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Hugh Marlowe

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Hugh Marlowe

Born January 30, 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USADied May 2, 198235 films

Hugh Marlowe (January 30, 1911 – May 2, 1982) was an American film, television, stage and radio actor.

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Marlowe was born Hugh Herbert Hipple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and began his stage career in the 1930s at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. Marlowe was usually a secondary lead or supporting actor in the films he appeared in.

His films included Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Twelve O'Clock High (1949), All About Eve (1950), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Howard Hawks' Monkey Business (1952), Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), Elmer Gantry (1960), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Seven Days in May (1964).

Marlowe was also a regular on the daytime television soap opera, Another World, the last of four actors to portray Matthews family patriarch Jim Matthews, from 1969 until his death from a heart attack, at age 71, in 1982.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Day the Earth Stood Still poster7.5The Day the Earth Stood Still1951Birdman of Alcatraz poster7.5Birdman of Alcatraz1962Meet Me in St. Louis poster7.0Meet Me in St. Louis1944Night and the City poster7.5Night and the City1950Seven Days in May poster7.4Seven Days in May1964Elmer Gantry poster7.3Elmer Gantry1960Monkey Business poster6.7Monkey Business1952Twelve O'Clock High poster7.2Twelve O'Clock High1949

Filmography

35 films as actor
  1. 1969The Last Shot You HearCharles Nordeck
  2. 1968How to Steal the WorldGrant
  3. 1966Castle of EvilDoc Corozal
  4. 1964Seven Days in MayHarold McPherson
  5. 196313 Frightened GirlsJohn Hull
  6. 1962Birdman of AlcatrazRoy Comstock
  7. 1961The Long RopeJonas Stone
  8. 1960Elmer GantryRev. Philip Garrison
  9. 1956The Black WhipLorn Crawford
  10. 1956Earth vs. the Flying SaucersDr. Russell A. Marvin
  11. 1956World Without EndJohn Borden
  12. 1955IllegalRay Borden
  13. 1954Garden of EvilJohn Fuller
  14. 1954Casanova's Big NightStefano Di Gambetta
  15. 1953The Stand at Apache RiverColonel Morsby
  16. 1952Way of a GauchoDon Miguel Aleondo
  17. 1952Monkey BusinessHank Entwhistle
  18. 1952Wait Till the Sun Shines, NellieEd Jordan
  19. 1952Diplomatic CourierNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
  20. 1952Bugles in the AfternoonCapitano Garnett
  21. 1951The Day the Earth Stood StillTom Stevens
  22. 1951Mr. Belvedere Rings the BellReverend Watson
  23. 1951RawhideRafe Zimmerman
  24. 1950All About EveLloyd Richards
  25. 1950Night and the CityAdam Dunn
  26. 1949Twelve O'Clock HighLieutenant Colonel Ben Gately
  27. 1949Come to the StableRobert Masen
  28. 1944Meet Me in St. LouisColonel Darly
  29. 1944Mrs. ParkingtonJohn Marbey
  30. 1944Marriage Is a Private AffairJoesph I. Murdock
  31. 1943For God and CountryMark Richards
  32. 1937Between Two WomenPriest
  33. 1937Married Before BreakfastKenneth
  34. 1936It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)Edward Forrest
  35. 1936Brilliant MarriageRichard G. Taylor, III