No Celebrity Told WAR Stories Like Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin was wounded on Saipan, won an Oscar for a comic western, and spent forty years giving talk-show hosts the shortest answers they ever got. From the Marines to The Dirty Dozen and The Big Red One, this is his life told through his deadpan comebacks and his war stories. With Dick Cavett, Don Rickles, Johnny Carson, Terry Wogan, Merv Griffin, Jeanne Moreau, Julie Andrews, Angie Dickinson, Mark Hamill, Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Carradine and Hector Elizondo: the wound he described in as few words as possible, his mother's dream, the Purple Heart he'd rather not have, Rod Steiger in the seat behind him at the Oscars, the horse he shared his Oscar with, the Liberty Valance death scene John Ford cut, keeping up with the Dirty Dozen, "Boring Under a Wandering Star", the thirty-five-day train fight, the silent car ride on The Big Red One, and the lesson he gave Hector Elizondo about bad guys. If you could ask him one question, what would it be, and how many words would he use? Leave yours in the comments, and subscribe for more screen legends. CHAPTERS 0:00 Lee Marvin's deadpan comebacks 0:34 Saipan and the wound 0:54 His mother's dream 1:27 Captain Kangaroo and the Purple Heart 1:56 How he became an actor 2:29 Cast as the heavy 3:04 M Squad and Liberty Valance 3:48 Cat Ballou and Rod Steiger 4:26 The Oscar 4:46 The Dirty Dozen 5:25 Point Blank and Angie Dickinson 5:50 Paint Your Wagon 6:25 Wand'rin' Star and playing a heavy 7:00 Emperor of the North 7:34 Life in Tucson 7:52 Twenty-five years of being killed off 8:16 What war films get wrong 8:41 The Big Red One 9:22 Keeping up with the young ones 9:39 Death Hunt with Charles Bronson 10:07 Hector Elizondo's lesson 10:39 Arlington HOW THIS VIDEO WAS MADE The narration, research and editing are original to Drollery. The clips are short excerpts, used to tell and comment on the story of Lee Marvin's life and forty years in film and television. Every clip is labeled on screen with its show and year. Nothing is invented: every moment is real, and every fact comes from the interviews themselves or a published source. All clips belong to their original broadcasters and producers. Drollery is not affiliated with the people, shows or networks featured. Rights holders: to ask for a change or removal, contact me via the about page