14 Facts About Hugh Marlowe

Hugh Marlowe was of primarily English ancestry, his family having been in what is the northeastern United States since the early colonial period.

Hugh Marlowe was first seen on the Broadway stage in New York City in Arrest That Woman, permanently settling on Hugh Marlowe as his stage name.

In 1939 and 1940, Hugh Marlowe was a voice actor in two network radio programs.

Hugh Marlowe performed the role of Jim Curtis in the soap opera Brenda Curtis, and he played the title character in the first radio version of The Adventures of Ellery Queen.

Hugh Marlowe was usually a secondary lead or supporting actor in the films he appeared in.

Hugh Marlowe's films included Meet Me in St Louis.

Hugh Marlowe played a real person, the Reverend William Hyde, in the 1956 episode "Dig or Die, Brother Hyde" of the television anthology series, Crossroads.

Hugh Marlowe guest starred in the 1961 episode "Mayberry on Record" of CBS's The Andy Griffith Show.

Hugh Marlowe made six guest appearances on CBS's Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr.

In later years, Hugh Marlowe was a regular on the NBC television daytime drama Another World, the last of four actors who portrayed Matthews family patriarch Jim Matthews.

Hugh Marlowe played the role from 1969 until his death in 1982.

Hugh Marlowe bore a marked resemblance to actor Richard Carlson who co-starred with him in the 1943 short subject training film, For God and Country, and the two are often mistaken for each other.

Hugh Marlowe was married three times, each time to an actress.

Hugh Marlowe died in 1982 from a heart attack at the age of 71 and was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York.