George Marshall

George E. Marshall (December 29, 1891 – February 17, 1975) was a prolific American actor, screenwriter, producer, film and television director, active through the first six decades of movie history. Relatively few of Marshall's films are well-known today, with Destry Rides Again, The Sheepman, and How the West Was Won being the biggest exceptions. Marshall co-directed How the West Was Won with John Ford and Henry Hathaway, handling the railroad segment, which featured a celebrated buffalo stampede sequence. While Marshall worked on almost all kinds of films imaginable, he started his career in the early silent period doing mostly Westerns, a genre he never completely abandoned. Later in his career, he was particularly sought after for comedies. He did around half a dozen films each with Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis, and also worked with W.C. Fields, Jackie Gleason, and Will Rogers.

For his contribution to the film industry, George Marshall has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7048 Hollywood Boulevard.

Selected filmography

Director

• Across the Rio Grande (1916)
• The Waiters' Ball (1916)
• The Committee on Credentials (1916)
• Love's Lariat (1916)
• A Woman's Eyes (1916)
• The Devil's Own (1916)
• Double Suspicion (1917)
• The Midnight Flyer (1918)
• The Adventures of Ruth (1919)
• Ruth of the Rockies (1920)
• Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
• Their First Mistake (1932)
• Towed in a Hole (1932)
• 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)
• Life Begins at Forty (1935)
• In Old Kentucky (1935)
• Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
• Love Under Fire (1937)
• The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
• You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
• Destry Rides Again (1939)
• The Ghost Breakers (1940)
• When the Daltons Rode (1940)
• Pot o' Gold (1941)
• Texas (1941)
• Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
• The Forest Rangers (1942)
• Murder, He Says (1945)
• The Blue Dahlia (1946)
• Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
• The Perils of Pauline (1947)
• Variety Girl (1947)
• Tap Roots (1948)
• My Friend Irma (1949)
• Never a Dull Moment (1950)
• Fancy Pants (1950)
• The Savage (1952)
• Scared Stiff (1953)
• Houdini (1953)
• Red Garters (1954)
• Destry (1954)
• The Sheepman (1958)
• Imitation General (1958)
• The Mating Game (1959)
• It Started with a Kiss (1959)
• The Gazebo (1959)
• How the West Was Won (1962) (the railroad scenes)
• Advance to the Rear (1964)
• Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
• Eight on the Lam (1967)
• Hook, Line & Sinker (1969)

Awards and nominations

External links

• George Marshall (director) at the Internet Movie Database
• George Marshall (director) at Find a Grave

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