Mike Marshall (actor)
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Early life and career
Marshall was born in Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterCedars-Sinai Medical Center
Originally established as Kaspare Cohn Hospital in 1902, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a non-profit, tertiary 958-bed hospital and multi-specialty academic health science centre located in Los Angeles, California, US. Part of the Cedars-Sinai Health System, the hospital employs a staff of over...
, a hospital in Hollywood, California on 13 September 1944. When his parents divorced, his father made sure that he receive an American education. He began studying Law, but he dreamed of becoming an actor. He later joined his mother in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. He began to take drama classes from Raymond Griard and later directed his first film, Potato, in France under the direction of Robert Thomas
Robert Thomas (director)
Robert Thomas was a French writer, actor and film director.He is something of a forgotten man in French theatre and cinema...
, adapted from the play's eponymoys Marcel Achard
Marcel Achard
Marcel Achard was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly-recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades...
. He had already appeared in two films from overseas, the first was directed by his father, and the second by Vincente Minelli. Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury was a French film director, actor and writer. His real name was Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum.- A commercially successful French filmmaker :...
, Marshall's step father, offered him a role of a young English airman in La Grande Vadrouille
La Grande Vadrouille
La Grande Vadrouille is a 1966 Franco-British comedy film about how the crew of a Royal Air Force B-17 shot down over Paris must then make their way through German-occupied France with the main help of two French citizens with very different mindsets.For over forty...
, as a doctor in Le Coup du parapluie. Marshall had a long, though low-key, career as a character actor
Character actor
A character actor is one who predominantly plays unusual or eccentric characters. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a character actor as "an actor who specializes in character parts", defining character part in turn as "an acting role displaying pronounced or unusual characteristics or...
in French Cinema. On stage he starred in Croque-monsieur, Le Vallon , and Point de feu sans fumée. Marshall has also appeared in several television series.
Personal life and death
He was the only child of American actor-director William Marshall and French actress Michèle MorganMichèle Morgan
Michèle Morgan is a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades.- Career :Morgan was born Simone Renée Roussel in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, a western suburb of Paris....
. He was the stepson of Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury was a French film director, actor and writer. His real name was Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum.- A commercially successful French filmmaker :...
and the half-brother of Tonie Marshall. He was the father of six children:.
He died in Caen
Caen
Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....
, France, aged 60, of cancer ; he was survived by his mother.
Theatre
- Croque-monsieur - directed by Jean Pierre Grenier at the St. George Theatre
- Le Vallon - directed by Simone Benmussa at the Rennaud-Barrault Theatre
- Point de feu sans fumée - directed by Jean Paul Tribout at the Théâtre Edouard VII
- L'Homme au Parapluie - directed by Daniel Royan at the Theatre de saint Maur
External links
- Mike Marshall at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Mike Marshall at Yahoo! MoviesYahoo! MoviesYahoo! Movies , provided by the Yahoo! network, is home to a large collection of information on movies, past and new releases, trailers and clips, box office information, and showtimes and movie theater information. Yahoo! Movies also includes red carpet photos, actor galleries, and production...