Garry Marshall

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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Garry Marshall appears in Vinony's Hollywood Walk of Fame collection — one of 2,437 entries.

Vinony's link graph records 678 inbound references to Garry Marshall, and connects out to Happy Days, Pretty Woman: The Musical and California.

It is catalogued under topics including 1934 births, 2016 deaths and 20th-century American male actors.

Vinony links it to 72 Wikipedia language editions.

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Works: 20

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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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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: The Bronx
Place of death: Burbank
Child: Scott Marshall
Sibling: Penny Marshall
Occupation: director
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: Lutheranism
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Image: Garry Marshall 2013 cropped.jpg
Number of children: 3
Residence: The Bronx
Represented by: Creative Artists Agency

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Commons category: Garry Marshall
date of birth: 1934-11-13
date of death: 2016-07-19
cause of death: pneumonia
manner of death: natural causes
nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
name in native language: Garry Kent Marshall
start of work period: 1959-00-00
place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
related category: Category:Films directed by Garry Marshall
writing language: English language
topic has template: Template:Garry Marshall
end of work period: 2016-00-00
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archives at: Northwestern University

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Encyclopedic overview

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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