Gregory Muradian (April 4, 1939 â€" October 2, 1989), known by his
stage name Gregory Marshall, was an American child and, subsequently,
adolescent film and television actor whose career lasted from 1944 to
1958. He never rose above supporting roles, with a number of his film
appearances reduced to uncredited bits.A native of Los Angeles County,
Gregory Muradian was just past his fifth birthday when the first film
in which he appeared, Roughly Speaking, a comedy-drama starring
Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson, started production in April 1944,
finishing in mid-July. Unbilled, briefly playing the son of Russell
and Carson, his character was subsequently played as an older boy by
the unbilled Johnny Sheffield and, as a teenager, by Robert
Arthur.During his first two years as an actor, the youngster appeared
in eight additional films, with small credited roles in 1945's Captain
Eddie (playing young Eddie Rickenbacker's little brother, Dewey) and
Strange Confession as well as 1946's The Bride Wore Boots and Child of
Divorce. In 1947 he was given a new stage name, Gregory Marshall, and
supporting roles in four more films. There were seven additional films
during 1948â€"51, with on-screen credit in two, 1949's Adventure in
Baltimore and 1951's The Blue Veil. Also in 1951, his television
debut, at the age of 12, in an episode of The Adventures of Wild Bill
Hickock, a western series aimed at pre-teens and young adolescents,
was broadcast on December 30.Marshall was seen in three films during
1952, but received billing in only one, Washington Story. Upon
becoming a teenager, he found roles becoming scarce, with his only
work in 1953 consisting of an episode of the popular William Bendix
sitcom, The Life of Riley, playing Egbert Gillis, the son of Riley's
best friend, Jim Gillis and, in 1954, there was one film, Tanganyika,
along with a David Niven episode of CBS' Four Star Playhouse, airing
on February 18.
stage name Gregory Marshall, was an American child and, subsequently,
adolescent film and television actor whose career lasted from 1944 to
1958. He never rose above supporting roles, with a number of his film
appearances reduced to uncredited bits.A native of Los Angeles County,
Gregory Muradian was just past his fifth birthday when the first film
in which he appeared, Roughly Speaking, a comedy-drama starring
Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson, started production in April 1944,
finishing in mid-July. Unbilled, briefly playing the son of Russell
and Carson, his character was subsequently played as an older boy by
the unbilled Johnny Sheffield and, as a teenager, by Robert
Arthur.During his first two years as an actor, the youngster appeared
in eight additional films, with small credited roles in 1945's Captain
Eddie (playing young Eddie Rickenbacker's little brother, Dewey) and
Strange Confession as well as 1946's The Bride Wore Boots and Child of
Divorce. In 1947 he was given a new stage name, Gregory Marshall, and
supporting roles in four more films. There were seven additional films
during 1948â€"51, with on-screen credit in two, 1949's Adventure in
Baltimore and 1951's The Blue Veil. Also in 1951, his television
debut, at the age of 12, in an episode of The Adventures of Wild Bill
Hickock, a western series aimed at pre-teens and young adolescents,
was broadcast on December 30.Marshall was seen in three films during
1952, but received billing in only one, Washington Story. Upon
becoming a teenager, he found roles becoming scarce, with his only
work in 1953 consisting of an episode of the popular William Bendix
sitcom, The Life of Riley, playing Egbert Gillis, the son of Riley's
best friend, Jim Gillis and, in 1954, there was one film, Tanganyika,
along with a David Niven episode of CBS' Four Star Playhouse, airing
on February 18.
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