Line #3 Creator/LeeMarvin


1	[[quoteright:348:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lee_marvin.jpeg]]
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3	->''"Here comes Lee Marvin! Thank God! He's '''always''' drunk and violent!"''
4	-->--'''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]''' watching ''Film/PaintYourWagon''.
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6	Tall, rangy, white-haired, and at times just plain mean-looking, Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was one of the most rugged heroes (and villains) of the big screen and one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the late 1960s.
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8	A decorated veteran of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Marvin started acting in New York and appeared on Broadway in the early 1950s. In the movies he was initially typecast as a brutal thug, most often in westerns and crime dramas such as ''Film/TheBigHeat'' (1953), ''Film/TheWildOne'' (1954), ''Film/BadDayAtBlackRock'' (1955), and ''Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance'' (1962). After a three-year stint as the star of television's ''M Squad'' (1957–60), Marvin gradually moved from villain to hero on the big screen, and by 1965 had won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for his dual role in the broad western comedy ''Film/CatBallou'' (1965).
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10	As a leading man, Marvin starred in a variety of movies, including ''Film/PointBlank1967'' and ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' (both 1967), ''Film/HellInThePacific'' (1968), ''Film/PaintYourWagon'' (1969), ''Film/MonteWalsh'' (1970) and ''Film/EmperorOfTheNorth'' (1973). In 1979 Marvin made headlines when longtime girlfriend Michelle Triola sued him for half his fortune in what was called the "palimony" trial (Triola's claim was ultimately rejected). His later films include ''Film/TheBigRedOne'' (1980), ''Film/DeathHunt'' (1981), ''Literature/GorkyPark'' (1983), and ''Film/TheDeltaForce'' (1986).
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12	Marvin was married to Betty Ebeling (with whom he had four children) from 1951 to 1967, and to his former {{High School Sweetheart\|s}} Pamela Feeley from 1970 until his death of a heart attack at age 63.
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15	!!Lee Marvin on TV Tropes:
16	* ''Film/HangmansKnot'' (1952)
17	* ''Film/TheBigHeat'' (1953)
18	* ''Film/GunFury'' (1953)
19	* ''Film/TheWildOne'' (1953)
20	* ''Film/TheRaid1954''
21	* ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny'' (1954)
22	* ''Film/BadDayAtBlackRock'' (1955)
23	* ''Film/ViolentSaturday'' (1955)
24	* ''Film/SevenMenFromNow'' (1956) as Bill Masters
25	* ''Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance'' (1962)
26	* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone\|1959}}'', episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E7TheGrave The Grave]]" (1961)
27	* ''Film/DonovansReef'' (1963)
28	* ''Film/{{The Killers\|1964}}'' (1964)
29	* ''Film/CatBallou'' (1965)
30	* ''Film/ShipOfFools'' (1965)
31	* ''Film/TheProfessionals'' (1966)
32	* ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' (1967)
33	* ''Film/{{Point Blank\|1967}}'' (1967)
34	* ''Film/PaintYourWagon'' (1969)
35	* ''Film/PrimeCut'' (1972)
36	* ''Film/EmperorOfTheNorth'' (1973)
37	* ''Theatre/TheIcemanCometh'' (1973)
38	* ''Film/TheKlansman'' (1974)
39	* ''Film/ShoutAtTheDevil'' (1976)
40	* ''Film/TheBigRedOne'' (1980)
41	* ''Film/DeathHunt'' (1981)
42	* ''Literature/GorkyPark'' (1983)
43	* ''Film/TheDeltaForce'' (1986) -- last film
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46	!!Tropes associated with Lee Marvin:
47	* AntiHero: Most of his characters were this.
48	* BrooklynRage: He was an epic badass who was born and raised in New York City.
49	* CelebrityIsOverrated: He came to this realization at the height of his career and moved away from the spotlight, turning down a lot of big roles and relocating from Hollywood to Arizona.
50	* ComicBookFantasyCasting: His distinctive looks and fearsome film persona have given him a posthumous career as a common choice as the physical model for particularly intimidating tough guys in drawn or animated works, in particular the Saint of Killers in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'', General Carrington in ''{{ComicBook/XIII}}'' and Il Tredici in ''Webcomic/{{Bandette}}''.
51	* CoolOldGuy: During TheSixties and TheSeventies he frequently played sharp dressed antiheroes with guns and fast cars.
52	* MemeticBadass: In Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale, he is undying, and possibly the only film actor in existence.
53	* MuggingTheMonster: He once picked a fight with Creator/RogerMoore, accusing him of looking wimpy. Moore kicked his ass. Afterwards Marvin was quoted as saying:
54	-->"The guy is built like granite. Nobody will ever underestimate him again!"
55	* OldSoldier: Both in real life, and in movies like ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' and ''Film/TheDeltaForce''. During the War, he was a corporal in the Marines and was awarded the Purple Heart.
56	* OneHitWonder: A really bizarre example, crossing with BreakawayPopHit and GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff. His rendition of "Wand'rin' Star" from ''Film/PaintYourWagon'' was released as a single, and acquired such a strong SoBadItsGood reputation in the UK and Ireland that it hit #1 in both countries, notoriously keeping [[Music/LetItBe "Let it Be"]] out of the top slot.
57	* PrematurelyGreyHaired: His hair turned completely grey by the time he turned forty.
58	* RealMenWearPink: He was one of the toughest actors ever to grace the silver screen and one of the first stars to declare his support for the gay rights movement. He was comfortable enough in his sexuality that he said would have no issue playing a gay character, and was even repeatedly kissed full on the mouth by another man in ''Film/TheBigRedOne''.
59	* SemperFi: He was in the Marines during World War II, serving in the Pacific and earning a Purple Heart and a Navy Commendation Medal.
60	* ShellShockedVeteran: It was noted that his experiences in the war affected him for the rest of his life.
61	* SilverFox: His prematurely white hair didn't do anything to hurt his rugged good looks.
62	* TeamDad: During TheSeventies and TheEighties, Marvin often served as leader or mentor figure to a younger group of heroes, as in ''Film/PrimeCut''. He mentored Creator/BurtLancaster in ''Film/TheProfessionals'', Creator/KeithCarradine in ''Film/EmperorOfTheNorth'', and even Creator/MarkHamill in ''Film/TheBigRedOne''.
63	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Due to his prematurely white hair, he often looked considerably older than he was.
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