GARRY MARSHALL
Name: Garry Kent Marshall
Born: 13 November 1934 New York City, New York, US
Garry Kent Marshall (born November 13, 1934) is an American actor, director,
writer and producer. His credits include creating Happy Days and directing
Pretty Woman.
Marshall was born in New York City, the son of Marjorie Irene (née Ward), a tap
dance teacher who ran a tap dance school, and Anthony Wallace Marshall, a
director of industrial films and later a producer. He is the brother of
actress/director Penny Marshall and Ronny Hallin, a TV producer. His father was
of Italian descent, his family having come from Abruzzo, and his mother was
of English and Scottish descent; his father changed his last name from "Marsciarelli"
to "Marshall" before Garry was born. Marshall was baptized Presbyterian and
also raised in the Lutheran religion for a time. He attended Northwestern
University and is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, where he wrote a
sports column for The Daily Northwestern.
Marshall began his career as a joke writer for such comedians as Joey Bishop and
Phil Foster, and then became a writer for the Tonight Show with Jack Paar. In
1961 he moved to Hollywood, where he teamed up with Jerry Belson as a writer for
television. The pair worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show, "The Joey Bishop Show",
The Danny Thomas Show, and The Lucy Show. They then adapted Neil Simon's play
The Odd Couple for television. On his own, Marshall created Happy Days, Laverne
and Shirley (starring his sister Penny), and Mork & Mindy. He was also a co-creator
of the short-lived sitcom Makin' It.
In 1984, Marshall had a movie hit as the writer of The Flamingo Kid. He went on
to direct Nothing in Common, Overboard, Beaches, Pretty Woman, Frankie and
Johnny, Exit to Eden, The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal
Engagement, Raising Helen and most recently Georgia Rule.
Marshall is also a comic actor who often plays wisecracking guys who tell it
like it is[citation needed], and has appeared in the television series Murphy
Brown and in such movies as Grand Theft Auto, Hocus Pocus, Tomcats, Lost in
America, Never Been Kissed, Runaway Bride, Orange County, and Jumpin' Jack Flash
and A League of Their Own, both directed by his sister. He also acts in stage
productions. He is now a permanent judge on FOX's filmmaking-competition reality
TV series On the Lot.
Marshall has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His son, Scott Marshall, is
also a director.
Name: Garry Kent Marshall
Born: 13 November 1934 New York City, New York, US
Garry Kent Marshall (born November 13, 1934) is an American actor, director,
writer and producer. His credits include creating Happy Days and directing
Pretty Woman.
Marshall was born in New York City, the son of Marjorie Irene (née Ward), a tap
dance teacher who ran a tap dance school, and Anthony Wallace Marshall, a
director of industrial films and later a producer. He is the brother of
actress/director Penny Marshall and Ronny Hallin, a TV producer. His father was
of Italian descent, his family having come from Abruzzo, and his mother was
of English and Scottish descent; his father changed his last name from "Marsciarelli"
to "Marshall" before Garry was born. Marshall was baptized Presbyterian and
also raised in the Lutheran religion for a time. He attended Northwestern
University and is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, where he wrote a
sports column for The Daily Northwestern.
Marshall began his career as a joke writer for such comedians as Joey Bishop and
Phil Foster, and then became a writer for the Tonight Show with Jack Paar. In
1961 he moved to Hollywood, where he teamed up with Jerry Belson as a writer for
television. The pair worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show, "The Joey Bishop Show",
The Danny Thomas Show, and The Lucy Show. They then adapted Neil Simon's play
The Odd Couple for television. On his own, Marshall created Happy Days, Laverne
and Shirley (starring his sister Penny), and Mork & Mindy. He was also a co-creator
of the short-lived sitcom Makin' It.
In 1984, Marshall had a movie hit as the writer of The Flamingo Kid. He went on
to direct Nothing in Common, Overboard, Beaches, Pretty Woman, Frankie and
Johnny, Exit to Eden, The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal
Engagement, Raising Helen and most recently Georgia Rule.
Marshall is also a comic actor who often plays wisecracking guys who tell it
like it is[citation needed], and has appeared in the television series Murphy
Brown and in such movies as Grand Theft Auto, Hocus Pocus, Tomcats, Lost in
America, Never Been Kissed, Runaway Bride, Orange County, and Jumpin' Jack Flash
and A League of Their Own, both directed by his sister. He also acts in stage
productions. He is now a permanent judge on FOX's filmmaking-competition reality
TV series On the Lot.
Marshall has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His son, Scott Marshall, is
also a director.