[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Marshall Efron was born in Los Angeles, California on February 3, 1938. Efron was an American actor, humorist, and voice artist whose career spanned radio satire, television sketches lampooning consumerism, and animated films. Born to accountant Jacob Efron and homemaker Ida Plotkin, he began performing in the 1960s on listener-sponsored Pacifica radio stations WBAI in New York and KPFK in Los Angeles, delivering wry, illustrated commentaries that honed his deadpan style. Efron gained prominence in the 1970s as a regular on the PBS anthology series ‘The Great American Dream Machine’, where his segments skewered advertising and American excess through absurd, low-budget vignettes, contributing to the show's cult status for its irreverent public-television satire. Later, he transitioned to voice acting, providing character voices in films including “THX 1138” (1971), “Robots” (2005), and “Ice Age: The Meltdown” (2006), as well as animated series like ‘The Smurfs’ and ‘Transformers’. His work emphasized precise, understated humor over broad comedy, reflecting a commitment to intellectual parody amid the era's countercultural media landscape.
Efron died from a heart attack at the actor’s home in Englewood, New Jersey on September 30, 2019 at the age of 81
Marshall Efron appeared in one Spaghetti western, “Duelo a muerte en O.K. Corral” (‘Doc’) as the Mexican bartender.
EFRON, Marshall (Marshall Harold Efron) [2/3/1938,
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – 9/30/2019, Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.A.
(cardiac arrest)] – writer, theater, film, radio, TV, voice actor.
‘Doc’ – 1970 (Mexican bartender)
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