FILM DIRECTOR

George Marshall

1891 - 1975

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George E. Marshall (December 29, 1891 – February 17, 1975) was an American actor, screenwriter, producer, film and television director, active through the first six decades of film history. Relatively few of Marshall's films are well-known today, with Destry Rides Again (1939), The Ghost Breakers (1940), The Blue Dahlia (1946), The Sheepman (1958), and How the West Was Won (1962) being the biggest exceptions. John Houseman called him "one of the old maestros of Hollywood ... he had never become one of the giants but he held a solid and honorable position in the industry." In the 1930s, he established a reputation for comedy, directing Laurel and Hardy in three classic films, and also working on a variety of comedies for Fox, though many of his films at Fox were destroyed in a vault fire in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Marshall is the 793rd most popular film director (up from 830th in 2019), the 5,781st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,288th in 2019) and the 207th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, George Marshall ranks 793 out of 2,041. Before him are Edmund Goulding, Sean S. Cunningham, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, David Miller, Robert Towne, and Wolfgang Staudte. After him are Frances Marion, George Sidney, William Daniels, Tsai Ming-liang, Richard C. Sarafian, and Emile Ardolino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, George Marshall ranks 182. Before him are Hugo Lahtinen, Yevgeny Polivanov, Miguel Pro, David Sarnoff, Hans von Funck, and Edmund Goulding. After him are Alfred Neubauer, Mariano Ospina Pérez, William F. Albright, Ferdinand Bruckner, Alfred Sturtevant, and André Labatut. Among people deceased in 1975, George Marshall ranks 155. Before him are Gaston Gallimard, Bas Jan Ader, Erik Adlerz, Hans Furler, Plínio Salgado, and Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis. After him are Edmundo Piaggio, Mikhail Yegorov, Tajuddin Ahmad, Arvo Askola, Clyde Tolson, and Bruno Müller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Marshall ranks 5,781 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Lockwood Jr. (1915), Robert Towne (1934), Jane Toppan (1854), George Ritzer (1940), Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893), and Eric Allin Cornell (1961). After him are Frances Marion (1888), Vincent Gallo (1961), George Sidney (1916), Tiffany Trump (1993), Jennifer Esposito (1973), and Vanessa Hudgens (1988).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, George Marshall ranks 207. Before him are Joshua Logan (1908), Eli Roth (1972), Stuart Rosenberg (1927), Sean S. Cunningham (1941), David Miller (1909), and Robert Towne (1934). After him are Frances Marion (1888), George Sidney (1916), William Daniels (1901), Richard C. Sarafian (1930), Emile Ardolino (1943), and Ted Post (1918).

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