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Acting

Lee Marvin

Career: Active from 1952 to 2005, with a break from 1987 to 2004, busiest in 1953 and 1955 with 6 main titles each.

Leading roles: 39
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 78 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lee Marvin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.8, average 5.4
Family Dynamics
3.3, average 4.8
Fantasy
0.4, average 1.7
Coming of Age
1.8, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 8
Historical Setting 8
Historical Drama 7
Western 6
Revenge 6
Moral Ambiguity 5
Classic Western 5
Character-Driven 5
Classic Hollywood 4
Classic Film 4
Moral Dilemma 4
Character Study 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

101

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 84

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

84

as Col. Nick Alexander (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000s

2 titles

The Big Red One: The Reconstruction

as The Sergeant

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as The Sergeant (archive footage)

1980s

6 titles · average score 54

The Delta Force

41

as Colonel Nick Alexander

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

45

as Maj. John Reisman

Dog Day

52

as Jimmy Cobb

Gorky Park

64

as Jack Osborne

Death Hunt

48

as RCMP Sgt. Edgar Millen

The Big Red One

77

as The Sergeant

1970s

13 titles · average score 55

Avalanche Express

28

as Harry Wargrave

The Meanest Men in the West

37

as Kalig Talbot

Shout at the Devil

55

as Colonel Flynn O'Flynn

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

50

as Sam Longwood

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as (archive footage)

The Spikes Gang

58

as Harry Spikes

The Klansman

33

as Sheriff Track Bascomb

Emperor of the North

70

as A No. 1

The Iceman Cometh

76

as Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman

Pocket Money

46

as Leonard

Prime Cut

69

as Nick Devlin

Monte Walsh

77

as Monte Walsh

1960s

28 titles · average score 67

Paint Your Wagon

49

as Ben Rumson

Hell in the Pacific

70

as American Pilot

Sergeant Ryker

62

as Sgt. Paul Ryker

The Dirty Dozen

78

as Maj. John Reisman

Point Blank

81

as Walker

The Professionals

77

as Fardan

Cat Ballou

71

as Kid Shelleen / Tim Strawn

Ship of Fools

66

as Tenny

The Killers

73

as Charlie Strom

Donovan's Reef

58

as Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

89

as Liberty Valance

The Comancheros

66

as Crow

1950s

47 titles · average score 62

The Missouri Traveler

47

as Tobias Brown

M Squad

67

TV show · as Detective Lt. Frank Ballinger

7 Men from Now

87

as Bill Masters

Attack

86

as Clyde Bartlett

Bad Day at Black Rock

87

as Hector David

A Life in the Balance

64

as The Killer

Gorilla at Large

49

as Shaughnessy--Policeman

The Stranger Wore a Gun

44

as Dan Kurth

The Big Heat

88

as Vince Stone

The Wild One

69

as Chino

The Glory Brigade

61

as Cpl. Bowman

Eight Iron Men

58

as Sgt. Joe Mooney

1940s

4 titles · average score 68

Suspense

62

TV show · as Barrow

The Big Story

TV show

Studio One

65

TV show · as Teale

Kraft Television Theatre

78

TV show · as Milo Bogardus