(February 19, 1924-August 29, 1987)
Won the 1965 Oscar for Best Actor (Cat Ballou)
Acted in 'Hangman's Knot (1952),' 'Eight Iron Men (1952),' 'The Big Heat (1953),' 'Gun Fury (1953),' 'Gorilla at Large (1954),' 'Bad Day at Black Rock (1955),' 'I Died a Thousand Times (1955),' 'Attack (1956),' 'The Comancheros (1961),' 'The Killers (1964),' 'Cat Ballou (1965),' 'The Dirty Dozen (1967),' 'Point Blank (1967),' 'Sergeant Ryker (1968),' 'Hell in The Pacific (1968),' 'Paint Your Wagon (1969),' 'Pocket Money (1972),' 'Emperor of The North (1973),' 'The Spikes Gang (1974),' 'The Klansman (1974),' 'Shout at The Devil (1976),' 'Sam Fuller and the Big Red One (1979),' 'The Big Red One (1980),' 'Marine Corps Combat Leadership Skills (1982),' 'Gorky Park (1983),' 'The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission (1985)' and 'The Delta Force (1986)'

He was type cast for war movies and westerns.
His teeth were crooked and yellow.
He was a smoker and somewhat of an alcoholic.
He was divorced once.
Someone made up a conspiracy that Lee Marvin was the center of a secret organization called 'The Sons of Lee Marvin.'

He was a US Marine during WW II.
He was wounded in the military.
He said he learned to 'act' in the Marines, trying to act unafraid during ferocious combat, which brought him a Purple Heart during invasion of Saipan.
He was a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson.
Marvin did his own singing in the film 'Paint Your Wagon.'
He, Keith Carradine and Ernest Borgnine did their own stunts in the film 'Emperor of The North.'
He said: 'Ah, stardom! They put your name on a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard and you walk down and find a pile of dog manure on it. That tells the whole story, baby.'
His death was caused by a heart attack.
His body was buried with a military funeral in Arlington National Cemetary.

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