E. G. Marshall (born Everett Eugene Grunz; June 18, 1914 â€" August
24, 1998) was an American actor, best known for his television roles
as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on The Defenders in the 1960s and as
neurosurgeon David Craig on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors in the
1970s. Among his film roles he is perhaps best known as the
unflappable, conscientious "Juror #4" in Sidney Lumet's courtroom
drama 12 Angry Men (1957). He played the President of the United
States in Superman II (1980). Marshall was also known as the host of
the radio drama series, CBS Radio Mystery Theater (1974â€"82) but
probably best known to for his memorable role as Upson Pratt in the
Stephen King horror classic "Creepshow" (1982).Marshall was born in
Owatonna, Minnesota, the son of Hazel Irene (née Cobb; 1892â€"1975)
and Charles G. Grunz (1882â€"1959). His paternal grandparents were
German. During his life, he chose not to reveal what "E. G." stood
for, telling most people it stood for "Everybody's Guess," but it can
be observed the initials match Everett (or Eugene) Grunz. According to
the Social Security Death Index, his Social Security card showed his
full name as: "E G Marshall". Marshall claimed in interviews to have
attended both Carleton College and the University of Minnesota, but
there is no evidence that he ever attended either institution or,
indeed, had attended college at all.Although most familiar for his
later television and movie roles, Marshall also had a distinguished
Broadway career. In 1948, having already appeared in the original New
York productions of The Skin of Our Teeth and The Iceman Cometh,
Marshall would join Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Julie Harris, Kim
Stanley, and 45 others to make up the first group of actors granted
membership in the newly formed Actors Studio. In subsequent years, he
landed the leading roles in The Crucible and Waiting for Godot. In
1973, he returned to the live stage to play the title role in a highly
praised production of Macbeth in Richmond, Virginia, under the
direction of Keith Fowler. From January 1974 until February 1982,
Marshall was an occasional participant and the original host of the
popular nightly radio drama, The CBS Radio Mystery Theater.Marshall
was also a Fellow of the American Bar Association and an officer of
the American Judicature Society, a national organization of judges,
lawyers, and lay persons devoted to promoting the effective
administration of justice.
24, 1998) was an American actor, best known for his television roles
as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on The Defenders in the 1960s and as
neurosurgeon David Craig on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors in the
1970s. Among his film roles he is perhaps best known as the
unflappable, conscientious "Juror #4" in Sidney Lumet's courtroom
drama 12 Angry Men (1957). He played the President of the United
States in Superman II (1980). Marshall was also known as the host of
the radio drama series, CBS Radio Mystery Theater (1974â€"82) but
probably best known to for his memorable role as Upson Pratt in the
Stephen King horror classic "Creepshow" (1982).Marshall was born in
Owatonna, Minnesota, the son of Hazel Irene (née Cobb; 1892â€"1975)
and Charles G. Grunz (1882â€"1959). His paternal grandparents were
German. During his life, he chose not to reveal what "E. G." stood
for, telling most people it stood for "Everybody's Guess," but it can
be observed the initials match Everett (or Eugene) Grunz. According to
the Social Security Death Index, his Social Security card showed his
full name as: "E G Marshall". Marshall claimed in interviews to have
attended both Carleton College and the University of Minnesota, but
there is no evidence that he ever attended either institution or,
indeed, had attended college at all.Although most familiar for his
later television and movie roles, Marshall also had a distinguished
Broadway career. In 1948, having already appeared in the original New
York productions of The Skin of Our Teeth and The Iceman Cometh,
Marshall would join Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Julie Harris, Kim
Stanley, and 45 others to make up the first group of actors granted
membership in the newly formed Actors Studio. In subsequent years, he
landed the leading roles in The Crucible and Waiting for Godot. In
1973, he returned to the live stage to play the title role in a highly
praised production of Macbeth in Richmond, Virginia, under the
direction of Keith Fowler. From January 1974 until February 1982,
Marshall was an occasional participant and the original host of the
popular nightly radio drama, The CBS Radio Mystery Theater.Marshall
was also a Fellow of the American Bar Association and an officer of
the American Judicature Society, a national organization of judges,
lawyers, and lay persons devoted to promoting the effective
administration of justice.
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