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E. G. Marshall

December 04, 2023

For the American Union Army general with the same first initials, see Elisha Marshall.

E. G. Marshall (born Everett Eugene Grunz;[1][2] June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998) was an American actor. One of the first group selected for the new Actors Studio, by 1948 Marshall had performed in major plays on Broadway.

E. G. Marshall
Marshall in 1970
Born
Everett Eugene Grunz

(1914-06-18)June 18, 1914
Owatonna, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedAugust 24, 1998(1998-08-24) (aged 84)
Bedford, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1945–1998
Spouses
Helen Wolf
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​
(m. 1931; div. 1953)​
  • Judith Coy
Children5

Among his film roles Marshall is perhaps best known as the unflappable and analytical Juror 4 in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama 12 Angry Men (1957).[3][4][5] He played the President of the United States in Superman II (1980), and Nazi collaborator Henri Denault on the CBS prime-time drama Falcon Crest in 1982. Marshall was also known as the host of the radio drama series, CBS Radio Mystery Theater (1974–1982).

Early life edit

Marshall was born Everett Eugene Grunz[1] in Owatonna, Minnesota,[2] the son of Hazel Irene (née Cobb) and Charles G. Grunz. His paternal grandparents were German immigrants.[6] During his life, he chose not to reveal what "E. G." stood for, saying that it stood for "Everybody's Guess."[7] The U.S. Social Security Claims Index states that he was listed with the Social Security Administration in June 1937 as Everett Eugene Grunz, and in December 1975 as E.G. Marshall.[2]

Marshall claimed in interviews in later life to have attended both Carleton College and the University of Minnesota, but there is no evidence that he ever attended either institution, or had attended college at all.[8]

Career edit

He took the surname "Marshall" for his acting career. Although most familiar for his later television and movie roles, which gained wide audiences, Marshall also had a distinguished Broadway career. In 1948, having already performed in the original New York productions of The Skin of Our Teeth and The Iceman Cometh, Marshall joined 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.[9] In subsequent years, he landed the leading roles in The Crucible and Waiting for Godot.[10]

In 1973, he returned to the live stage to play the title role in a well-received production of Macbeth at the Virginia Museum Theatre in Richmond, Virginia, under the direction of Keith Fowler. The production was highly praised by the New York Times.[11] 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.[3]

Marshall was selected as a Fellow of the American Bar Association and an officer of the American Judicature Society, a national organization of judges, lawyers, and lay persons devoted to promoting the effective administration of justice.[12]

Personal life edit

Marshall was married twice, in 1931 to Helen Wolf (divorced 1953) and then to Judith Coy.[13] He had a total of five children: Jed, Sarah, Jill, Degen, and Sam.[14][15]

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.[16] During the 1968 United States presidential campaign, he filmed and narrated a political advertisement endorsing Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey.[17]

Death edit

Marshall died of lung cancer in Bedford, New York, on August 24, 1998, at age 84. He was buried at Middle Patent Rural Cemetery, in the hamlet of Banksville, within the Town of North Castle, New York.

Filmography edit

Discography edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Everett Eugene Grunz in Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1900-1934, Ancestry.com
  2. ^ a b c Everett Eugene Grunz in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, accessed via Ancestry.com
  3. ^ a b "Norwegian American Actor E. G. Marshall". Norwegian-American Hall of Fame.
  4. ^ "E. G. Marshall". Live TV Center. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  5. ^ . Minnesota Birth Index. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19.
  6. ^ . rootsweb.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  7. ^ Wallace, Irving; Wallechinsky, David; Wallace, Amy; Wallace, Sylvia (1980). The Book of Lists 2. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-2411-0433-0.
  8. ^ El-Hai, Jack (July 19, 2018). "E.G. Marshall's Invented Past". Medium. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  9. ^ Kleiner, Dick (December 21, 1956). "The Actors Studio: Making Stars Out of the Unknown". Sarasota Journal. Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 26. Retrieved July 2, 2022. 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.
  10. ^ "E. G. Marshall". Internet Broadway Database.
  11. ^ Barnes, Clive (February 12, 1973). "Stage: Fowler 'Macbeth'". The New York Times.
  12. ^ Welsh, James M.; Whaley, Donald M. (2013). The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-8108-8352-9. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  13. ^ Vallance, Tom (August 26, 1998). "Obituary: E. G. Marshall". The Independent. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  14. ^ Oliver, Myrna. "E. G. Marshall; Character Actor Won 2 Emmy Awards with 'The Defenders'". Los Angeles Times. p. A14. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  15. ^ "Marshall: Emmy Winning Actor (cont.)". p. A17.
  16. ^ "The Mary Lasker Papers".[failed verification]
  17. ^ "Hubert Humphrey Campaign Ad". Museum of the Moving Image. Retrieved July 2, 2022.

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For the American Union Army general with the same first initials see Elisha Marshall E G Marshall born Everett Eugene Grunz 1 2 June 18 1914 August 24 1998 was an American actor One of the first group selected for the new Actors Studio by 1948 Marshall had performed in major plays on Broadway E G MarshallMarshall in 1970BornEverett Eugene Grunz 1914 06 18 June 18 1914Owatonna Minnesota U S DiedAugust 24 1998 1998 08 24 aged 84 Bedford New York U S OccupationActorYears active1945 1998SpousesHelen Wolf m 1931 div 1953 wbr Judith CoyChildren5Among his film roles Marshall is perhaps best known as the unflappable and analytical Juror 4 in Sidney Lumet s courtroom drama 12 Angry Men 1957 3 4 5 He played the President of the United States in Superman II 1980 and Nazi collaborator Henri Denault on the CBS prime time drama Falcon Crest in 1982 Marshall was also known as the host of the radio drama series CBS Radio Mystery Theater 1974 1982 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Death 5 Filmography 6 Discography 7 References 8 External linksEarly life editMarshall was born Everett Eugene Grunz 1 in Owatonna Minnesota 2 the son of Hazel Irene nee Cobb and Charles G Grunz His paternal grandparents were German immigrants 6 During his life he chose not to reveal what E G stood for saying that it stood for Everybody s Guess 7 The U S Social Security Claims Index states that he was listed with the Social Security Administration in June 1937 as Everett Eugene Grunz and in December 1975 as E G Marshall 2 Marshall claimed in interviews in later life to have attended both Carleton College and the University of Minnesota but there is no evidence that he ever attended either institution or had attended college at all 8 Career editHe took the surname Marshall for his acting career Although most familiar for his later television and movie roles which gained wide audiences Marshall also had a distinguished Broadway career In 1948 having already performed in the original New York productions of The Skin of Our Teeth and The Iceman Cometh Marshall joined 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 9 In subsequent years he landed the leading roles in The Crucible and Waiting for Godot 10 In 1973 he returned to the live stage to play the title role in a well received production of Macbeth at the Virginia Museum Theatre in Richmond Virginia under the direction of Keith Fowler The production was highly praised by the New York Times 11 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 3 Marshall was selected as a Fellow of the American Bar Association and an officer of the American Judicature Society a national organization of judges lawyers and lay persons devoted to promoting the effective administration of justice 12 Personal life editMarshall was married twice in 1931 to Helen Wolf divorced 1953 and then to Judith Coy 13 He had a total of five children Jed Sarah Jill Degen and Sam 14 15 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 16 During the 1968 United States presidential campaign he filmed and narrated a political advertisement endorsing Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey 17 Death editMarshall died of lung cancer in Bedford New York on August 24 1998 at age 84 He was buried at Middle Patent Rural Cemetery in the hamlet of Banksville within the Town of North Castle New York Filmography edit1945 The House on 92nd Street as Attendant At Morgue uncredited 1946 13 Rue Madeleine as Emile uncredited 1947 Untamed Fury as Pompano the dance caller 1948 Call Northside 777 as Rayska uncredited 1952 Anything Can Happen as Immigration Officer scenes deleted 1954 Middle of the Night as Jerry On The Live TV Broadcast Philco Goodyear Television Playhouse 1954 The Caine Mutiny as Lieutenant Commander Challee 1954 Broken Lance as Governor Horace 1954 Pushover as Police Lieutenant Carl Eckstrom 1954 The Bamboo Prison as Father Francis Dolan 1954 The Silver Chalice as Ignatius 1955 The Left Hand of God as Dr David Sigman 1956 The Scarlet Hour as Lieutenant Jennings 1956 The Mountain as Solange 1957 The Bachelor Party as Walter 1957 12 Angry Men as Juror 4 1957 Man on Fire as Sam Dunstock 1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 3 Episode 2 Mail Order Prophet as Ronald J Grimes 1958 The Buccaneer as Governor William C C Claiborne 1959 The Journey as Harold Rhinelander 1959 Compulsion as District Attorney Harold Horn 1960 Cash McCall as Winston Conway 1960 The Islanders as Curt Cober In Forbidden Cargo ABC TV 1961 Rawhide as Ben Foley In S3 E11 Incident of the Broken Word CBS TV 1961 Town Without Pity as Colonel Jerome Pakenham 1961 1965 The Defenders CBS TV series as Lawrence Preston 1966 The Chase as Val Rogers 1966 The Poppy Is Also a Flower as Coley Jones 1966 Is Paris Burning as Intelligence Officer Powell uncredited 1969 The Bridge at Remagen as Brigadier General Shinner 1969 The Learning Tree uncredited 1969 The Littlest Angel TV as God 1969 1973 The Bold Ones The New Doctors NBC TV series as Dr David Craig 1970 Tora Tora Tora as Colonel Rufus S Bratton 1971 The Pursuit of Happiness as Daniel Lawrence 1971 Ellery Queen Don t Look Behind You TV Movie as Dr Edward Cazalis 1971 Night Gallery as Soames The Funeral Director 1975 The Incredible Machine as Narrator 1976 Collision Course Truman vs MacArthur as President Harry S Truman 1977 Billy Jack Goes to Washington as Senator Joseph Paine 1978 Interiors as Arthur 1979 Vampire TV Movie as Harry Kilcoyne 1980 Superman II as The President of the United States 1981 Gangster Wars as The Narrator voice 1982 1983 Falcon Crest as Henri Denault 3 episodes 1982 Creepshow as Upson Pratt segment They re Creeping Up On You 1983 Kennedy TV miniseries as Joseph P Kennedy 1986 My Chauffeur as Witherspoon 1986 Power as Senator Sam Hastings Ohio 1986 La Gran Fiesta as Judge Cooper 1987 At Mother s Request TV Movie as Franklin Bradshaw 1988 1989 War and Remembrance TV miniseries as Dwight D Eisenhower 1989 National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation as Art Smith 1990 Two Evil Eyes as Steven Pike segment The Facts in the Case of Mr Valdemar 1992 Consenting Adults as George Gordon 1992 Russian Holiday as Joe Meadows 1993 Tornadoes The Entity documentary as The Narrator 1993 The Tommyknockers TV miniseries as Ev Hillman 1994 1995 Chicago Hope eight episodes as Dr Arthur Thurmond 1995 Nixon as John N Mitchell 1997 Absolute Power as Walter Sullivan 1997 Miss Evers Boys TV Movie as The Senate Chairman 2006 Superman II The Richard Donner Cut as The President of the United StatesDiscography edit1956 Waiting for Godot with Bert Lahr 1960 Ulysses Soliloquies Of Molly And Leopold Bloom as read by Siobhan McKenna E G Marshall 1978 The Great Debates Hamilton And Jefferson with Shepperd Strudwick 1981 Justice Holmes Decisions nominated for Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Documentary or Drama Recording in 1982 1985 Runaway Jonah And Other Biblical Adventures by Jan WahlReferences edit a b Everett Eugene Grunz in Minnesota U S Birth Index 1900 1934 Ancestry com a b c Everett Eugene Grunz in the U S Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936 2007 accessed via Ancestry com a b Norwegian American Actor E G Marshall Norwegian American Hall of Fame E G Marshall Live TV Center Retrieved July 2 2022 Everett Eugene Grunz Minnesota Birth Index Archived from the original on 2011 07 19 Everett Eugene Grunz Marshall rootsweb com Archived from the original on 2008 01 04 Retrieved 2007 03 19 Wallace Irving Wallechinsky David Wallace Amy Wallace Sylvia 1980 The Book of Lists 2 London Elm Tree Books p 10 ISBN 978 0 2411 0433 0 El Hai Jack July 19 2018 E G Marshall s Invented Past Medium Retrieved July 2 2022 Kleiner Dick December 21 1956 The Actors Studio Making Stars Out of the Unknown Sarasota Journal Newspaper Enterprise Association p 26 Retrieved July 2 2022 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 Internet Broadway Database Barnes Clive February 12 1973 Stage Fowler Macbeth The New York Times Welsh James M Whaley Donald M 2013 The Oliver Stone Encyclopedia Lanham Maryland Scarecrow Press p 132 ISBN 978 0 8108 8352 9 Retrieved July 2 2022 Vallance Tom August 26 1998 Obituary E G Marshall The Independent Retrieved October 12 2022 Oliver Myrna E G Marshall Character Actor Won 2 Emmy Awards with The Defenders Los Angeles Times p A14 Retrieved July 2 2022 Marshall Emmy Winning Actor cont p A17 The Mary Lasker Papers failed verification Hubert Humphrey Campaign Ad Museum of the Moving Image Retrieved July 2 2022 External links edit nbsp Biography portal nbsp United States portal nbsp New York state portal nbsp California portal nbsp Theatre portal nbsp Radio portal nbsp Film portal nbsp Television portalE G Marshall at IMDb E G Marshall at the Internet Broadway Database nbsp E G Marshall at the Internet Off Broadway Database E G Marshall at Find a Grave E G Marshall at The Interviews An Oral History of Television Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title E G Marshall amp oldid 1186113601, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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