Hugh Marlowe

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Hugh Marlowe
Born Hugh Herbert Hipple
January 30, 1911(1911-01-30)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died May 2, 1982(1982-05-02) (aged 71)
New York City, New York, USA
Years active 1936-69
Spouse Edith Atwater (divorced 1946)
K. T. Stevens (1946-68) 2 sons
Rosemary Torri (1968-82) 1 child

Hugh Marlowe (January 30, 1911 – May 2, 1982) was an American film, television, stage and radio actor.

Marlowe was born Hugh Herbert Hipple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and began his stage career in the 1930s at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. Marlowe was usually a secondary lead or supporting actor in the films he appeared in.

His films included Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Twelve O'Clock High (1949), All About Eve (1950), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Howard Hawks' Monkey Business (1952), Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), Elmer Gantry (1960), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Seven Days in May (1964).

Marlowe was also a regular on the television daytime drama, Another World, the last of four actors to portray the Matthews family patriarch, Jim Matthews, from 1969 until his death in 1982 from a heart attack, at age 71.

[edit] Personal life

Marlowe was married three times:

  • Actress Edith Atwater (divorced 1946)
  • Actress K. T. Stevens (1946–68) had two sons with Marlowe.
  • Rosemary Torri (1968–82) had one child with Marlowe.

[edit] Partial filmography

Mrs. Parkington (1944)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Come to the Stable (1949)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Night and the City (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
Rawhide (1951)
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
Monkey Business (1952)
The Magnetic Monster (1953)

Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Garden of Evil (1954)
Illegal (1955)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
World Without End (1957)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1961)
Rawhide episode "Incident of the Champagne Bottles" (1961)
Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
Seven Days in May (1964)
How to Steal the World (1968)
The Last Shot You Hear (1969)

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