E. G. Marshall (June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998) was an American actor, best known for his TV roles as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on The Defenders in the 1960s, and as neurosurgeon Dr. David Craig on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors in the 1970s. Among his film roles, he is perhaps best known as the unflappable Juror #4 in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama 12 Angry Men.
Marshall was born Everett Eugene Grunz in Owatonna, Minnesota, the son of Hazel I...
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E. G. Marshall (June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998) was an American actor, best known for his TV roles as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on The Defenders in the 1960s, and as neurosurgeon Dr. David Craig on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors in the 1970s. Among his film roles, he is perhaps best known as the unflappable Juror #4 in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama 12 Angry Men.
Marshall was born Everett Eugene Grunz in Owatonna, Minnesota, the son of Hazel Irene (née Cobb) and Charles G. Grunz. During his life, he never divulged fully what 'E.G' stood for, telling most people it stood for "Everybody's Guess". It was thought to mean "Everett Grunz" or "Edda Gunnar Marshall". In actual fact, it meant Everett Gillespie Marshall. His legal name.
Although most familiar from his television and movie roles, E. G. Marshall came from a distinguished Broadway background, appearing in the original New York productions of The Skin of Our Teeth, The Iceman Cometh, and lead roles in The Crucible and Waiting...
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