E.G.Marshall (June 18, 1914 - August 24, 1998)
E.G. Marshall....a true Hollywood gentleman.
He began acting professionally in 1933. After playing small roles on several different low budget television shows he began to gain recognition by appearing on such programs as "The Jack Paar Tonight Show", "Pantomime Quiz", "Password", "What's My Line?", "I've Got a Secret", "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", "Suspense", "General Electric Theater", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Studio One", "Playhouse 90", "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse", "Rawhide", "The Virginian", "Ironside", "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors", "Falcon Crest", "Murder, She Wrote" and "The Cosby Show."
From 1961 until 1965 he headed up his own program playing the tough talking defense lawyer, Lawrence Preston, on "The Defenders" opposite Robert Reed.
In 1983, he played Joseph P. Kennedy in the television mini-series "Kennedy" with Geraldine Fitzgerald playing Rose Kennedy and Martin Sheen as John F. Kennedy.
In the film world his appearances spanned several decades and movies including 12 Angry Men in 1957, Superman II in 1980, Christmas Vacation in 1989 and Nixon in 1995. During the 1994-1995 television season he played Dr. Arthur Thurmond on the medical drama "Chicago Hope." In 1997 and 1998 he returned to his Lawrence Preston roots in two "Defenders" two hour TV movies.
Whether it was attacking someone on the witness stand on "The Defenders" or being bullied by the Phantom Zone villains in Superman II, E.G. Marshall always did it with dignity and class.
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