Lee Marvin February 19 1924 August 29 1987 was an American actor Known for his distinctive voice and premature white hair Marvin initially appeared in supporting roles mostly villains soldiers and other hardboiled characters A prominent television role was that of Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger in the crime series M Squad 19571960 Marvin is best remembered for his lead roles as tough guy characters such as Charlie Strom in The Killers 1964 Rico Fardan in The Professionals 1966 Major John Reisman in The Dirty Dozen Walker in Point Blank both 1967 and the Sergeant in The Big Red One 1980 One of Marvins more notable movie projects was Cat Ballou 1965 a comedy Western in which he played dual roles For portraying both gunfighter Kid Shelleen and criminal Tim Strawn he won the Academy Award for Best Actor along with a BAFTA Award a Golden Globe Award an NBR Award and the Silver Bear for Best Actor Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Marvin licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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