Gregory Marshall

Biography

Gregory Marshall was a child and teenage performer in Hollywood from the mid-1940s to the late 1950s. Born in Los Angeles County, he was only five when production started on his first film, Roughly Speaking, in which he played the young son of Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson without billing. He had small credited roles in Captain Eddie and Strange Confession (1945), and in 1947 he adopted the stage name Gregory Marshall. He received on-screen credit in Adventure in Baltimore (1949) and The Blue Veil (1951), the same year he made his television debut in The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok. He later appeared in Washington Story and Tanganyika and played Egbert Gillis on The Life of Riley. Although he tested for the Plato role in Rebel Without a Cause, parts dried up as he grew older, and his last screen work in 1958 included an episode of The Silent Service and a small part in Andy Hardy Comes Home.

50years old at death

Born April 4, 1939Los Angeles County
Died October 2, 1989Orange
Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Also credited as Gregory Muradian

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 4 years1945 to 1949

Every film, newest first

1949Adventure in BaltimoreIMDb rating 6.1
1945House of DraculaIMDb rating 5.7
1945Strange ConfessionIMDb rating 6.5

Genres

Did you know?!

A role that slipped away
Marshall was one of three teenage actors tested by director Nicholas Ray for the role of Plato in Rebel Without a Cause, but Sal Mineo was ultimately chosen.
About the name
In 1947 he was handed the stage name Gregory Marshall. That year he also took supporting parts in four additional films.
First role
Gregory Marshall made his television debut in 1951, when he was 12. That December 30 broadcast was an episode of The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok.