George Marshall
George E. Marshall (December 29, 1891 – February 17, 1975) was an American actor, screenwriter, producer, film and television director, active through the first six decades of film history. Relatively few of Marshall's films are well-known today, with Destry Rides Again (1939), The Ghost Breakers (1940), The Blue Dahlia (1946), The Sheepman (1958), and How the West Was Won (1962) being the biggest exceptions. John Houseman called him "one of the old maestros of Hollywood ... he had never become one of the giants but he held a solid and honorable position in the industry." In the 1930s, he established a reputation for comedy, directing Laurel and Hardy in three classic films, and also working on a variety of comedies for Fox, though many of his films at Fox were destroyed in a vault fire in 1937. Later in his career he was particularly sought after for comedies. He did around half a dozen...
Filmography
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Hook, Line and Sinker
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
Eight on the Lam
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Advance to the Rear
Dark Purpose
Papa's Delicate Condition
How the West Was Won
The Happy Thieves
Cry for Happy
The Gazebo
It Started with a Kiss
The Mating Game
The Sheepman
Imitation General
The Sad Sack
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Beyond Mombasa
Pillars of the Sky
The Second Greatest Sex
Destry
Red Garters
Duel in the Jungle
Money from Home
Houdini
Scared Stiff
Off Limits
The Savage
A Millionaire for Christy
Never a Dull Moment
Fancy Pants
My Friend Irma
Lust for Gold
Tap Roots
Hazard
Variety Girl
The Perils of Pauline
Monsieur Beaucaire
The Blue Dahlia
Hold That Blonde!
Murder, He Says
Incendiary Blonde
And the Angels Sing
True to Life
Riding High
The Forest Rangers
Star Spangled Rhythm
Valley of the Sun
Texas
Pot o' Gold
When the Daltons Rode
The Ghost Breakers
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Destry Rides Again
Hold That Co-ed
Battle of Broadway
The Goldwyn Follies
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Love Under Fire
The Crime of Dr. Forbes
A Message to Garcia
Can This Be Dixie?
Show Them No Mercy!
In Old Kentucky
$10 Raise
Life Begins at Forty
Music Is Magic
She Learned About Sailors
Wild Gold
365 Nights in Hollywood
Husbands' Reunion
Pack Up Your Troubles
The Back Trail
The Haunted Valley
Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande
