Profile
Marshall Thompson
Film/tv Actor
Male
Born
Nov 27, 1925
Hometown
Peoria, Illinois
Died
May 18, 1992
Death Place
Royal Oak, Michigan
Other Names
Thompson, James M...
Marshall Thompson was an American film and television actor. He was born James Marshall Thompson in Peoria, Illinois. In 1943 Thompson, known for his boy-next-door good looks, was signed by Universal Pictures. He played quiet, thoughtful teens in Universal… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
1925
Birth
Born on November 27, 1925.
TEENAGE
1943
17 Years Old
He was born James Marshall Thompson in Peoria, Illinois. In 1943 Thompson, known for his boy-next-door good looks, was signed by Universal Pictures.
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TWENTIES
1946
20 Years Old
During 1946 Universal discharged most of its contract players; that same year Thompson moved to MGM and his film roles steadily increased and improved. Thompson became a freelance actor in the 1950s and worked for various studios on a variety of pictures, including a number of horror and science-fiction features; this included the role of Carruthers in It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958), one of the two feature films that would later inspire the plot for director Ridley Scott's 1979 big budget feature film Alien.
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THIRTIES
1965
39 Years Old
In the mid-1960s Thompson starred in CBS's Daktari, a television series about a veterinarian in Africa; the series was based on Thompson's 1965 feature film Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1992
67 Years Old
Died on May 18, 1992.
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