William Marshall
Biography
William Horace Marshall, born in Gary, Indiana, in 1924, worked as an actor, opera singer and director. He studied theater at the Actors Studio after starting at New York University, then trained at the American Theatre Wing and under Sanford Meisner. His Broadway debut came in 1944 in Carmen Jones, and he played De Lawd in a 1951 revival of The Green Pastures. He took the title role in multiple Othello productions and was praised by London critic Harold Hobson. His films included Glycon in Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954), a Mau-Mau leader in Something of Value (1957), and Edward Brooke in The Boston Strangler (1968). He was best known for the title role in Blacula (1972) and its sequel Scream Blacula Scream (1973), and he played Dr. Richard Daystrom on Star Trek and the King of Cartoons on Pee-wee's Playhouse. He won two local Emmys for the PBS production As Adam Early in the Morning. He died in 2003.
78years old at death
- Born Gary
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as William Horace Marshall
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 41 years1954 to 1995
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Early training
Marshall studied at the Actors Studio after transferring from New York University, and he trained at the American Theatre Wing and with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
Beyond film
Marshall joined the Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in 1968. There he played Othello in Catch My Soul, a jazz musical version, with Jerry Lee Lewis as Iago.
Behind the camera
Marshall did extensive research into the life of Frederick Douglass. In 1983 he produced Frederick Douglass: Slave and Statesman and took the lead part himself.
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Worked with
William Marshall shares two films with Thalmus Rasulala, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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