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Hugh Marlowe is a Actor American born on 30 january 1911 at Philadelphia (USA)

Hugh Marlowe

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Birth name Hugh Herbert Hipple
Nationality USA
Birth 30 january 1911 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 2 may 1982 (at 71 years) at New York City (USA)

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

Biography

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.

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Filmography of Hugh Marlowe (31 films)

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Actor

How to Steal the World, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Eleanor Parker, Barry Sullivan, Leslie Nielsen, Leo G. Carroll
Roles Grant
Rating53% 2.6629152.6629152.6629152.6629152.662915
U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) investigate when fellow agent Robert Kingsley (Barry Sullivan) and European general Maximilian Harmon (Leslie Nielsen) disappear. Shortly afterward, five of the world's top scientists are mysteriously abducted. The trail leads to the Himalayas, where Kingsley has set himself up as potential world dictator, hoping to use the combined talents of the scientists to build a device that will spread mind-controlling gas throughout the planet. However, his wife Margitta Kingsley (Eleanor Parker) has different plans for the gas.
Seven Days in May, 1h58
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam
Roles Harold McPherson
Rating77% 3.8965953.8965953.8965953.8965953.896595
The story is set in the early 1970s, ten years in the future at the time of the film's 1964 release, and the Cold War is still a problem (in the 1962 book, the setting was May 1974). U.S. President Jordan Lyman has recently signed a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union, and the subsequent ratification has produced a wave of public dissatisfaction, especially among the President's opposition and the military, who believe the Soviets cannot be trusted.
13 Frightened Girls, 1h29
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Murray Hamilton, Hugh Marlowe, Khigh Dhiegh, Norma Varden, Alexandra Bastedo, Lynne Sue Moon
Roles John Hull
Rating52% 2.6103152.6103152.6103152.6103152.610315
After a 16-year-old girl develops a crush on an intelligence agent, she helps him to uncover a plot against the United States.
Birdman of Alcatraz, 2h23
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment, Se déroulant à Alcatraz
Actors Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand, Telly Savalas, Edmond O'Brien
Roles Roy Comstock
Rating77% 3.8964353.8964353.8964353.8964353.896435
Robert Stroud (Lancaster) is imprisoned as a young man for committing a murder in Alaska. He is shown as a rebellious inmate, fighting against a rigid prison system: on his way to jail by train he breaks open the window to allow the suffocating inmates to breathe. His rebellious attitude puts him in conflict with Harvey Shoemaker (Malden), the warden of Leavenworth Prison.
Elmer Gantry, 2h26
Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, John Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, Dean Jagger, Edward Andrews
Roles Rev. Philip Garrison
Rating76% 3.8464853.8464853.8464853.8464853.846485
Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) is a hard-drinking, fast-talking traveling salesman with a charismatic personality who infuses biblical passages and fervor into his pitches as a way to ease and collect money. He is drawn to the road show of Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons) and is immediately attracted to the saintly revivalist. As the troupe leaves town for Kansas, Gantry sweettalks her naive assistant, Sister Rachel (Patti Page), into telling him information regarding Falconer's past. He uses that information to con his way into Sister Sharon's good graces and joins the troupe preaching "Christ in commerce" and how he is a saved salesman.
13 Ghosts
13 Ghosts (1960)
, 1h25
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Rosemary DeCamp, Martin Milner, Donald Woods, Margaret Hamilton
Rating59% 2.9978352.9978352.9978352.9978352.997835
When occultist uncle Dr. Plato Zorba wills a huge ramshackle house to his nephew Cyrus and his impoverished family, they are shocked to find the house is haunted. Their new furnished residence comes complete with Dr. Plato Zorba's housekeeper, Elaine Zacharides, plus a fortune in buried treasure and 12 horrifying ghosts.
World Without End, 1h20
Directed by Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Romance
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Time travel films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Rod Taylor, Shirley Patterson, Paul Brinegar, Mimi Gibson
Roles John Borden
Rating58% 2.9002652.9002652.9002652.9002652.900265
In March 1957, Commander Dr. Eldon Galbraithe (Nelson Leigh), engineer Henry Jaffe (Christopher Dark), radioman Herbert Ellis (Rod Taylor) and scientist John Borden (Hugh Marlowe), are returning to Earth from the first spaceflight, a reconnaissance trip around Mars. Suddenly, their spaceship is somehow accelerated to incredible velocities, and they are knocked unconscious. Their ship crash lands on a snow-covered mountain. When they venture out, they discover that they have become victims of time dilation and are now in Earth's future.
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, 1h23
Directed by Ray Harryhausen, Fred F. Sears
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba, Paul Frees
Roles Dr. Russell A. Marvin
Rating62% 3.147233.147233.147233.147233.14723
Scientist Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his new bride Carol (Joan Taylor) are driving to work when a flying saucer appears overhead. Without proof of the encounter, other than a tape recording of the ship's sound, Dr. Marvin is hesitant to notify his superiors. He is in charge of Project Skyhook, an American space program that has already launched 10 research satellites into orbit. General Hanley (Morris Ankrum), Carol's father, informs Marvin that many of the satellites have since fallen back to Earth. Marvin admits that he has lost contact with all of them and privately suspects alien involvement. The Marvins then witness the 11th falling from the sky shortly after launch.
Illegal
Illegal (1955)
, 1h28
Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Jayne Mansfield, Albert Dekker, Howard St. John
Roles Ray Borden
Rating69% 3.494113.494113.494113.494113.49411
Victor Scott (Edward G. Robinson) is a District Attorney with a drive to win every case. He is assisted by attorney Ellen Miles (Nina Foch) who is not quite as relentless, but is devoted to her D.A. boss. After Scott discovers that a man he sent to his death is innocent, he falls into an alcoholic haze, is arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct, and determines to defend another incarcerated man. This leads to a new career as a defense attorney.
Casanova's Big Night, 1h26
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, Lon Chaney, Jr., Raymond Burr
Roles Stefano Di Gambetta
Rating66% 3.344873.344873.344873.344873.34487
Pippo, a tailor, impersonates Casanova to woo the girls, particularly the widow Bruni. Casanova has left town, pursued by creditors who persuade Pippo to impersonate Casanova at the behest of a Genoan family that will pay "Casanova" to test the fidelity of the son's betrothed.
Garden of Evil, 1h40
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Hugh Marlowe, Cameron Mitchell, Rita Moreno
Roles John Fuller
Rating65% 3.293973.293973.293973.293973.29397
En route to California to prospect for gold, Hooker (Gary Cooper), Fiske (Richard Widmark), and Luke Daly (Cameron Mitchell) stop over in a tiny Mexican village. The three men and Vicente Madariaga (Victor Manuel Mendoza) are hired by a desperate Leah Fuller (Susan Hayward) to rescue her husband John (Hugh Marlowe), who is trapped in a gold mine in hostile Indian territory.
Monkey Business, 1h32
Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Hugh Marlowe, Henri Letondal
Roles Hank Entwhistle
Rating68% 3.4480353.4480353.4480353.4480353.448035
Dr. Barnaby Fulton (Cary Grant), an absent-minded research chemist for the Oxly chemical company, is trying to develop an elixir of youth. He is urged on by his commercially minded boss, Oliver Oxly (Charles Coburn). One of Dr. Fulton's chimpanzees, Esther, gets loose in the laboratory, mixes a beaker of chemicals, and pours the mix into the water cooler. The chemicals have the rejuvenating effect Fulton is seeking.