E.G. Marshall Biography

Fast Facts

• Quote: "(On his CBS-TV series "The Defenders") "Although I'd been on television playing various parts, of course almost constantly for years, nobody seemed to recognize me on the street or in restaurants․ Now people are likely to turn around and look at me․""
• He appeared in the original New York City productions of the plays "The Skin of Our Teeth," "Jacobowsky and the Colonel" and "The Iceman Cometh," and he starred in the Broadway premiere of the play "Waiting for Godot․"
• He hosted "The CBS Radio Mystery Theater" from 1974 to 1982
• He was one of the first group of 50 actors who was granted membership in the Actors Studio when it was organized in 1948
• In 1968 he appeared in a memorable four-minute television commercial for Democratic presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey
• One of his most noted roles was that of Juror #4 in the film version of "12 Angry Men․"
• U․S․ Presidents he portrayed in film or TV include Grover Cleveland, Harry S․ Truman, Dwight D․ Eisenhower and the unnamed, fictional president in "Superman II․"