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Herbert Marshall

Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall (23 May 1890 – 22 January 1966) was an English actor of stage, screen, and radio. He starred in many popular and well-regarded Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s. After a successful theatrical career in the United Kingdom and North America, he became an in-demand Hollywood leading man, frequently appearing in romantic melodramas and occasional comedies. In his later years, Marshall turned to character acting.

The son of actors, Marshall is best known for roles in Ernst Lubitsch's ''Trouble in Paradise'' (1932), Alfred Hitchcock's ''Murder!'' (1930) and ''Foreign Correspondent'' (1940), William Wyler's ''The Letter'' (1940) and ''The Little Foxes'' (1941), Albert Lewin's ''The Moon and Sixpence'' (1942), Edmund Goulding's ''The Razor's Edge'' (1946), and Kurt Neumann's ''The Fly'' (1958). He appeared onscreen with many of the most prominent leading ladies of Hollywood's Golden Age, including Barbara Stanwyck, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Kay Francis, Joan Crawford, Jean Arthur and Bette Davis.

From 1944 to 1952, Marshall starred in the American radio espionage series ''The Man Called 'X'''. Often praised for the quality of his voice, he made numerous radio guest appearances and hosted several shows. He performed on television as well. Known for his charm, Marshall married five times and periodically appeared in gossip columns because of his sometimes turbulent private life. A leg amputee due to injuries sustained during the First World War, he worked for the rehabilitation of injured troops, especially aiding amputees like himself, during the Second World War. Marshall received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Provided by Wikipedia