The old rascal never let on, but he was a softy. He had been hospitalized since Aug. 13 with what Reavis described as a run-down condition related to the flu. ″I really do nothing when I’m not working on a film,″ he said in that 1985 interview. Won an Academy award for Cat Ballou (best actor; 1966). A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision allowed this type of lawsuit between unmarried partners for the first time and was dubbed ″the palimony law.″ But after a lengthy trial in 1979, the judge merely awarded her a small sum to help her get back on her feet. Marvin took up acting after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, and in 1949 he began appearing in Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. At 90 years old, Dick Van Dyke isn't exactly a man of mystery. In 1984, after he married his school-day sweetheart, Pamela Feeley, he moved to Tucson. We did those in two days. Christopher Marvin, drummer turned artist, dies at 60. In an excerpt from the latest edition of his new … Though Michaelle Triola Marvin and Lee Marvin were never married, she didn't need a piece of paper to validate her devotion or to ask for $1 million in alimony when the couple split, she said. Represented by celebrity lawyer Marvin Mitchelson, Miss Marvin claimed that Marvin had promised her half of his income during the years they were together. Coburn was a martial arts student and a friend of fellow actor Bruce Lee. In 1966, he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles as Kid Shelleen and Tim Strawn in the film Cat Ballou. He owns a ranch on the outskirts of Tucson. Upon Lee's early death, Coburn was one of his pallbearers at the funeral on July 25, 1973. in the Marine Corps, so when I started playing officers I had a good opinion as to how they should be played - from the bias of an enlisted man’s viewpoint.″. In 1979 he made headlines in a landmark ″palimony″ case when he was sued for half his fortune by Michelle Triola Marvin, a woman he lived with for six years but never married. Lee Marvin, (born February 19, 1924, New York, New York, U.S.—died August 29, 1987, Tucson, Arizona), a rugged, durable American actor who was perhaps the quintessential cinematic “tough guy.”. Marvin was born in New York City, United States.He began his career with small roles in western movies such as Cave of Outlaws (1951), The Duel at Silver Creek (1952), with Audie Murphy, and Seminole (1953), with Rock Hudson. Marvin Hamlisch, the stage and film composer who created the memorable songs for “A Chorus Line,” has died at 68. Marvin won the best actor honors for the dual role of a inebriated gunfighter and his evil twin in 1965′s comedy Western parody ″Cat Ballou,″ which also starred Jane Fonda. “If I have any appeal at all, it’s to the fellow who takes out the garbage.” (Lee Marvin), “It’s important not to think too much about what you do.” (Lee Marvin), “I only make movies to finance my fishing.” (Lee Marvin), “A guy digging ditches or a plumber wiping joints – it solves problems, you know? Don’t buy nothing that eats. His first cousin four times removed is Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Marvin made his movie debut after the war in ″You’re in the Navy Now.″ ″I was just an extra,″ he said. Character actor known for his large frame and deep voice, he often played villains and soldiers. Starting at the age of six and dabbling in stage productions before becoming renowned in film, his most notable work is surely as M., the head of the British Secret Service in 11 of the James Bond movies.. 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