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John Marley

Acting

Born October 17, 1907 · New York City, New York, USA

Died May 22, 1984

Also known as John Marlieb · Mortimer Leon Marlieb

Biography

John Marley was an American actor and theatre director. He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 29th Venice International Film Festival for his performance in John Cassavetes' Faces (1968), and was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his role in Love Story (1970). He was also known to film audiences for his role as Jack Woltz—the defiant film mogul who awakens to find the severed head of his prized thoroughbred horse in his bed—in The Godfather (1972).

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Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1971 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Godfather

1972as Jack Woltz

The Twilight Zone

1959as Sunnyvale Superintendant Cox

W.C. Fields and Me

1976as Harry Bannerman, Studio Head

The Outer Limits

1963as Dr. Sigmund Hindeman

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Mike

Perry Mason

1957as Matthew Owen

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974as Captain Maurice Molnar

Bonanza

1959as Marshal Millett

Jory

1973as Roy Starr

The Incredible Hulk

1977

McCloud

1970as Phillip Rhigas

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Noah Kaluna

Rawhide

1959

The Naked City

1948as Managing Editor (uncredited)

Faces

1968as Richard Forst

Kiss of Death

1947as Convict (uncredited)

Barnaby Jones

1973as Albert Felix

America America

1963as Garabet

Ironside

1967

I Want to Live!

1958as Father Devers

Love Story

1970as Phil Cavilleri

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

1969as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

Land of the Giants

1968as Deputy Zarkin

Mannix

1967as Ernst Stassos

A Child Is Waiting

1963as Holland

Thriller

1960as Dr. Tony Romano

Mr. Lucky

1959

Sea Hunt

1958

Gunsmoke

1955as Ben Pringle

The Mob

1951as Tony

Framed

1975as Sal Viccarrone

Peter Gunn

1958

Hardcastle and McCormick

1983

The Deputy

1959as Zeb Baker

The Car

1977as Everett

Cat Ballou

1965as Frankie Ballou

The Joe Louis Story

1953as Mannie Seamon

Hooper

1978as Max Berns

Dead of Night

1974as Charles Brooks

The Wheeler Dealers

1963as Achilles Dimitros

Treasury Men in Action

1950as Whitie

A Man Called Sledge

1970as Old Man

Cheyenne

1955

Time Table

1956as Bobik

Mother Lode

1982as Elijha

The Greatest

1977as Dr. Ferdie Pacheco

One Step Beyond

1959as Doctor Frazier

The F.B.I.

1965as Tully

It Lives Again

1978as Mr. Mallory