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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1925-11-27
- event Death Date 1992-05-18
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.2
- info Birth Place Peoria, Illinois, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Marshall Thompson
5.6
The Formula
1980-12-19
6.7
Battleground
1949-11-09
5.9
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958-07-31
5.4
Around the World Under the Sea
1966-05-21
6.5
Crashout
1955-03-01
6.8
The Tall Target
1951-08-17
7
Devil's Doorway
1950-08-18
4.7
Cruise Into Terror
1978-02-03
6
Cult of the Cobra
1955-03-30
5
First Man into Space
1959-02-27
5.6
Dial 1119
1950-11-03
6.1
Fiend Without a Face
1958-07-03
6.6
The Turning Point
1977-11-14
7.3
The Valley of Decision
1945-05-03
6.3
My Six Convicts
1952-03-20
6.4
The Caddy
1953-08-10
6.6
To Hell and Back
1955-09-22
6.6
They Were Expendable
1945-12-07
6.7
Mystery Street
1950-06-23
7.2
The Clock
1945-05-25
6.3
B.F.'s Daughter
1948-03-24
6
No Man Is an Island
1962-09-20
6.5
Lure of the Swamp
1957-05-01
6.8
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955-11-23
6.1
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
1965-08-04
5.7
The Basketball Fix
1951-08-01
6.9
Stars in My Crown
1950-05-11
4.4
Blonde Fever
1944-12-05
6.7
The Cockeyed Miracle
1946-10-26
5.4
Battle Taxi
1955-01-03
0
Born to Fight
1956-10-12
6.1
Roseanna McCoy
1949-10-12
6.2
Bad Bascomb
1946-05-26
5
Flight of the Lost Balloon
1961-12-28
6.6
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947-08-04
3.2
Bog
1979-05-01
6.7
White Dog
1982-07-07
6
Twice Blessed
1945-05-31
6.3
The Secret Heart
1946-12-25
6.5
Gallant Bess
1946-12-05
6
The Purple Heart
1944-02-25
5.7
Words and Music
1948-12-31
5
To the Shores of Hell
1966-03-15
0
A Yank in Viet-Nam
1964-02-05
6.4
Command Decision
1948-12-23
5
Dallas: The Early Years
1986-03-23
0
East of Kilimanjaro
1962-05-29
5
The Mighty Jungle
1964-10-06
0
George
1972-09-01
7
The Show-Off
1946-12-01
3.5
The Rose Bowl Story
1952-08-24
6.3
The Secret Man
1958-12-01
6.9
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16
0
Port of Hell
1954-12-05
0
Ride the Tiger
1970-01-01
0
Reckless Age
1944-08-01
7
Homecoming
1948-04-29
4.3
McBain
1991-09-20
5
Zebra in the Kitchen
1965-06-01
7.1
Benson
1979-09-13
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976-10-03
6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976-09-22
6.1
Flipper
1964-09-19
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
5
Studio One
1948-11-07
7.1
Daktari
1966-01-11
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
2.8
Angel
1960-10-06
5
The Millionaire
1955-01-19
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05
3.3
Climax!
1954-10-07
7
Men Into Space
1959-09-30
5.2
Bronco
1958-09-23
5
Matinee Theater
1955-10-31
0
The Whistler
1954-07-13
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
4
World of Giants
1959-09-05
0
Panic!
1957-03-05
6.5
Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20
5
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978-09-08
6
Public Defender
1954-03-11
6.3
Wagon Train
1957-09-18
6.5
Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20
5
The Millionaire
1955-01-19
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05
5
George
1974-03-15
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
7.4
The Ford Television Theatre
1952-10-02
7.3
Lou Grant
1977-09-20
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
6.3
Wagon Train
1957-09-18
6.8
Ironside
1967-03-28
0
Jambo
1969-09-06
7
The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23
5.5
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955-10-05
