Tully Marshall

Tully Marshall (born William Phillips; April 10, 1864 – March 10, 1943) was an American character actor. He had nearly a quarter century of theatrical experience before his debut film appearance in 1914 which led to a film career spanning almost three decades.

Early years Marshall was born in Nevada City, California. He attended private schools and Santa Clara College, from which he graduated with an engineering degree.

Stage

Marshall began acting on the stage at 18, appearing in Saratoga at the Winter Garden in San Francisco on March 8, 1883.

For several years, Marshall played with a variety of stock theater troupes, including both acting and being stage manager for E. H. Sothern's company.

Film

In 1914, Marshall arrived in Hollywood. His screen debut was in Paid in Full (1914). By the time D. W. Griffith cast him as the High Priest of Bel in Intolerance (1916), he had already appeared in a number of silent films.

His career continued to thrive during the sound era and he remained busy for the remaining three decades of his life. He played a vast array of drunken trail scouts, lovable grandpas, unforgiving fathers, sinister attorneys and lecherous aristocrats. He is arguably most widely known today for his portrayal of John Wayne's sidekick in the lavish widescreen epic Western The Big Trail (1930) directed by Raoul Walsh, shot on location all across the American West, and starring Wayne in his first leading role. In one of Marshall's last films, This Gun for Hire (1942) starring Alan Ladd, he played a treacherously sinister nitrogen industrialist.

Personal life Marshall was married to screenwriter, playwright, actress and head of her own studio Marion Fairfax from 1899 to his death in 1943. Fairfax died in 1970 at age 94.

Death Marshall died on March 10, 1943, age 78, after a heart attack at his home in Encino, California. His grave is located in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Filmography

Lobby card with Marshall, Marguerite Churchill and Tyrone Power Sr. in The Big Trail (1930)

Paid in Full (1914) – Joe Brooks The Sable Lorcha (1915) – Soy The Painted Soul (1915) Let Katie Do It (1916) – Oliver Putnam Martha's Vindication (1916) – Sell Hawkins A Child of the Paris Streets (1916) – Jacques Dufrane The Devil's Needle (1916) – John Minturn Intolerance (1916) – High Priest of Bel / Friend of the Musketeer Oliver Twist (1916) – Fagin Joan the Woman (1916) – L'Oiseleur The Fatal Glass of Beer (1916) – Cousin Henry Everybody's Doing It (1916) – Crook The Golden Fetter (1917) – Henry Slade A Romance of the Redwoods (1917) – Sam Sparks Unconquered (1917) – Juke The Countess Charming (1917) – Dr. John Cavendish The Devil-Stone (1917) – Silas Martin A Modern Musketeer (1917) – James Brown The Things We Love (1918) – Henry D. Kenwood The Whispering Chorus (1918) – F.P. Clumley M'Liss (1918) – Judge Joshua McSnagley Old Wives for New (1918) – Simcox We Can't Have Everything (1918) – The Director Bound in Morocco (1918) – Ali Pah Shush The Man from Funeral Range (1918) – Frank Beekman Too Many Millions (1918) – Artemus Wilkins Arizona (1918) – Unknown role The Squaw Man (1918) – Sir John Applegate Cheating Cheaters (1919) – Ira Lazarre Maggie Pepper (1919) – Sam Darkin The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919) – Cutie's Old Friend Daughter of Mine (1919) – Pap Mendelsohn / Lord Noblebrow The Lady of Red Butte (1919) – Spanish Ed The Crimson Gardenia (1919) – Alfred le Duc The Grim Game (1919) – Richard Raver Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919) – Langley The Lottery Man (1919) – Unknown role The Life Line (1919) – Joe Heckett Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919) – Nitchi Everywoman (1919) – Puff Double Speed (1920) – Donald McPherson Excuse My Dust (1920) – President Mutchler The Gift Supreme (1920) – Irving Stagg The Dancin' Fool (1920) – Charle Harkins Sick Abed (1920) – Chalmers The Slim Princess (1920) – Papova Honest Hutch (1920) – Thomas Gunnison Her Beloved Villain (1920) – Dr. Joseph Poulard The Little 'Fraid Lady (1920) – Giron What Happened to Rosa (1920) – Percy Peacock The Cup of Life (1921) – Chan Chang Silent Years (1921) – Captain Longville Hail the Woman (1921) – 'Odd Jobs Man' Lotus Blossom (1921) – Quong Foo Any Night (1922) – Jerry Maguire (The Weasel) Penrod (1922) – Mr. Schofield The Lying Truth (1922) – Horace Todd Too Much Business (1922) – Amos Comby Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922) – Amos Saxby The Ladder Jinx (1922) – Peter Stalton Fools of Fortune (1922) – Scenery Sims Without Compromise (1922) – Samuel McAllister The Village Blacksmith (1922) – Squire Ezra Brigham Good Men and True (1922) – Fite The Super-Sex (1922) – Mr. Higgins Deserted at the Altar (1922) – Squire Simpson Only a Shop Girl (1922) – Watkins' Store Manager The Marriage Chance (1922) – Timothy Lamb The Beautiful and Damned (1922) – Adam Patch Dangerous Trails (1923) – Steve Bradley The Covered Wagon (1923) – Jim Bridger Fools and Riches (1923) – John Dorgan Law of the Lawless (1923) – Ali Mechmet Temporary Marriage (1923) – Hugh Manners, a lawyer The Brass Bottle (1923) – Professor Hamilton Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923) – Barney Ryan The Barefoot Boy (1923) – Tom Adams His Last Race (1923) – Mr. Strong The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) – El Rey Luis XI Defying Destiny (1923) – Dr. Gregory Thundergate (1923) – Suen Tung Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923) – Archbishop of Tyre The Meanest Man in the World (1923) – Client Ponjola (1923) – Count Blauhimel The Dangerous Maid (1923) – Simon (the peddler) Let's Go (1923) – Ezra Sprowl Her Temporary Husband (1923) – John Ingram The Stranger (1924) – The Stranger Pagan Passions (1924) – Dr. Trask The Right of the Strongest (1924) – 'Mister' Sykes Hold Your Breath (1924) – Blake For Sale (1924) – Harrison Bates Passion's Pathway (1924) – Butler Along Came Ruth (1924) – Israel Hubbard Reckless Romance (1924) – Judge Somers He Who Gets Slapped (1924) – Count Mancini The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924) – The Spider Smouldering Fires (1925) – Scotty The Talker (1925) – Henry Fells Anything Once (1925) – Mr. Nixon The Half-Way Girl (1925) – The Crab The Merry Widow (1925) – Baron Sadoja The Pace That Thrills (1925) – Hezekiah Sims Clothes Make the Pirate (1925) – Scute Torrent (1926) – Don Andrés Old Loves and New (1926) – Hosein Her Big Night (1926) – J.Q. Adams, reporter Twinkletoes (1926) – Dad Minasi Jim, the Conqueror (1926) – Dave Mahler Beware of Widows (1927) – Peter Chadwick The Cat and the Canary (1927) – Roger Crosby The Gorilla (1927) – William Townsend Drums of Love (1928) – Bopi Mad Hour (1928) – Lawyer The Trail of '98 (1928) – Salvation Jim The Perfect Crime (1928) – Frisbie Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928) – Avery Conquest (1928) – Dr. Gerry Queen Kelly (1929) – Jan Vryheid (uncredited) Redskin (1929) – Navajo Jim The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) – A Townsman Thunderbolt (1929) – Warden The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929) – Chinese Ambassador (uncredited) Skin Deep (1929) – Dr. Bruce Langdon The Show of Shows (1929) – Performer in "The Pirate"/Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution") Tiger Rose (1929) – Hector McCollins Burning Up (1930) – Dave Gentry She Couldn't Say No (1930) – Big John Mammy (1930) – Slats Under a Texas Moon (1930) – Gus Aldrich Redemption (1930) – Artimiev Murder Will Out (1930) – Dr. Mansfield Numbered Men (1930) – Lemuel Barnes Dancing Sweeties (1930) – Pa Cleaver Common Clay (1930) – W.H. Yates The Big Trail (1930) – Zeke One Night at Susie's (1930) – Buckeye Bill Tom Sawyer (1930) – Muff Potter Fighting Caravans (1931) – Jim Bridger The Virtuous Husband (1931) – Ezra Hunniwell The Millionaire (1931) – Briggs The Unholy Garden (1931) – Baron de Jonghe Broken Lullaby (1932) – Gravedigger (uncredited) The Hatchet Man (1932) – Long Sen Yat The Beast of the City (1932) – Michaels Arséne Lupin (1932) – Gaston Gourney-Martin Scarface (1932) – Managing Editor Scandal for Sale (1932) – Simpkins Grand Hotel (1932) – Gerstenkorn Night Court (1932) – Grogan Strangers of the Evening (1932) – Robert Daniels Two-Fisted Law (1932) – Sheriff Malcolm The Hurricane Express (1932, 12-part serial) – Howard Edwards The Hollywood Handicap (1932, Short) – Minor Role Exposure (1932) – John Ward Klondike (1932) – Editor Hinman The Cabin in the Cotton (1932) – Slick Red Dust (1932) – "Mac" McQuarg, overseer Afraid to Talk (1932) – District Attorney. Anderson Night of Terror (1933) – Richard Rinehart Corruption (1933) – Gorman Fighting with Kit Carson (1933) – Jim Bridge [Chs. 1–2] Laughing at Life (1933) – Stone Massacre (1934) – Jake Murder on the Blackboard (1934) – Mr. MacFarland Black Fury (1935) – Poole Diamond Jim (1935) – Minister A Tale of Two Cities (1935) – Woodcutter California Straight Ahead! (1937) – Harrison Souls at Sea (1937) – Pecora She Asked for It (1937) – Old Man Stettin Stand-In (1937) – Fowler Pettypacker That Navy Spirit (1937) – The 'Admiral' Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938) – Morton Ross A Yank at Oxford (1938) – Cephas Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) – Monelle Making the Headlines (1938) – Stuart Hackett College Swing (1938) – Grandpa Alden (uncredited) Hold That Kiss (1938) – Mr. Lazarus – Travel Customer (uncredited) The Kid from Texas (1939) – Adam Lambert Blue Montana Skies (1939) – Steve Invisible Stripes (1939) – Old Peter Brigham Young (1940) – Judge Youth Will Be Served (1940) – Rufus Britt Go West (1940) – Dan Wilson (uncredited) Chad Hanna (1940) – Mr. Mott For Beauty's Sake (1941) – Julius H. Pringle Sergeant York (1941) – Uncle Lige (uncredited) Ball of Fire (1941) – Prof. Robinson This Gun for Hire (1942) – Alvin Brewster Moontide (1942) – Mr. Simpson Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) – Grandpa Behind Prison Walls (1943) – James J. MacGlennon Hitler's Madman (1943) – Teacher (uncredited) (final film)

Stage plays

Because She Loved Him So (1899) Sky Farm (1902) Hearts Aflame (1902) The Best of Friends (1903) An African Millionaire (1904) Just Out of College (1905) The Stolen Story (1906) The Builders (1907) Paid in Full (1908) The City (1910) The Talker (1912) The Girl and the Pennant (1913) The House of Bondage (1914) The Clever Ones (1915) The Trap (1915)