Robert, he was named in honor of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee Marvin was born in New York City to Lamont Waltman Marvin, WWI veteran of the Army Corps of Engineers and an advertising executive, and Courtenay Washington (née Davidge), a fashion writer. Marvin achieved numerous accolades when he portrayed both gunfighter Kid Shelleen and criminal Tim Strawn in a dual role for the comedy Western film Cat Ballou (1965), alongside Jane Fonda, a surprise hit which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor, along with a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, an NBR Award, and the Silver Bear for Best Actor. Marvin's notable roles in film included Charlie Strom in The Killers (1964), Rico Fardan in The Professionals (1966), Major John Reisman in The Dirty Dozen (1967), Ben Rumson in Paint Your Wagon (1969), Walker in Point Blank (1967), and the Sergeant in The Big Red One (1980).
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villainous character), he later gained prominence for portraying anti-heroes, such as Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger on the television series M Squad (1957–1960). Although initially typecast as the "heavy" (i.e. Known for his bass voice and premature white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters.
February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor. Lee Marvin (born Lamont Waltman Marvin Jr.
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