Mike Marshall (actor)

Mike Marshall
Born	September 13, 1944(1944-09-13) Hollywood, California
Died	June 2, 2005(2005-06-02) (aged 60) Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961–2005

Michael "Mike" Marshall (13 September 1944, Hollywood, California – 1 June 2005, Caen, Calvados, France) was a French American actor.

Early Life and Career

Marshall was born in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a hospital in Los Angeles on 13 September 1944. When his parents divorced, his father made sure that he receive an American education. He began studying Law, but he dreamed of becoming an actor. He later joined his mother in Paris. He 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 eponymoys Marcel Achard. He had already appeared in two films from overseas, the first was directed by his father, and the second by Vincente Minelli. Gérard Oury, Marshall's step father, offered him a role of a young English airman in La Grande Vadrouille, as a doctor in Le Coup du parapluie. Marshall had a long, though 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.

Personal life and death

He was the only child of American actor-director William Marshall and French actress Michèle Morgan. He was the stepson of Gérard Oury and the half-brother of Tonie Marshall. He was the father of six children:.^[1]

He died in Caen, France, aged 60, of cancer ^[2]; he was survived by his mother.^[3]

Theatre

• 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 Edouard VII
• L'Homme au Parapluie - directed by Daniel Royan at the Theatre de saint Maur

References

1. ^ "Biography for Mike Marshall". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551062/bio. Retrieved 27 October 2010. 
2. ^ "La mort du fils de Michèle Morgan". leParisien.com. http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-spectacles/la-mort-du-fils-de-michele-morgan-07-06-2005-2006017478.php. Retrieved 27 October 2010. 
3. ^ "Actor Mike Marshall, son of Michele Morgan and William Marshall, dies". highbeam.com. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-109709571.html. Retrieved 27 October 2010. 

External links

• Mike Marshall at the Internet Movie Database
• Mike Marshall at Yahoo! Movies

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Name	Marshall, Mike
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Date of birth	13 September 1944
Place of birth	Hollywood, California
Date of death	1 June 2005
Place of death	Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France