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Also known as Garry Kent Marshall, Garry K. Marshall

American actor and filmmaker (1934–2016)

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Garry Marshall was an American actor and filmmaker who had a long career in entertainment from the 1930s through 2016. He is remembered as a significant figure in Hollywood who contributed to both acting and filmmaking during his lifetime.

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Person · Open Library

Works
20

Top works

  • Wrong Turn at Lungfish
  • Happy Days - a Musical
  • Missionary man
  • Wake Me When It's Funny
  • My happy days in Hollywood

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Film & TV

Acting · New York City, New York, USA

Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) was an American actor, director, writer and producer. His notable credits include creating Happy Days and The Odd Couple and directing Nothing In Common, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Valentine's Day, and The Princess Diaries. Description above from the Wikipedia article Garry Marshall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on…

Known for

  • The Happy Days of Garry Marshall — Self (archive audio)2020
  • Suzi Q — Self2019
  • Score: A Film Music Documentary — Self2017
  • Tempest Storm — Himself2016
  • Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors — Self2016
  • Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery — Manny Goldman (voice)2015
  • The Odd Couple — Walter Madison2015
  • Celebrity Family Feud — Self2015
  • The Hooping Life — Himself2014
  • Life After Beth — Grandpa2014

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1934
Active to
2016
schlager

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,700
Total plays
4,997

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Garry Marshall 2013 cropped.jpg
Number of children
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Garry Marshall
date of birth
1934-11-13
date of death
2016-07-19
name in native language
Garry Kent Marshall
start of work period
1959-00-00
end of work period
2016-00-00
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Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) was an American screenwriter, director, producer and actor. Marshall began his career in the 1960s as a writer for The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show until he developed the television adaptation of Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple. He rose to fame in the 1970s for creating the ABC sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984).

Marshall went on to direct numerous films including Young Doctors in Love (1982), The Flamingo Kid (1984), Nothing in Common (1986), Overboard (1987), Beaches (1988), Pretty Woman (1990), Frankie and Johnny (1991), Exit to Eden (1994), Dear God (1996), The Other Sister and Runaway Bride (both in 1999), The Princess Diaries (2001), Raising Helen (2004), Georgia Rule (2007), Valentine's Day (2010), New Year's Eve (2011), and Mother's Day (2016).

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