John Marley

Actor

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Also Known As

John Marlieb

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

October 17, 1907

Died

May 22, 1984

Cause of Death

Complications Following Open-Heart Surgery

Biography

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Craggy character actor whose career took off after an award-winning role in John Cassavetes' "Faces" (1968). Best remembered as the acquiescent movie mogul in "The Godfather" (1972), Marley received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role as the heroine's father in "Love Story" (1970)....

Filmography

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On the Edge (1986)

The Glitter Dome (1984)

Threshold (1983)

Mother Lode (1982)

Robbers of the Sacred Mountain (1982)

Word of Honor (1981)

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Love Story (1970) -- (Movie Clip) It's A New World

Love Story (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Open, I'm Smart And Poor

Biography

Craggy character actor whose career took off after an award-winning role in John Cassavetes' "Faces" (1968). Best remembered as the acquiescent movie mogul in "The Godfather" (1972), Marley received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role as the heroine's father in "Love Story" (1970).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

On the Edge (1986)

The Glitter Dome (1984)

Threshold (1983)

Mother Lode (1982)

Robbers of the Sacred Mountain (1982)

Word of Honor (1981)

Utilities (1981)

The Amateur (1981)

Moviola: This Year's Blonde (1980)

It Lives Again (1978)

The Private Files Of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)

The Greatest (1977)

Kid Vengeance (1977)

Telethon (1977)

W.C. Fields and Me (1976)

Studio Head Bannerman

The Alpha Caper (1973)

The Godfather (1972)

Roy [also known as Major Starr]

Deathdream (1972)

Family Rico (1972)

The Dead Are Alive (1972)

Clay Pigeon (1971)

In Broad Daylight (1971)

The Sheriff (1971)

Love Story (1970)

In Enemy Country (1968)

Cat Ballou (1965)

The Lollipop Cover (1965)

Nightmare in the Sun (1964)

A Child Is Waiting (1963)

America America (1963)

The Wheeler Dealers (1963)

Achilles Dimitrios

Pay or Die (1960)

I Want to Live! (1958)

The Square Jungle (1956)

Timetable (1956)

The Joe Louis Story (1953)

My Six Convicts (1952)

The Naked City (1948)

Managing editor

Kiss of Death (1947)

Native Land (1942)

Writer (Feature Film)

Prisoners (1975)

Life Events

Videos

Love Story (1970) -- (Movie Clip) It's A New World Location shooting in the Bronx to represent her Rhode Island hometown, Jenny (Ali McGraw) introduces her fiancè Oliver (Ryan O’Neal), of the famous and affluent Barrett family, to her baker father (whom she calls Phil, John Marley), who immediately thinks he can mend fences in his family, in Love Story, 1970, directed by Arthur Hiller.

Love Story (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Open, I'm Smart And Poor Gazing at the Wollman Rink in Central Park and reflecting, with the first use of the hit theme by Francis Lai, Ryan O’Neal as Harvard blue-blood Oliver Barrett IV recalls his first meeting with Jenny (Ali MacGraw), from the Erich Segal screenplay (which he also adapted into the top selling novel of the same year), in the box office smash Love Story, 1970, directed by Arthur Hiller.

Cat Ballou (1965) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Never Make Me Cry When cantankerous Frank Ballou (John Marley) gets shot by Tim "Silvernose" Strawn (Lee Marvin), daughter Catherine (Jane Fonda) races into town and confronts Strawn and Sheriff Cardigan (Jay C. Flippen), in Cat Ballou, 1965.

Cat Ballou (1965) -- (Movie Clip) All Dead And Gone Newly-hired legendary gunfighter Kid Shelleen (Lee Marvin) delivers his resumè for Frankie (John Marley) and daughter Catherine (Jane Fonda) Ballou and co., who are discouraged that he turned out to be a drunk, but impressed with his commentary and shooting, in Cat Ballou, 1965.

Deathdream (a.k.a. Dead Of Night, 1972) -- (Movie Clip) I Have Some Sad News After a murky Vietnam combat prologue, we join John Marley, Lynn Carlin and Anya Ormsby as father, mother and sister of serviceman Andy, until Army officer Arthur Bradley intrudes, in Deathdream, (a.k.a. Dead Of Night),1972, from writer Alan Ormsby and director Bob Clark.

Deathdream (a.k.a. Dead Of Night, 1972) -- (Movie Clip) Pretty Rough Over There Awakened by noises downstairs, Charlie, Christine and daughter Cathy (John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Anya Ormsby) discover brother Andy (Richard Backus), back from Vietnam the very night they got a telegram confirming his death, in Deathdream, (a.k.a. Dead Of Night), 1972.

Deathdream (a.k.a. Dead Of Night, 1972) -- (Movie Clip) Kill Any Guys? (Warning to dog lovers!) Vietnam vet Andy (Richard Backus) hasn’t called his girlfriend, may have murdered a trucker, and now removes any hope that he’s okay, when his father (John Marley) brings the neighbor kids around, in Bob Clark’s Deathdream, (a.k.a. Dead Of Night), 1972.

Deathdream (a.k.a. Dead Of Night, 1972) -- (Original Trailer) Produced for the alternate title, the original trailer for the first horror collaboration by director Bob Clark and writer Alan Ormsby, with Richard Backus, John Marley and Lynn Carlin, Deathdream, (a.k.a. Dead Of Night), 1972.

Mob, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Half Irish And Half Congressman On the docks proper in the never-named coastal city, undercover cop D'Amico (Broderick Crawford), who got a union card with surprising ease, with pal Clancy (Richard Kiley), crooked union man Tony (John Marley) and stooge Culio (Frank DeKova), Charles Bronson in a bit part, in The Mob, 1951.

I Want to Live! - (Original Trailer) The true story of a small-time lady crook who fought to escape the electric chair in I Want to Live! (1958), starring Susan Hayward.

Wheeler Dealers, The - (Original Trailer) James Garner is a Texan oilman who shows the city slickers on Wall Street a thing or two about being one of The Wheeler Dealers (1963).

Mob, The - (Original Trailer) Police detective Broderick Crawford fakes a suspension so he can go undercover in The Mob (1951).

Child is Waiting, A - (Original Trailer) An emotionally fragile woman takes a job teaching mentally handicapped children in A Child is Waiting (1963),directed by John Cassettes and starring Judy Garland and Burt Lancaster.

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