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Marshall Thompson

Highest Rated: 100% The Clock (1945)

Lowest Rated: 17% Words and Music (1948)

Birthday: Nov 27, 1925

Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois, USA

A descendant of Supreme Court Justice John Marshall, this veteran of over 40 films is best remembered as the star of "Daktari," a popular family TV series set in Africa that ran on CBS from January 1966 to January 1969. The inspiration for the show was the feature film "Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion" (1964) which Thompson starred in and co-wrote.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 83% The Clock
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100% 66% The Tall Target
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100% 65% Devil's Doorway
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100% 82% To Hell and Back
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92% 73% They Were Expendable
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78% 83% Battleground
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75% 46% It! The Terror From Beyond Space
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67% 44% Fiend Without a Face
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63% 66% The Turning Point
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20% 25% Around the World Under the Sea
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Filmography

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Bog 14% 1983 Sheriff Neal Rydholm Actor Cruise Into Terror 1978 Bennett Actor The Turning Point 63% 66% 1977 Carter Actor George! 1971 Jim Paulsen Actor Ride the Tiger 1971 Actor Around the World Under the Sea 20% 25% 1966 Dr. Orin Hillyard Actor To the Shores of Hell 1966 Maj. Greg Donahue Actor Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion 56% 1965 Dr. Marsh Tracy Actor The Mighty Jungle 1964 Marsh Connors Actor A Yank in Viet-Nam 1964 Maj. Benson Actor, Director No Man Is an Island 67% 1962 Jonn Sonnenberg Actor Flight of the Lost Balloon 1960 Dr. Joseph Farady Actor First Man Into Space 22% 1959 Cmdr. Charles Ernest Prescott Actor It! The Terror From Beyond Space 75% 46% 1958 Carruthers Actor Fiend Without a Face 67% 44% 1958 Major Cummings Actor The Fall of the House of Usher 1958 David Actor The Secret Man 1958 Dr. Cliff Mitchell Actor Lure of the Swamp 1957 Simon Lewt Actor East of Kilimanjaro 1957 Marsh Connors Actor The Blackwell Story 1957 David Actor Good Morning, Miss Dove 59% 1955 Wilfred Banning `'Wolf'` Pendleton III Actor Cult of the Cobra 22% 1955 Tom Markel Actor To Hell and Back 100% 82% 1955 Johnson Actor Battle Taxi 20% 1955 2nd Lt. Tim Vernon Actor The Rose Bowl Story 1952 Steve Davis Actor
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