Birthday
1925/11/27
Day of death
1992/05/18 (66 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Peoria, Illinois, USA
Also know as
James Marshall Thompson, J. Marsh Thomson
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 an...Read more
(1980) The Formula
as Geologist #1
(1949) Battleground
as Jim Layton
(1958) It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as Carruthers
(1966) Around the World Under the Sea
as Dr. Orin Hillyard
(1955) Crashout
as Billy Lang
(1951) The Tall Target
as Lance Beaufort
(1950) Devil's Doorway
as Rod MacDougall
(1978) Cruise Into Terror
as Bennett
(1955) Cult of the Cobra
as Tom Markel
(1959) First Man into Space
as Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott
(1950) Dial 1119
as Gunther Wyckoff
(1958) Fiend Without a Face
as Major Jeff Cummings
(1977) The Turning Point
as Carter
(1945) The Valley of Decision
as Ted Scott
(1952) My Six Convicts
as Blivens Scott
(1953) The Caddy
as Bruce Reeber
(1955) To Hell and Back
as Johnson
(1945) They Were Expendable
as Ens. 'Snake' Gardner
(1950) Mystery Street
as Henry Shanway
(1945) The Clock
as Bill
(1948) B.F.'s Daughter
as The Sailor
(1962) No Man Is an Island
as Jonn Sonnenberg
(1957) Lure of the Swamp
as Simon Lewt
(1955) Good Morning, Miss Dove
as Wilfred Banning Pendleton III
(1965) Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
as Dr. Marsh Tracy
(1951) The Basketball Fix
as Johnny Long
(1950) Stars in My Crown
as Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)
(1944) Blonde Fever
as Freddie Bilson
(1946) The Cockeyed Miracle
as Jim Griggs
(1955) Battle Taxi
as 2nd Lt. Tim Vernon
(1956) Born to Fight
as Man Exiting Airplane (uncredited)
(1949) Roseanna McCoy
as Tolbert McCoy
(1946) Bad Bascomb
as Jimmy Holden
(1961) Flight of the Lost Balloon
as Dr.Joseph Farady
(1947) The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Ben Mac Bean
(1979) Bog
as Dr. Brad Wednesday
(1982) White Dog
as Director
(1945) Twice Blessed
as Jimmy
(1946) The Secret Heart
as Brandon Reynolds
(1946) Gallant Bess
as Tex Barton
(1944) The Purple Heart
as Morrison (uncredited)
(1948) Words and Music
as Herbert Fields
(1964) A Yank in Viet-Nam
as Maj. Benson
(1966) To the Shores of Hell
as Maj. Greg Donahue
(1948) Command Decision
as Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee
(1986) Dallas: The Early Years
as Dr. Ted Johnson
(1962) East of Kilimanjaro
as Marsh Connors
(1964) The Mighty Jungle
as ---
(1972) George
as Jim
(1946) The Show-Off
as Joe Fisher
(1952) The Rose Bowl Story
as Steve Davis
(1958) The Secret Man
as Dr. Cliff Mitchell
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1954) Port of Hell
as Marsh Walker
(1970) Ride the Tiger
as ---
(1944) Reckless Age
as Roy Connors
(1948) Homecoming
as Staff Sgt. 'Mac' McKeen
(1991) McBain
as Mr. Rich
(1965) Zebra in the Kitchen
as Shaving Man
(1979) Benson
as ---
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as ---
(1976) Charlie's Angels
as Meadows
(1964) Flipper
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Leach Fields
(1957) Perry Mason
as Arthur Poe
(1948) Studio One
as ---
(1966) Daktari
as Dr. Marsh Tracy
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as George Washington
(1960) Angel
as Johnny Smith
(1955) The Millionaire
as Tom Hunt
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as James Wilson
(1954) Climax!
as (segment "Child of the Wind")
(1959) Men Into Space
as ---
(1958) Bronco
as ---
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1954) The Whistler
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Eli Hendericks
(1959) World of Giants
as ---
(1957) Panic!
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Jim Turner
(1978) The Eddie Capra Mysteries
as ---
(1954) Public Defender
as Jeff Norton
(1957) Wagon Train
as Bradley Mason
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Dan Jenkins
(1955) The Millionaire
as Bill Andreson
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1974) George
as Jim Hunter
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Pythias
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as ---
(1977) Lou Grant
as Paul Newman
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Ward Silloway
(1957) Wagon Train
as Will Stebbins
(1967) Ironside
as Tom Ames
(1969) Jambo
as ---
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as Fr. Carey