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E.G. Marshall

Actor

E.G. Marshall

Born June 18, 1914 in Owatonna, Minnesota, USADied August 24, 199872 films

Everett Eugene Grunz (June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998), known professionally as E. G. Marshall, was an American actor, best known for his television roles as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on The Defenders in the 1960s, and as neurosurgeon David Craig on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors in the 1970s. Among his film roles, he is perhaps best known as the unflappable Juror #4 in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama 12 Angry Men from 1957.

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12 Angry Men posterFirst watch12 Angry Men19578.6as Juror 4The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father.View film

Essential films

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Filmography

72 films as actor
  1. 2006Superman II: The Richard Donner CutThe President
  2. 1998The Defenders: Choice of EvilsLawrence Preston
  3. 1997The Defenders: PaybackLawrence Preston
  4. 1997Miss Evers' BoysThe Senate Chairman
  5. 1997Absolute PowerWalter Sullivan
  6. 1995NixonJohn Mitchell
  7. 1994Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllProfessor Taw
  8. 1992Consenting AdultsGeorge Gordon
  9. 1992Russian HolidayJoe Meadows
  10. 1991IroncladsCommdr. Smith
  11. 1990Two Evil EyesSteven Pike
  12. 1989National Lampoon's Christmas VacationArt
  13. 1989The Hijacking of the Achille LauroStanley 'Stan' Kubacki
  14. 1986La gran fiestaJudge Cropper
  15. 1986IkeDwight David Eisenhower
  16. 1986Under SiegeHarold Sloan
  17. 1986PowerSenator Sam Hastings
  18. 1986My ChauffeurWitherspoon
  19. 1983The Winter of Our DiscontentMr. Baker
  20. 1983Saigon: Year of the CatThe Ambassador
  21. 1983Born of FireNarrator
  22. 1982CreepshowUpson Pratt (segment "They're Creeping Up On You")
  23. 1982Eleanor, First Lady of the WorldJohn Foster Dulles
  24. 1981The PhoenixDr. Ward Frazier
  25. 1980Superman IIThe President
  26. 1979Disaster on the CoastlinerRoy Snyder
  27. 1979VampireHarry Kilcoyne
  28. 1979The Lazarus SyndromeDr. Mendel
  29. 1978InteriorsArthur
  30. 1977Billy Jack Goes to WashingtonSen. Joseph Paine
  31. 1976IndependenceNarrator
  32. 1976Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthurPresident Harry S. Truman
  33. 1975The Abduction of Saint AnneBishop Francis Paul Logan
  34. 1973Money to BurnJed Finnegan
  35. 1972PursuitJames Wright
  36. 1972Look Homeward, AngelW. O. Gant
  37. 1971Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind YouDr. Cazalis
  38. 1971The CitySheridan Hugotor
  39. 1971The Pursuit of HappinessDaniel Lawrence
  40. 1970A Clear and Present DangerSenator Stowe
  41. 1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Colonel Rufus S. Bratton
  42. 1969The Littlest AngelGod
  43. 1969The Bridge at RemagenBrig. Gen. Shinner
  44. 1968A Case of LibelPaul Cleary
  45. 1966Is Paris Burning?Intelligence Officer Powell (uncredited)
  46. 1966The Poppy Is Also a FlowerColey Jones
  47. 1966The ChaseVal Rogers
  48. 1961Town Without PityColonel Pakenham
  49. 1960The Master BuilderSolness
  50. 1960Cash McCallWinston Conway
  51. 1959CompulsionDistrict Attorney Harold Horn
  52. 1959The JourneyHarold Rhinelander
  53. 1958The BuccaneerGov. William Claiborne
  54. 1958The Plot to Kill StalinBeria
  55. 1957Man on FireSam Dunstock
  56. 1957Clash by NightJerry D'Amato
  57. 195712 Angry MenJuror 4
  58. 1957The Bachelor PartyWalter
  59. 1956The Little FoxesOscar
  60. 1956The MountainSolange
  61. 1956The Scarlet HourLt. Jennings
  62. 1955The Left Hand of GodDr. David Sigman
  63. 1954The Silver ChaliceIgnatius
  64. 1954Broken LanceHorace (The Governor)
  65. 1954Middle of the NightJerry
  66. 1954PushoverPolice Lt. Carl Eckstrom
  67. 1954The Caine MutinyLt. Comdr. Challee
  68. 1954The Bamboo PrisonFather Francis Dolan
  69. 1952Diplomatic CourierMilitary Police Jeep Driver (uncredited)
  70. 1949The Twentieth Century
  71. 1948Call Northside 777Rayska (uncredited)
  72. 1947Untamed FuryPompano, the dance caller