Marshall Thompson

Known for ActingBorn 1925-11-27Died 1992-05-18Peoria, Illinois, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Jambo

East of Kilimanjaro

Born to Fight

Down Liberty Road

Reckless Age

Hallmark Hall of Fame

George

Ride the Tiger

A Yank in Viet-Nam

Panic!

Murder, She Wrote

Perry Mason

The Ford Television Theatre

Quincy, M.E.

George

Lou Grant

Men Into Space

The Cockeyed Miracle

Twice Blessed

Benson

Daktari

The Valley of Decision

That's Entertainment, Part II

Bad Bascomb

The Streets of San Francisco

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Partridge Family

Lure of the Swamp

The Clock

Good Morning, Miss Dove

Port of Hell

Ironside

Stars in My Crown

Homecoming

Charlie's Angels

Gallant Bess

The Show-Off

White Dog

The Tall Target

The Turning Point

Devil's Doorway

Startime

Mystery Street

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

Crashout

Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion

Gunsmoke

Battleground