Lee Marvin
| Born | February 19, 1924 |
| Hometown | New York City, New York, United States |
| Height | 6'1" (1.85m) |
| Spouse | Pamela Feeley, Betty Ebeling |
| Partner | Michelle Triola Marvin |
| Children | Claudia Marvin, Cynthia Marvin, Christopher Marvin, Courtenay Marvin |
| Parents | Lamont Waltman Marvin, Courtenay Washington Davidge |
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From The Guns of Navarone to Fury: The 10 greatest ‘men on a mission’ movies ever made
- It comes as a surprise that it has taken Guy Ritchie 25 years and 15 pictures to make his first proper men-on-a-mission film. After all, there are few filmmakers working today who are more comfortable with the kind of macho action cinema that the genre demands, and with previous projects called things like The Gentlemen, The Covenant and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, he has established himself as one of Hollywood’s premier directors of male-centric bloodshed. Yet it’s only now with his new
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| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Golden Globe | Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | Paint Your Wagon (film) | Nominated |
| 1966 | British Academy of Film & Television Arts | Foreign Actor | Cat Ballou | Winner |
| 1966 | Academy Award | Actor | Cat Ballou | Winner |
| 1966 | Golden Globe | Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | Cat Ballou | Winner |
| 1966 | British Academy of Film & Television Arts | Foreign Actor | The Killers (1964 film) | Winner |
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
‘I sound like Lee Marvin when I sing’: Jo Whiley’s honest playlist
The radio DJ secretly hates Jimi Hendrix, and loves disco and music from old westerns. But how did Ned’s Atomic Dustbin change her life?
- EntertainmentThe Independent
Second World War in film: 20 of the best war films ever made
D-Day marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War, a period of our history captured on screen in all its guts and glory. <a href="/author/graeme-ross"><strong>Graeme Ross </strong></a>sticks his head above the parapet...
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
‘Why was this film ever made?’: the savage history of ‘Bloody Sam’ Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch
A special effects man on The Wild Bunch interrupted a script readthrough. He wanted to show something to director Sam Peckinpah. Outside, stood against a corral fence, was a man-shaped cut-out. It was dressed in clothes and rigged with squibs – little explosive charges that filmmakers use to create the impact of gunshots.
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
‘Morbid and disgusting beyond words’: how The Dirty Dozen blew up the war movie rulebook
Just before D-Day, the great and good of the German army – high ranking officers and their wives – lord it up in a French chateau. It's pure Nazi-style opulence: wine, food, women, portraits of the Fuhrer.
- EntertainmentDigital Spy
Is Netflix's Point Blank, starring Marvel's Anthony Mackie, worth watching?
Not a sequel to Point Break, sadly.
- NewsYahoo Movies UK
Sir Roger Moore interview: 'I don’t want to be remembered, I’m not planning on going'
Roger Moore addressed his legacy and paid tribute to Richard Kiel when we interviewed him back in 2014.
