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May 4, 1982 · Hugh Marlowe, an actor on the stage, in the movies and on radio and television for more than 50 years, died of a heart attack Sunday at his home in Manhattan. He was 71 years old.
Hugh Marlowe (January 30, 1911 – May 2, 1982) was an American film, television, stage and radio actor. Marlowe was born Hugh Herbert Hipple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and began his stage career in the 1930s at the Pasadena Playhouse in California.
Born the comically alliterative Hugh Herbert Hipple in Philadelphia, the actor changed his name to the weightier Hugh Marlowe after beginning his stage career at Los Angeles' Pasadena Playhouse.
Hugh Marlowe (born Hugh Herbert Hipple; January 30, 1911 – May 2, 1982) was an American film, television, stage, and radio actor. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. Marlowe (center) as Ellery Queen with Santos Ortega and Marian Shockley in The Adventures of Ellery Queen, 1939. Early life. Marlowe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
A former radio announcer and stage performer whose somber appearance and grave delivery lent portentousness to such sci-fi film classics as "The Day the Earth Stood" and "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers," Hugh Marlowe, perhaps more than any character actor from the era, was the archetype of 1950s...
Hugh Marlowe. Highest Rated: 100% Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) Lowest Rated: 40% World Without End (1956) Birthday: Jan 30, 1911. Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
On television, Hugh Marlowe played Ellery Queen (a role he'd previously essayed on radio) in a 1954 syndicated series, and was the last of four actors to portray Jim Matthews on the NBC daytime drama Another World. Read More ↓. Movie Highlights. See Full Filmography.
