Michael
‘Mike’ Marshall was born on September 13, 1944 in Hollywood, California. The
son of actor William Marshall [1917-1994] actress Michèle Morgan [1920- ]. When his parents divorced, his father made
sure that he received an American education. He began studying Law, but he
wanted to become an actor. He later joined his mother in Paris where he began
to take drama classes from Raymond Griard and later appeared his first film, “La
Planète fantôme” (1961), in France under the direction of his father.
Marshall's step-father, Gérard Oury, offered him a role as a young Canadian
airman in “La Grande Vadrouille” (1966). 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 fume”. Marshall had also appeared in
several television series.
As
Mike Marshall he appeared in two Euro-westerns: “Death Rides Alone” (1972) as
Bobby ‘Idaho’ Kent and “I’ll Sell My Skin Dearly” (1972) as Shane. Mike was the
voice of the vulture in the 1991 Euro-western “Jesuit Joe”
Marshall
died of cancer in Caen, Calvados,
Basse-Normandie France, on June 1, 2005, at the age of 60.
Today
we remember Mike Marshall on what would have been his 70th birthday.
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