E. G. Marshall
E. G. Marshall | |
|---|---|
 Marshall in 1970 | |
| Born | Everett Eugene Grunz (1914-06-18)June 18, 1914 Owatonna, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | August 24, 1998(1998-08-24) (aged 84) Bedford, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1945–1998 |
| Spouse(s) | Judith Coy (?-1998) Emy de Haze Winkelman Helen Wolf (1939-1953) |
E. G. Marshall (born Everett Eugene Grunz, June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998) was an American actor, best known for his television roles as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on The Defenders in the 1960s and as neurosurgeon David Craig on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors in the 1970s. Among his film roles he is perhaps best known as the unflappable, conscientious "Juror #4" in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama 12 Angry Men (1957).[1][2][3] He also played the President of the United States in Superman II (1980), Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) and his photo (as The President) appears in the TV version of Superman (1978). Marshall was also known as the host of the radio drama series, CBS Radio Mystery Theater (1974–82).
Contents
1 Biography
1.1 Early life
1.2 Career
1.3 Personal life
1.4 Death
2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links
Biography
Early life
Marshall was born in Owatonna, Minnesota, the son of Hazel Irene (née Cobb; 1892–1975) and Charles G. Grunz (1882–1959). His paternal grandparents were German.[4] During his life, he chose not to reveal what "E. G." stood for, telling most people it stood for "Everybody's Guess," but it can be observed the initials match Everett (or Eugene) Grunz.[5] According to the Social Security Death Index, his Social Security card showed his full name as: "E G Marshall".[6] He attended both Carleton College and the University of Minnesota.
Career
Although most familiar for his later television and movie roles, Marshall also had a distinguished Broadway career. In 1948, having already appeared in the original New York productions of The Skin of Our Teeth and The Iceman Cometh, Marshall would join Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Julie Harris, Kim Stanley, and 45 others to make up the first group of actors granted membership in the newly formed Actors Studio.[7] In subsequent years, he landed the leading roles in The Crucible and Waiting for Godot.[8] In 1973, he returned to the live stage to play the title role in a highly praised production of Macbeth in Richmond, Virginia, under the direction of Keith Fowler.[9] From January 1974 until February 1982, Marshall was an occasional participant and the original host of the popular nightly radio drama, The CBS Radio Mystery Theater.[10]
Personal life
Marshall was married three times. He had five children in all, including Jed, Sarah, Jill, Degen, and Sam.
As a member of the Committee for National Health Insurance, Marshall was a long-time advocate of government-provided health care in the United States.[11] During the 1968 United States presidential campaign, he filmed and narrated a political advertisement endorsing Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey.[12]
Death
He died of lung cancer in Bedford, New York, on August 24, 1998. His grave is in the Middle Patent Rural Cemetery, located in the hamlet of Banksville, a part of the town of North Castle, New York.
Filmography
The House on 92nd Street (1945) as Attendant at Morgue (uncredited)
13 Rue Madeleine (1946) as Emile (uncredited)
Untamed Fury (1947) as Pompano, the dance caller
Call Northside 777 (1948) as Rayska (uncredited)
Anything Can Happen (1952) as Immigration Officer (scenes deleted)
Middle of the Night (1954) as Jerry on the live TV broadcast Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
The Caine Mutiny (1954) as Lt. Comdr. Challee
Broken Lance (1954) as Horace - The Governor
Pushover (1954) as Police Lt. Carl Eckstrom
The Bamboo Prison (1954) as Father Francis Dolan
The Silver Chalice (1954) as Ignatius
The Left Hand of God (1955) as Dr. David Sigman
The Scarlet Hour (1956) as Lt. Jennings
The Mountain (1956) as Solange
The Bachelor Party (1957) as Walter
12 Angry Men (1957) as Juror #4
Man on Fire (1957) as Sam Dunstock
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957, TV series) as Ronald J. Grimes
The Buccaneer (1958) as Gov. William C. C. Claiborne
The Journey (1959) as Harold Rhinelander
Compulsion (1959) as District Attorney Harold Horn
Cash McCall (1960) as Winston Conway
The Islanders as Curt Cober in "Forbidden Cargo (ABC-TV, 1960)
Town Without Pity (1961) as Col. Jerome Pakenham
The Defenders (1961-1965, CBS TV series) as Lawrence Preston
The Chase (1966) as Val Rogers
The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966) as Coley Jones
Is Paris Burning? (1966) as Intelligence Officer Powell (uncredited)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969) as Brig. Gen. Shinner
The Learning Tree (1969) (uncredited)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) as Colonel Rufus S. Bratton
The Pursuit of Happiness (1971) as Daniel Lawrence
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (1971, TV Movie) Dr. Cazalis
Man: The Incredible Machine (1975) as Narrator
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976) as Harry S. Truman
Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) as Sen. Joseph Paine
Interiors (1978) as Arthur
Vampire (1979, TV Movie) as Harry Kilcoyne
Superman II (1980) as The President
Gangster Wars (1981) as Narrator (voice)
Creepshow (1982) as Upson Pratt (segment "They're Creeping Up On You")
Kennedy (1983, TV miniseries) as Joseph P. Kennedy
My Chauffeur (1986) as Witherspoon
Power (1986) as Senator Sam Hastings, Ohio
La Gran Fiesta (1986) as Judge Cooper
At Mother's Request (1987, TV Movie) as Franklin Bradshaw
War and Remembrance (1988-1989, TV miniseries) as Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) as Art
Two Evil Eyes (1990) as Steven Pike (segment "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar")
Consenting Adults (1992) as George Gordon
Russian Holiday (1992) as Joe Meadows
Tornadoes!! The Entity (narrator) (1993 documentary)
The Tommyknockers (1993, TV miniseries) as Ev Hillman
Chicago Hope (1994–1995, eight episodes) as Dr. Arthur Thurmond
Nixon (1995) as John Mitchell
Absolute Power (1997) as Walter Sullivan
Miss Evers' Boys (1997, TV Movie) as The Senate Chairman
References
^ Norwegian American Actor E. G. Marshall
^ E. G. Marshall (livetvcenter.com)
^ Everett Eugene Grunz (Minnesota Birth Index) Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ Everett Eugene Grunz Marshall (rootsweb.com)
^ Irving Wallace, David Wallechinsky, Amy Wallace and Sylvia Wallace, The Book of Lists 2 (1980): Famous Initials
^ "Social Security Death Master File info for E G Marshall #354-05-6094". 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Dick Kleiner: "The Actors Studio: Making Stars Out of the Unknown," The Sarasota Journal (Friday, December 21, 1956), p. 26. "That first year, they interviewed around 700 actors and picked 50. In that first group were people like Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Tom Ewell, John Forsythe, Julie Harris, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, E.G. Marshall, Margaret Phillips, Maureen Stapleton, Kim Stanley, Jo Van Fleet, Eli Wallach, Ray Walston and David Wayne."
^ E. G. Marshall (ibdb.com)
^ # ^ Stage - Fowler 'Macbeth' - A Vigorous Production Staged in Richmond The Cast - Article - NYTimes.com
^ E. G. Marshall (Norwegian Hall of Fame)
^ (Committee for National Health Insurance)
^ Humphrey campaign ad
External links
E. G. Marshall on IMDb
E. G. Marshall at the Internet Broadway Database
E.G. Marshall at Internet off-Broadway Database
E. G. Marshall at Find a Grave
E. G. Marshall at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
Authority control  |
|
|---|
