![]() ![]() ![]() He was shot by machine gun fire, which severed his sciatic nerve, and then was hit again in the foot by a sniper. While serving as a member of "I" Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division, he was wounded in action on June 18, 1944, during the assault on Mount Tapochau in the Battle of Saipan, of which most of his company were casualties. He served with the 4th Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Marvin left school at 18 years old to enlist in the United States Marine Corps Reserve on August 12, 1942. Leo, Florida after being expelled from several other schools for bad behavior. He attended Manumit School, a Christian socialist boarding school in Pawling, New York, during the late 1930s, and later attended St. As a teenager, Marvin "spent weekends and spare time hunting deer, puma, wild turkey and bobwhite in the wilds of the then-uncharted Everglades." His father was a direct descendant of Matthew Marvin, Sr., who emigrated from Great Bentley, Essex, England in 1635 and helped found Hartford, Connecticut. Lee, who was his first cousin, four times removed. As with his older brother, Robert, he was named in honor of Confederate General Robert E. He was the son of Lamont Waltman Marvin, an advertising executive and the head of the New York and New England Apple Institute, and his wife Courtenay Washington (née Davidge), a fashion writer and beauty consultant. In 1966, he won several awards, including an Academy Award for Best Actor, and Best Actor BAFTA and the Best Actor Golden Globe, for his dual roles in Cat Ballou. From 1957 to 1960, he starred as Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger in the NBC crime series, M Squad. Known for his distinctive voice, white hair and 6 ft 1 1⁄ 2 in (187 cm) stature, Marvin initially appeared in supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers and other hardboiled characters. ![]() ![]() Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor. Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.Ģ4th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division ![]()
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