Marshall Thompson - Cast

Register to mark this movie seen or favorite and personalize your experience

Register Log in
Overview Cast Crew
Marshall Thompson

Marshall Thompson

Marshall Thompson (November 27, 1925 – May 18, 1992) was an American film and television actor. He was born James Marshall Thompson in Peoria, Illinois. In 1943 Thompson, known for his boy-next-door good looks, was signed by Universal Pictures. He played quiet, thoughtful teens in Universal's feature films, including a lead opposite singing star Gloria Jean in Reckless Age, earning $350 weekly. During 1946 Universal discharged most of its contract players; that same year Thompson moved to MGM and his film roles steadily increased and improved. Thompson became a freelance actor in the 1950s and worked for various studios on a variety of pictures, including a number of horror and science-fiction features; this included the role of Carruthers in It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958), one of the two feature films that would later inspire the plot for director Ridley Scott's 1979 big budget feature film Alien. Thompson also starred as Mel Hunter in the syndicated science fiction TV series World of Giants, about a man who has been miniaturized and must live in a dollhouse. By the 1960s, Thompson's boyish looks had matured and his screen persona became more authoritative. He co-starred with Annie Fargé in the 33-episode CBS sitcom Angel (1960–1961) 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 English; the show was canceled after 33 episodes due to low ratings, despite critical acclaim for French-born newcomer Annie Fargé. In the mid-1960s Thompson starred in CBS's Daktari, a television series about a veterinarian in Africa; the series was based on Thompson's 1965 feature film Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion. Later in his career, he appeared in many television episodes and in feature films such as The Turning Point (1977) and The Formula(1980). Thompson was a brother-in-law of actor Richard Long, best known for his role as Jarrod Barkley in ABC's The Big Valley. Thompson's wife, Barbara, was Long's sister. Marshall Thompson died from congestive heart failure at the age of sixty-six in Royal Oak, Michigan.

Read more
Casted
  • White Dog

    White Dog

    Played Director

    Average Rating
    6.6
    287 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 07, 1982
    44 years ago
  • They Were Expendable

    They Were Expendable

    Played Ens. 'Snake' Gardner

    Average Rating
    6.5
    120 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 07, 1945
    81 years ago
  • It! The Terror from Beyond Space

    It! The Terror from Beyond Space

    Played Carruthers

    Average Rating
    5.9
    109 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 31, 1958
    68 years ago
  • Battleground

    Battleground

    Played Jim Layton

    Average Rating
    6.7
    96 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 09, 1949
    77 years ago
  • Fiend Without a Face

    Fiend Without a Face

    Played Major Jeff Cummings

    Average Rating
    6.0
    84 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 03, 1958
    68 years ago
  • The Turning Point

    The Turning Point

    Played Carter

    Average Rating
    6.5
    65 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 14, 1977
    49 years ago
  • To Hell and Back

    To Hell and Back

    Played Johnson

    Average Rating
    6.6
    64 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 22, 1955
    71 years ago
  • Mystery Street

    Mystery Street

    Played Henry Shanway

    Average Rating
    6.7
    63 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 23, 1950
    76 years ago
  • The Caddy

    The Caddy

    Played Bruce Reeber

    Average Rating
    6.4
    55 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 10, 1953
    73 years ago
  • First Man into Space

    First Man into Space

    Played Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott

    Average Rating
    4.9
    54 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 01, 1959
    68 years ago
  • The Clock

    The Clock

    Played Bill

    Average Rating
    7.2
    49 votes
    Release Date
    May 25, 1945
    82 years ago
  • McBain

    McBain

    Played Mr. Rich

    Average Rating
    4.2
    49 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 20, 1991
    35 years ago
  • Devil's Doorway

    Devil's Doorway

    Played Rod MacDougall

    Average Rating
    6.9
    47 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 18, 1950
    76 years ago
  • Stars in My Crown

    Stars in My Crown

    Played Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)

    Average Rating
    6.9
    47 votes
    Release Date
    May 11, 1950
    77 years ago
  • The Formula

    The Formula

    Played Geologist #1

    Average Rating
    5.5
    45 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 19, 1980
    45 years ago
  • The Tall Target

    The Tall Target

    Played Lance Beaufort

    Average Rating
    6.8
    40 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 17, 1951
    75 years ago
  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    Played (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.9
    39 votes
    Release Date
    May 16, 1976
    50 years ago
  • Cult of the Cobra

    Cult of the Cobra

    Played Tom Markel

    Average Rating
    6.0
    36 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 30, 1955
    72 years ago
  • Dial 1119

    Dial 1119

    Played Gunther Wyckoff

    Average Rating
    5.4
    28 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 03, 1950
    76 years ago
  • Bog

    Bog

    Played Dr. Brad Wednesday

    Average Rating
    3.0
    27 votes
    Release Date
    May 01, 1979
    47 years ago
  • The Valley of Decision

    The Valley of Decision

    Played Ted Scott

    Average Rating
    7.3
    26 votes
    Release Date
    May 03, 1945
    82 years ago
  • Command Decision

    Command Decision

    Played Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee

    Average Rating
    6.4
    23 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 23, 1948
    78 years ago
  • Crashout

    Crashout

    Played Billy Lang

    Average Rating
    6.6
    20 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 01, 1955
    72 years ago
  • Words and Music

    Words and Music

    Played Herbert Fields

    Average Rating
    5.7
    19 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 31, 1948
    78 years ago
  • Around the World Under the Sea

    Around the World Under the Sea

    Played Dr. Orin Hillyard

    Average Rating
    5.4
    17 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 29, 1965
    61 years ago
  • Good Morning, Miss Dove

    Good Morning, Miss Dove

    Played Wilfred Banning Pendleton III

    Average Rating
    6.8
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 23, 1955
    71 years ago
  • Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion

    Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion

    Played Dr. Marsh Tracy

    Average Rating
    6.4
    14 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 04, 1965
    61 years ago
  • The Purple Heart

    The Purple Heart

    Played Morrison (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.0
    13 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 25, 1944
    83 years ago
  • My Six Convicts

    My Six Convicts

    Played Blivens Scott

    Average Rating
    6.3
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 20, 1952
    75 years ago
  • No Man Is an Island

    No Man Is an Island

    Played Jonn Sonnenberg

    Average Rating
    6.0
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 20, 1962
    64 years ago
  • The Secret Heart

    The Secret Heart

    Played Brandon Reynolds

    Average Rating
    6.3
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 25, 1946
    80 years ago
  • Homecoming

    Homecoming

    Played Staff Sgt. 'Mac' McKeen

    Average Rating
    7.0
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 29, 1948
    79 years ago
  • B.F.'s Daughter

    B.F.'s Daughter

    Played The Sailor

    Average Rating
    6.3
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 24, 1948
    79 years ago
  • Battle Taxi

    Battle Taxi

    Played 2nd Lt. Tim Vernon

    Average Rating
    5.4
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 03, 1955
    72 years ago
  • Blonde Fever

    Blonde Fever

    Played Freddie Bilson

    Average Rating
    3.9
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 05, 1944
    82 years ago
  • Cruise Into Terror

    Cruise Into Terror

    Played Bennett

    Average Rating
    4.7
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 03, 1978
    48 years ago
  • The Basketball Fix

    The Basketball Fix

    Played Johnny Long

    Average Rating
    5.7
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 01, 1951
    75 years ago
  • Roseanna McCoy

    Roseanna McCoy

    Played Tolbert McCoy

    Average Rating
    5.6
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 12, 1949
    77 years ago
  • Zebra in the Kitchen

    Zebra in the Kitchen

    Played Shaving Man

    Average Rating
    4.3
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 01, 1965
    61 years ago
  • Bad Bascomb

    Bad Bascomb

    Played Jimmy Holden

    Average Rating
    6.2
    5 votes
    Release Date
    May 26, 1946
    81 years ago
  • The Romance of Rosy Ridge

    The Romance of Rosy Ridge

    Played Ben Mac Bean

    Average Rating
    6.6
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 04, 1947
    79 years ago
  • Dallas: The Early Years

    Dallas: The Early Years

    Played Dr. Ted Johnson

    Average Rating
    5.0
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 23, 1986
    40 years ago
  • The Cockeyed Miracle

    The Cockeyed Miracle

    Played Jim Griggs

    Average Rating
    6.7
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 26, 1946
    80 years ago
  • The Mighty Jungle

    The Mighty Jungle

    Average Rating
    5.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 06, 1964
    62 years ago
  • The Rose Bowl Story

    The Rose Bowl Story

    Played Steve Davis

    Average Rating
    3.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 24, 1952
    74 years ago
  • The Secret Man

    The Secret Man

    Played Dr. Cliff Mitchell

    Average Rating
    6.3
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 01, 1958
    68 years ago
  • Lure of the Swamp

    Lure of the Swamp

    Played Simon Lewt

    Average Rating
    6.5
    2 votes
    Release Date
    May 01, 1957
    69 years ago
  • Flight of the Lost Balloon

    Flight of the Lost Balloon

    Played Dr.Joseph Farady

    Average Rating
    5.0
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 28, 1961
    65 years ago
  • Gallant Bess

    Gallant Bess

    Played Tex Barton

    Average Rating
    6.5
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 05, 1946
    80 years ago
  • The Show-Off

    The Show-Off

    Played Joe Fisher

    Average Rating
    7.0
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 01, 1946
    80 years ago
  • Twice Blessed

    Twice Blessed

    Played Jimmy

    Average Rating
    6.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    May 31, 1945
    82 years ago
  • To the Shores of Hell

    To the Shores of Hell

    Played Maj. Greg Donahue

    Average Rating
    5.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 15, 1966
    60 years ago
  • Born to Fight

    Born to Fight

    Played Man Exiting Airplane (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 12, 1956
    70 years ago
  • A Yank in Viet-Nam

    A Yank in Viet-Nam

    Played Maj. Benson

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 05, 1964
    63 years ago
  • East of Kilimanjaro

    East of Kilimanjaro

    Played Marsh Connors

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    May 29, 1962
    64 years ago
  • George

    George

    Played Jim

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 01, 1972
    54 years ago
  • Port of Hell

    Port of Hell

    Played Marsh Walker

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 05, 1954
    72 years ago
  • Ride the Tiger

    Ride the Tiger

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1970
    57 years ago
  • Reckless Age

    Reckless Age

    Played Roy Connors

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 01, 1944
    82 years ago
  • The Blackwell Story

    The Blackwell Story

    Played David

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 28, 1957
    70 years ago
Close ✕
Join Discord Discord logo
Follow on X X logo

Ask about this person

Your question will be added to the thread you came from.