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E.G. Marshall

1914–1998 · Actor

Biography

Everett Eugene Grunz (June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998), known professionally as E. G. Marshall, 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 Juror #4 in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama 12 Angry Men from 1957.

Notable Noir Roles

Pushover

1954Dir. Richard Quine · Police Lt. Carl Eckstrom

A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

The Scarlet Hour

1956Dir. Michael Curtiz · Lt. Jennings

An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.

Compulsion

1959Dir. Richard Fleischer · District Attorney Harold Horn

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

Full Noir Filmography

3 films · 1954–1959