Mike Marshall (actor)

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Mike Marshall
Born(1944-09-13)September 13, 1944
Hollywood, California, United States
DiedJune 2, 2005(2005-06-02) (aged 60)
Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
OccupationActor
Years active1961–2005
Children6, including Sarah
Parents
RelativesTonie Marshall (half-sister)

Michael Marshall (September 13, 1944 – June 2, 2005) was a French American actor.

Early life and career[edit]

Marshall was born in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a hospital in Hollywood, on September 13, 1944. He was the only child of American actor-director William Marshall and French actress Michèle Morgan and was the stepson of Gérard Oury as well as half-brother to Tonie Marshall.

When his parents divorced, his father made sure that he received an American education. He began studying law, but dreamed of becoming an actor.

He later joined his mother in Paris. Marshall began to take drama classes from Raymond Griard and later directed his first film, Potato, in France under the direction of Robert Thomas, adapted from the play's eponymous Marcel Achard. He had already appeared in two films from overseas, the first was directed by his father, and the second by Vincente Minnelli. Gérard Oury, Marshall's step-father, offered him a role of a young Canadian airman in La Grande Vadrouille, as a doctor in Le Coup du parapluie.

Marshall had a long, low-key career as a character actor in French cinema. On stage he starred in Croque-monsieur, Le Vallon, and Point de feu sans fumée. Marshall has also appeared in several television series and featured in the pre-credit sequence of Moonraker (1979) filmed in France.

Personal life and death[edit]

Marshall fathered six children. He died in Caen, France, aged 60,[1] survived by his mother.[2]

Filmography[edit]

French television[edit]

Theatre[edit]

  • Croque-monsieur – directed by Jean-Pierre Grenier at the St. George Theatre
  • Le Vallon – directed by Simone Benmussa at the Rennaud-Barrault Theatre
  • Point de feu sans fumée – directed by Jean Paul Tribout at the Théâtre Édouard VII
  • L'Homme au Parapluie – directed by Daniel Royan at the Theatre de saint Maur

References[edit]

  1. ^ "La mort du fils de Michèle Morgan". leParisien.com. June 6, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  2. ^ "Actor Mike Marshall, son of Michele Morgan and William Marshall, dies". highbeam.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2010.

External links[edit]

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