Person Details

Birthday: 1936-05-02 13:15:56

Death: 2016-10-30 13:15:56

Aliases: Donald James Marshall

Gender: Male

Place of birth: San Diego, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 9

TV Involvements: 13


Most Famous Work

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Donald James Marshall (May 2, 1936 - October 30, 2016) was was an American actor best known for his role as "Dan Erickson" in the television show "Land of the Giants (1968-1970)". He was one of four children and was schooled at San Diego High School. He was studying engineering between 1956 and 1957, and was encouraged to try acting by a friend, Peter Bren. Marshall was still in the army at this time. He studied acting at the Bob Gist Dramatic Workshop, while studying Theatre Arts at Los Angeles City College. Marshall has provided consultation on matters connected with his work and with racial issues, and has received an award for "Outstanding Achievement in his field as a Black Achiever in the United States". Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Marshall (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Star Trek
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8

Star Trek

(1966) Boma
Rawhide
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7

Rawhide

(1959) Pvt. Goodlove
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
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8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

(1962) Joe Chandler
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
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7
Land of the Giants
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7

Land of the Giants

(1968) Dan Erickson
Kraft Suspense Theatre
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5

Kraft Suspense Theatre

(1963) Cpl. Jenks
Terminal Island
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6

Terminal Island

(1973) A.J. Thomas
The Rogues
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8

The Rogues

(1964) Chalo

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2016 Self
1992 Concierge
1984 Jim Blair
1979 Julio
1978 FBI Man #1
1977 Richard Wilkes
Lee
Doctor
1976 N/A
1975 Mr. M'Bow-Wow - Additional Characters (voice)
1974 N/A
Slim's Henchman #2
N/A
1973 A.J. Thomas
N/A
1972 Dr. Fred Williams
1971 Pvt. Carver LeMoyne
1968 Dan Erickson
Cpl. Jenks
1967 N/A
Athlete
1966 N/A
Boma
N/A
1964 N/A
Chalo
Singer
1963 Cpl. Jenks
N/A
Pvt. Ernest Cameron
1962 Joe Chandler
Officer Healy
Tom Jackson
Intern
1961 N/A
1959 Pvt. Goodlove
Year Character Movie/Tv

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