George Marshall was a versatile American director who came to Hollywood to visit his mother and "have a bit of fun". Expelled from Chicago University in 1912, he was an unsettled young man, drifting from job to job, variously employed as a mechanic, newspaper reporter and lumberjack with a logging outfit in Washington state. Trying his luck in the emerging film industry, he got his start at Universal and was put to work as an extra. His powerful, six-foot frame served him well for doing stunt work in westerns, earning him a dollar every time he fell off a horse. He was first glimpsed on-screen in a bit as a laundry delivery man in 'Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle' , George Marshall retired from making films in 1972 and died three years later at the age of 83. He has a star on the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard.
Three days before his death he was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.
Children: Germaine Marshall and George Marshall Jr..
From 1948-50 he was President of the Screen Directors Guild.
Father-in-law of assistant director Frank Baur.
He is one of the few directors to direct two versions of the same story, Destry Rides Again and Destry . Only the 1939 version is a classic.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 731-735. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
George E. Marshall Jr. (Sound Department) is his grandson.
Father-in-law of actress Helene Marshall.
Impressionist.
Stepfather-in-law of Angelo Pagan.
Stepfather of Leah Remini , Nicole Remini and Shannon Farrara.
