E. G. Marshall

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Everett Eugene Grunz<ref name=":0">Everett Eugene Grunz in Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1900-1934, Ancestry.com</ref><ref name=":1">Everett Eugene Grunz in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, accessed via Ancestry.com</ref> (June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998), known professionally as E. G. Marshall, 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.

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).<ref name=hof>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He starred in the CBS legal drama The Defenders, 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

Marshall was born Everett Eugene Grunz<ref name=":0" /> in Owatonna, Minnesota,<ref name=":1" /> the son of Hazel Irene (née Cobb) and Charles G. Grunz. During his life, he chose not to reveal what "E. G." stood for, saying that it stood for "Everybody's Guess."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name=":1" />

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In subsequent years, he landed the leading roles in The Crucible and Waiting for Godot.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Marshall achieved perhaps his highest profile as top-billed star of the CBS-TV legal drama The Defenders (1961-5). Marshall portrayed Manhattan defense attorney Lawrence Preston, for which he won two Emmys. He later played Dr. David Craig in the television series The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969–73), and Nazi collaborator Henri Denault on the CBS prime-time drama Falcon Crest in 1982.

In 1973, Marshall 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name=hof/>

In film, Marshall was known for playing Juror 4 in 12 Angry Men (1957), District Attorney Harold Horn in Compulsion (1959), Colonel Jerome Pakenham in Town Without Pity (1961), Colonel Rufus S. Bratton in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Arthur in Interiors (1978), the President of the United States in Superman II (1980), Arthur "Art" Smith (Ellen's father) in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), John N. Mitchell in Nixon (1995), and Walter Sullivan in Absolute Power (1997). His final performance was a reprisal of his role as Lawrence Preston in two TV Movies based on The Defenders.

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Personal life

Marshall was married twice. He married Helen Wolf in 1931. They had two daughters—Jill and Degen.<ref name=Indep/><ref name=LATimesObitA17/> Their marriage ended in divorce in 1953. He married Judith Coy in 1958.<ref name=Indep>Template:Cite news</ref> They had two sons and a daughter — Sam, Jud, and Sarah.<ref name=LATimesObitA17/> They remained married until his death.<ref name=LATimesObitA14>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=LATimesObitA17>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>"The Mary Lasker Papers".Template:Failed verification</ref> During the 1968 United States presidential campaign, he filmed and narrated a political advertisement endorsing Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey.<ref>"Hubert Humphrey Campaign Ad". Museum of the Moving Image. Retrieved July 2, 2022.</ref>

Death

Marshall died of lung cancer at his home in Bedford, New York, on August 24, 1998, at age 84.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Film

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Television

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1949–1958 Studio One (various) 6 episodes
1954 Middle of the Night Jerry Live TV broadcast. The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
1955 Studio One Dr. Shratt Episode "Donovans' Brain" Template:Small
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Ronald Grimes Episode: "Mail Order Prophet"
1957 Suspicion Paul Steppe Episode: "Four O'Clock"
1960 The Islanders Curt Cober Episode: "Forbidden Cargo" Template:Small
1961 Rawhide Ben Foley Episode: "Incident of the Broken Word" Template:Small Template:Small
1961–1965 The Defenders Lawrence Preston 132 episodes Template:Small
1966 The Poppy Is Also a Flower Coley Jones TV movie
1969 The Littlest Angel God TV movie
1969–1973 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Dr. David Craig 45 episodes Template:Small
1970 The Brady Bunch J.P. Randolph 1 episode
1971 Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You Dr. Edward Cazalis TV movie
1971 Night Gallery Jared Soames, The Funeral Director 1 episode
1972 Ironside Dr. David Craig 1 episode
1972 Pursuit James Wright ABC Movie of the Week
1976 Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur President Harry S. Truman TV movie
1977 Equal Justice Under Law Himself TV miniseries
1979 Vampire Harry Kilcoyne TV movie
1982–1983 Falcon Crest Henri Denault 3 episodes
1983 Kennedy Joseph P. Kennedy TV miniseries
1986 Tales from the Darkside Grandfather Episode: "Seasons of Belief"
1987 At Mother's Request Franklin Bradshaw TV miniseries
1988 The Equalizer Senator Virgil Thomas Blake Episode: "The Last Campaign"
1988–1989 War and Remembrance Dwight D. Eisenhower TV miniseries
1993 The Tommyknockers Ev Hillman TV miniseries
1994–1995 Chicago Hope Dr. Arthur Thurmond 8 episodes
1997 Miss Evers' Boys The Senate Chairman TV movie
1997 The Defenders: Payback Lawrence Preston TV movie
1998 The Defenders: Choice of Evils Lawrence Preston TV movie

Discography

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