1. Marc Lawrence has been credited as F A Foss, Marc Laurence and Marc C Lawrence.
16 Facts About Marc Lawrence
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Marc Lawrence participated in plays in school, then attended the City College of New York.
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Marc Lawrence's pock-marked complexion, brooding appearance, and New York street-guy accent made him a natural for heavies, and he would portray scores of gangsters and mob bosses over the next six decades.
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Marc Lawrence was once informed by studio executive Harry Cohn that infamous mobster Johnny Roselli called Lawrence "the best hood in films".
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Marc Lawrence himself added that many Italian hoods told him he played them better than anyone else.
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In 1951, Marc Lawrence found himself under scrutiny for his political past.
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Marc Lawrence named fourteen of his film industry associates as Communists, including fellow actors J Edward Bromberg, Morris Carnovsky, Jeff Corey, Howard da Silva, Lloyd Gough, Sterling Hayden, Larry Parks, Anne Revere, and Lionel Stander.
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Marc Lawrence later resumed his position in films as a familiar and talented purveyor of gangland types.
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Marc Lawrence played gangsters in two James Bond movies: 1971's Diamonds Are Forever opposite Sean Connery, and 1974's The Man with the Golden Gun opposite Roger Moore.
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Marc Lawrence portrayed a henchman opposite Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man and a stereotypical Miami mob boss alongside Jerry Reed and Dom DeLuise in the comedy Hot Stuff.
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Marc Lawrence had occasional directing credits, including on Nightmare in the Sun and Pigs, as well as on episodes of TV series such as Lawman, The Roaring 20's, 77 Sunset Strip, and Maverick.
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Marc Lawrence was the elderly motel owner in From Dusk till Dawn.
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Marc Lawrence returned to the Star Trek franchise when he portrayed Mr Zeemo in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang", which aired in February 1999.
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Marc Lawrence was the subject of a novel, The Beautiful and the Profane.
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In 2003, at the age of 93, Marc Lawrence married a Mexican woman named Alicia, who had a daughter from a prior marriage.
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On November 28,2005, Marc Lawrence died of heart failure at his Palm Springs home.