E.G. Marshall

Biographical entries indicate that he attended Carleton College and the University of Minnesota. However, researchers after his death found that he was enrolled at Mechanic Arts High School in St. Paul in September 1932 as Everett E. Grunz, but there is no record of his having graduated. Archivists at Carleton College say there is no record of his ever attending that institution.

Began acting in 1933.

Has the distinction of playing four U.S. Presidents; Grover Cleveland in a 1952 episode of "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951), Harry S. Truman in Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976) (TV), Dwight D. Eisenhower in both Ike (1986) (TV) and "War and Remembrance" (1988) and the fictitious, unnamed President in Superman II (1980).

Has the distinction of playing four U.S. Presidents; Grover Cleveland in a 1952 episode of _"Hallmark Hall of Fame"_, Harry S. Truman in _"Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur" _, Dwight D. Eisenhower in both _"Ike" _ and _"War and Remembrance" _ and the fictitious, unnamed President in Superman II .

Although he was typecast as being straitlaced and businesslike, he was notorious for his wicked sense of humor and pulling pranks on his co-stars. While filming "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" , he often ad-libbed profane jokes and non-sequiturs while his lips were hidden by a surgical mask.

Although he was typecast as being straitlaced and businesslike, he was notorious for his wicked sense of humor and pulling pranks on his co-stars. While filming "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" (1969), he often ad-libbed profane jokes and non-sequiturs while his lips were hidden by a surgical mask.

Though he was the host/narrator for the "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" from 1974 to 1981, he performed in only one episode of the show as Ebeneezer Scrooge in its version of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens in 1975 (which was repeated at Christmas time every year until the show's demise).

Though he was the host/narrator for the "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" from 1974 to 1981, he performed in only one episode of the show as Ebeneezer Scrooge in its version of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens in 1975 (which was repeated at Christmas time every year until the show's demise).

Twice in the same year, Marshall and Oscar winner Beatrice Straight played husband and wife in two political films _Under Seige(TV)_ and _Power_, both in 1986.

Twice in the same year Marshall and Oscar winner Beatrice Straight played husband and wife in two political films Under Siege (1986) (TV) and Power (1986).

Among other historic figures, he portrayed U.S. Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles in Lincoln (1992) (TV), President Ulysses S. Grant in "Emma: Queen of the South Seas" (1988), Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy in "Kennedy" (1983), Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982) (TV) and Gen. George Washington and revolutionary Samuel Adams on "You Are There" (1953).