Alan Marshal (actor)

For the cricketer, see Alan Marshal.

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Alan Marshal
Born	29 January 1909(1909-01-29) Sydney, Australia
Died	13 July 1961(1961-07-13) (aged 52) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1936—1961
Spouse	? Marshal (?-?) (divorced) 1 child Mary Boule (1938-1961) (his death) 1 child

Alan Marshal (29 January 1909 – 13 July 1961) was an Australian-born actor who co-starred with Marlene Dietrich, Irene Dunne, Greta Garbo, Ginger Rogers, and Mae West.

His films include:

• The Garden of Allah (1936)
• Conquest (1937)
• Night Must Fall (1937)
• Dramatic School (1938)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
• Exile Express (1939)
• Irene (1940)
• The Howards of Virginia (1940)
• Lydia (1941)
• Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
• The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
• Bride by Mistake (1944) with Laraine Day, Marsha Hunt, Allyn Joslyn,and Edgar Buchanan
• House on Haunted Hill (1959)

Family

Marshal eloped with socialite Mary Grace Borel (born 31 October 1915, San Francisco – died 18 May 1998, Los Angeles) in 1938. Their son, Kit Marshal, was born on 2 December 1939.

Death

He died from a heart attack while appearing in Chicago with Mae West in a production of her play Sextette. He was 52 years old. His interment was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

External links

• Alan Marshal at the Internet Movie Database
• Book relating Marshal's heart attack during matinee performance of Sextette in Chicago
• Official Alan Marshal Family website, made by his son Kit Marshal
• "Alan Marshal". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8485714. Retrieved 3 September 2010.