1. James Marshall Thompson was an American film and television actor.
19 Facts About Marshall Thompson
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Marshall Thompson and his parents, Dr Laurence B Thompson and Pauline, moved to California when he was a year old.
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Marshall Thompson attended University High School where he was a classmate of Norma Jean Baker, later to be known worldwide as Marilyn Monroe.
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In 1943, Marshall Thompson, known for his boy-next-door good looks, was signed by Universal Pictures.
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Marshall Thompson played quiet, thoughtful teens in Universal's feature films, including a lead opposite singing star Gloria Jean in Reckless Age, earning $350 weekly.
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At the age of 24, Marshall Thompson narrated the storyline in Stars in My Crown.
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Marshall Thompson became a freelance actor during the 1950s and worked for various studios on a variety of pictures, including the horror and science fiction films Cult of the Cobra, Fiend Without a Face, and First Man Into Space, as well as Audie Murphy's To Hell and Back.
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Marshall Thompson starred in the short-lived 1959 syndicated science fiction TV series World of Giants.
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Marshall Thompson co-starred with the Belgian-born Annie Farge in the 33-episode CBS sitcom Angel about an American architect with a charming but scatterbrained French wife, who often got into zany, Lucy Ricardo-esque situations, caused in part by her lack of fluency in the English language.
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Marshall Thompson guest starred as murderer Arthur Poe in the 1960 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Wayward Wife".
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Marshall Thompson went on to star in two Vietnam War films: A Yank in Viet-Nam, which he directed, and To the Shores of Hell.
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The former was directed by Marshall Thompson and was shot on location in South Vietnam.
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Marshall Thompson played Marsh Tracy, a veterinarian and single father, who is raising his daughter alone in Kenya.
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The film was then spun off into the TV series Daktari, in which Marshall Thompson played the same role.
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Marshall Thompson was the host and storyteller for the TV anthology series Jambo.
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Marshall Thompson married Barbara Long in 1949, making him a brother-in-law of actor Richard Long, best known for his role as Jarrod Barkley in ABC's The Big Valley.
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Marshall Thompson appeared together with his brother-in-law in the 1955 horror film thriller Cult of the Cobra.
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Marshall Thompson supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election.
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Marshall Thompson died on May 18,1992, from congestive heart failure at age 66 in Royal Oak, Michigan.