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Scott Marlowe
Scott Marlowe
	Marlowe in an episode of One Step Beyond (1961)
Born	Ronald Richard DeLeo; June 24, 1932
Died	January 6, 2001 (aged 68); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1951–1998

Scott Gregory Marlowe (born Ronald Richard DeLeo; June 24, 1932 – January 6, 2001)^[1] was an American actor who had starring roles in the teen exploitation film The Cool and the Crazy (1958, alongside Dick Bakalyan) and the May-December independent film, A Cold Wind in August (1961, opposite Lola Albright).

Career

Film

Marlowe made his film debut with an uncredited role in Attila (1955). Over the next few years, he began accruing supporting parts in several films, co-starring opposite Leslie Caron in Gaby (1956); in the Michael Curtiz-directed film noir, The Scarlet Hour (1956); with Russ Tamblyn in The Young Guns (1956); opposite the Robert Ryan-led ensemble cast of Men in War (1957); and a young Anne Bancroft in The Restless Breed (1957).

However, in 1958, he garnered a pair of lead roles in teen exploitation films dealing with juvenile delinquency: Young and Wild and The Cool and the Crazy—the latter of which not only co-starred another rising star in the subgenre, Richard Bakalyan, but proved to be Marlowe's breakthrough role. He followed this up with Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959) and The Subterraneans (1960). The latter featured an all-star cast and was adapted from Jack Kerouac's titular novel, albeit severely diluted from its original beatnik content.

In 1961, he starred opposite Lola Albright in the May-December independent romantic drama, A Cold Wind in August. Despite only being eight years younger than her, Marlowe portrayed a character half of Albright's age who was seduced and fell in love, but complications arose when her burlesque stripper past interfered with his idealized perception.

Subsequently concentrating on television, his film roles dissipated after that. After Lonnie (1963), Marlowe wouldn't act in another feature film until the star-studded remake of Journey into Fear (1975), followed by Circle of Power (1983). In the 1990s, he had roles in one more theatrical film, Chasers (1994); while the last two, Lightning in a Bottle (1998) and Counter Measures (1999) both went direct-to-video on VHS.

Television

In 1958, he played Jess "Little Elk" Carswell, the son of the title character (played by James Whitmore) in the Wagon Train S1 E18 episode "The Gabe Carswell Story" which aired 1/14/1958. In 1960, Marlowe starred opposite Clint Walker in Cheyenne "Apache Blood" as Mickey Free - Ward. In 1961, he also appeared as "Les" in the series Straightaway in the episode titled "Die Laughing". He guest-starred in the 1960 episode "The Show Off" of Law of the Plainsman as "Clancy James". He guest-starred in the 1963 episode "Legends Don't Sleep" as "Britt". Marlowe had roles in three episodes of Have Gun – Will Travel: "The Hanging of Roy Carter" (S1E4); "Charley Red Dog" (S3E13); and "Duke of Texas" (S4E31). He also guest-starred in a 1963 episode of The Outer Limits titled, "It Crawled Out of the Woodwork," and a 1964 episode titled "The Forms of Things Unknown." In 1974, he guest-starred on a Mannix episode, "The Green Man," portraying Turner Dabney, a counterfeiter.^[2] He guest-starred the 1979 episode "Fatal Overture" (S7E19) of "Barnaby Jones" as Peter.

Death

Marlowe died of a heart attack in Los Angeles on January 6, 2001, at 68 years of age.^[3]

Filmography

References

^ Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Social Security Administration.
^ "Mannix". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ "Obituaries; Scott Marlowe; Actor Had Roles as Young Delinquent: [Home Edition]". Los Angeles Times. January 29, 2001. p. B4. ProQuest 421570096. Scott Marlowe, 68, a youthful actor in 1950s juvenile delinquency movies who segued into roles in television movies and series. [...] Among the later TV series in which Marlowe appeared were "Executive Suite" in the 1970s and "Perfect Strangers" and "Murder, She Wrote" in the 1990s. He had prominent parts in several TV movies, including "No Place Like Home" with Christine Lahti, Jeff Daniels and Kathy Bates; "Following Her Heart" with Ann-Margret and George Segal; and "Seasons of the Heart" with Carol Burnett and Segal. Marlowe also performed on stage, including the Chicago production of "Death of a Salesman," and was a founding member of Theatre West. On Jan. 6 in Los Angeles of a heart attack.

External links

Scott Marlowe at IMDb

[ssdi-1] Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Social Security Administration.

[2] "Mannix". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.

[3] "Obituaries; Scott Marlowe; Actor Had Roles as Young Delinquent: [Home Edition]". Los Angeles Times. January 29, 2001. p. B4. ProQuest 421570096. Scott Marlowe, 68, a youthful actor in 1950s juvenile delinquency movies who segued into roles in television movies and series. [...] Among the later TV series in which Marlowe appeared were "Executive Suite" in the 1970s and "Perfect Strangers" and "Murder, She Wrote" in the 1990s. He had prominent parts in several TV movies, including "No Place Like Home" with Christine Lahti, Jeff Daniels and Kathy Bates; "Following Her Heart" with Ann-Margret and George Segal; and "Seasons of the Heart" with Carol Burnett and Segal. Marlowe also performed on stage, including the Chicago production of "Death of a Salesman," and was a founding member of Theatre West. On Jan. 6 in Los Angeles of a heart attack.

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