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Herbert Marshall (1890 - 1966)

Film Deaths[]

  • Foreign Correspondent (1940) [Stephen Fisher]: Drowned after he lets go of the wing of the crashed airplane and goes into the water, sacrificing himself so that the other survivors can safely use the wing as a life raft.
  • The Little Foxes (1941) [Horace Giddens]: Suffers a heart attack while Bette Davis deliberately withholds his medicine; he dies shortly afterwards.
  • Angel Face (1952) [Mr. Charles Tremayne]: Killed in a car crash, along with Barbara O'Neil when Barbara steps on the gas pedal sending their car over a cliff. (Jean Simmons later admits to rigging the car for that to happen).

TV Deaths[]

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Bottle of Wine (1957) [Judge Connors]: Shot to death by Robert Horton, after Herbert falsely claims that he'd poisoned Robert (as a trick to make Robert panic and prove himself a coward).
  • Michael Shayne: Spotlight on a Corpse (1961) [Collier Davis]: Commits suicide by taking digitalis after getting identified as the killer.

Noteworthy Connections[]

  • Ex-husband of Edna Best.
  • Husband of Boots Mallory (widowed).
  • Father of Sarah Marshall.
  • Grandfather of Timothy M. Bourne (producer).