E.G. Marshall

Acting

E.G. Marshall

Born 18 June 1914 · Owatonna, Minnesota, USA · Died 24 August 1998 at 84

Everett Eugene Grunz (June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998), known professionally as E. G. Marshall, was an American actor, best known for his television roles as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on The Defenders in the 1960s, and as neurosurgeon David Craig on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors in the 1970s. Among his film roles, he is perhaps best known as the unflappable Juror #4 in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama 12 Angry Men from 1957.

Known for

Highlights

12 Angry Men1957 · Film · Juror 4
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation1989 · Film · Art
Superman II1980 · Film · The President
Creepshow1982 · Film · Upson Pratt (segment "They're Creeping Up On You")
Absolute Power1997 · Film · Walter Sullivan
Tora! Tora! Tora!1970 · Film · Colonel Rufus S. Bratton

Filmography

Movies

71 films

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut2006 · Film · The President
Harvesting Horror: Children of the Corn2004 · Film · (archival footage)
The Defenders: Choice of Evils1998 · Film · Lawrence Preston
The Defenders: Payback1997 · Film · Lawrence Preston
Miss Evers' Boys1997 · Film · The Senate Chairman
Absolute Power1997 · Film · Walter Sullivan
Nixon1995 · Film · John Mitchell
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All1994 · Film · Professor Taw
Consenting Adults1992 · Film · George Gordon
Earth and the American Dream1992 · Film · Reader (voice)
Russian Holiday1992 · Film · Joe Meadows
Ironclads1991 · Film · Commdr. Smith
Two Evil Eyes1990 · Film · Steven Pike
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation1989 · Film · Art
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro1989 · Film · Stanley 'Stan' Kubacki
An Empire of Reason1988 · Film · Federalist Spokesman
The Explorers: A Century of Discovery1988 · Film
La gran fiesta1986 · Film · Judge Cropper
Under Siege1986 · Film · Harold Sloan
Power1986 · Film · Senator Sam Hastings
My Chauffeur1986 · Film · Witherspoon
The Winter of Our Discontent1983 · Film · Mr. Baker
Saigon: Year of the Cat1983 · Film · The Ambassador
Creepshow1982 · Film · Upson Pratt (segment "They're Creeping Up On You")
Eleanor, First Lady of the World1982 · Film · John Foster Dulles
The Phoenix1981 · Film · Dr. Ward Frazier
Superman II1980 · Film · The President
Disaster on the Coastliner1979 · Film · Roy Snyder
Vampire1979 · Film · Harry Kilcoyne
The Lazarus Syndrome1979 · Film · Dr. Mendel
Interiors1978 · Film · Arthur
Billy Jack Goes to Washington1977 · Film · Sen. Joseph Paine
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur1976 · Film · President Harry S. Truman
The Abduction of Saint Anne1975 · Film · Bishop Francis Paul Logan
Money to Burn1973 · Film · Jed Finnegan
Pursuit1972 · Film · James Wright
Look Homeward, Angel1972 · Film · W. O. Gant
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You1971 · Film · Dr. Cazalis
The City1971 · Film · Sheridan Hugotor
The Pursuit of Happiness1971 · Film · Daniel Lawrence
A Clear and Present Danger1970 · Film · Senator Stowe
Tora! Tora! Tora!1970 · Film · Colonel Rufus S. Bratton
The Littlest Angel1969 · Film · God
The Bridge at Remagen1969 · Film · Brig. Gen. Shinner
Is Paris Burning?1966 · Film · Intelligence Officer Powell (uncredited)
The Poppy Is Also a Flower1966 · Film · Coley Jones
The Chase1966 · Film · Val Rogers
Town Without Pity1961 · Film · Colonel Pakenham
The Master Builder1960 · Film · Solness
Cash McCall1960 · Film · Winston Conway
Compulsion1959 · Film · District Attorney Harold Horn
The Journey1959 · Film · Harold Rhinelander
The Buccaneer1958 · Film · Gov. William Claiborne
The Plot to Kill Stalin1958 · Film · Beria
Man on Fire1957 · Film · Sam Dunstock
Clash by Night1957 · Film · Jerry D'Amato
12 Angry Men1957 · Film · Juror 4
The Bachelor Party1957 · Film · Walter
The Little Foxes1956 · Film · Oscar
The Mountain1956 · Film · Solange
The Scarlet Hour1956 · Film · Lt. Jennings
The Left Hand of God1955 · Film · Dr. David Sigman
The Silver Chalice1954 · Film · Ignatius
Broken Lance1954 · Film · Horace (The Governor)
Pushover1954 · Film · Police Lt. Carl Eckstrom
The Caine Mutiny1954 · Film · Lt. Comdr. Challee
The Bamboo Prison1954 · Film · Father Francis Dolan
Diplomatic Courier1952 · Film · Military Police Jeep Driver (uncredited)
The Twentieth Century1949 · Film
Call Northside 7771948 · Film · Rayska (uncredited)
Untamed Fury1947 · Film · Pompano, the dance caller

Filmography

Series

41 shows

Chicago Hope1994 · Series · Arthur Thurmond
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All1994 · Series · Professor Taw
The Tommyknockers1993 · Series · Ev Hillman
Emma: Queen of the South Seas1988 · Series · President Ulysses S. Grant
War and Remembrance1988 · Series · Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tanner '881988 · Series · Gen. John Tanner
At Mother's Request1987 · Series · Franklin Bradshaw
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · Series · Charlie Pitt
The Equalizer1985 · Series · Senator Virgil Thomas Blake
Tales from the Darkside1984 · Series · Father
Murder, She Wrote1984 · Series · Prof. Leon Walker
The Cosby Show1984 · Series · Stanley Rappaport
Kennedy1983 · Series · Joseph P. Kennedy
Falcon Crest1981 · Series · Henri Denault
Nurse1981 · Series · Father
Vanished1971 · Series · Arthur Ingram
Night Gallery1970 · Series · Jared Soames (segment "Death in the Family")
The Brady Bunch1969 · Series
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors1969 · Series · Dr. David Craig
Ironside1967 · Series
The Virginian1962 · Series · Judge Elmo J. Carver
The Defenders1961 · Series · Lawrence Preston
Route 661960 · Series
The Islanders1960 · Series · Curt Cober
Rawhide1959 · Series · Ben Foley
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958 · Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook1958 · Series · Merchant
Suspicion1957 · Series · Paul Steppe
The Alcoa Hour1955 · Series · Herman Magnus
The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · Series · Mr. Davies
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · Series · Ronald J. Grimes
Inner Sanctum1954 · Series
General Electric Theater1953 · Series · Jack
You Are There1953 · Series · Samuel Adams
Goodyear Television Playhouse1951 · Series
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · Series
Lights Out1949 · Series
Suspense1949 · Series · Eddie Hunt
Studio One1948 · Series
The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · Series · Alf Rylett
Kraft Television Theatre1947 · Series · Mr. Lazarus