Alan Marshal (actor)

For people named Alan Marshall, see Alan Marshall (disambiguation).

Alan Marshal
Marshal in House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Born	29 January 1909 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	9 July 1961 (aged 52) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Cause of death	Heart Attack
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1936—1961
Spouse(s)	? Marshal (?-?) (divorced) 1 child Mary Grace Borel (1938-1961) (his death) 1 child

Alan Marshal (29 January 1909 – 9 July 1961) was an Australian-born actor who co-starred with Marlene Dietrich, Irene Dunne, Greta Garbo, Ginger Rogers, and Mae West.

Filmography

• The Garden of Allah (1936)
• After the Thin Man (1936)
• Conquest (1937) as Captain d'Ornano
• Night Must Fall (1937)
• Parnell (1937)
• Dramatic School (1938)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) as Captain Phoebus
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
• Four Girls in White (1939)
• Exile Express (1939)
• Irene (1940)
• Married and in Love (1940)
• The Howards of Virginia (1940)
• Lydia (1941)
• Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
• The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
• Bride by Mistake (1944)
• The Opposite Sex (1956)
• House on Haunted Hill (1959)
• Day of the Outlaw (1959)
• Sugarfoot (episode "The Vultures", 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. Retrieved 3 September 2010.