John Marley

John Marley

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Birthday: 
17 October 1907, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name: 
Mortimer Marlieb
Veteran character actor John Marley was one of those familiar but nameless faces that television and filmgoers did not take a shine to until the late 1960s, when he had hit middle age. Distinctive for his craggy face, dark bushy brows and upswept silvery hair, his life (born in 1907) started out amid tough surroundings in Harlem, New York, as the s... Show more »
Veteran character actor John Marley was one of those familiar but nameless faces that television and filmgoers did not take a shine to until the late 1960s, when he had hit middle age. Distinctive for his craggy face, dark bushy brows and upswept silvery hair, his life (born in 1907) started out amid tough surroundings in Harlem, New York, as the son of Russian immigrants. A high school dropout headed for trouble, he managed to avoid the gangland trappings by joining a theater group, which eventually led to some Broadway work. World War II interrupted his still lackluster career when he joined the Army Signal Corps. Post-war film credits were comprised mostly of unsympathetic bit roles -- thugs, reporters and other sly, shifty characters -- that were routinely Greek or Italian in origin. In the 1960s, Marley appeared to good effect in the film Cat Ballou (1965) as Jane Fonda's father; earned kudos for his work in John Cassavetes' stark, improvisational indie Faces (1968); Ali MacGraw's weary blue-collar father in Love Story (1970); and the mouthy movie titan who becomes bedmates with a horse's head after refusing Mafia don Marlon Brando's offer in the epic The Godfather (1972). Thanks to those two pictures, Marley, at age 65, evolved into an important and steady fixture for the next decade or so, playing everything from gruff executives to Mafia dons himself. John Marley died on May 22, 1984 following open-heart surgery at age 76. He was survived by wife Sandra and his four children. Show less «

John Marley's FILMOGRAPHY

Hardcastle and McCormick - Season 3

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Hardcastle and McCormick - Season 2

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The Glitter Dome

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Hardcastle and McCormick - Season 1

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Mother Lode

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SCTV Network 90 - Season 1

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The Incredible Hulk - Season 5

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Threshold

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The Amateur

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Hawaii Five-0 - Season 11 (1968)

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The Incredible Hulk - Season 4

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Hawaii Five-0 - Season 12 (1968)

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The Incredible Hulk - Season 3

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The Incredible Hulk - Season 2

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Vegas - Season 1 (1978)

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Barnaby Jones - Season 7

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Hooper

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It Lives Again

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The Godfather: A Novel for Television - Season 1

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Hawaii Five-0 - Season 10 (1968)

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The Incredible Hulk - Season 1

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Barnaby Jones - Season 6

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The Car

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John Marley'S roles

Everett
Everett
Jack Woltz
Jack Woltz
Frankie Ballou
Frankie Ballou
Father
Father
Jason
Jason