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Theo Marcuse is a Actor American born on 2 august 1920 at Seattle (USA)

Theo Marcuse

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Birth name Theodore Marcuse
Nationality USA
Birth 2 august 1920 at Seattle (USA)
Death 29 november 1967 (at 47 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Awards Bronze Star Medal

Theodore "Theo" Marcuse (August 2, 1920 – November 29, 1967) was an American character actor who appeared frequently on television in the 1950s and 1960s. His sinister, hulking countenance was enhanced by a shaven head that accentuated his elephantine ears.

Biography

Marcuse was born in Washington, D.C. of Irish-Jewish parentage to a successful fur designer. He grew up in San Francisco and received a master's degree in classical literature from Stanford University. He served with the Navy during World War II and was awarded a Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal, and a Presidential Unit Citation for his heroics while serving as a lieutenant on the famed submarine USS Tirante. Other officers on board included future Massachusetts governor Endicott Peabody and author Edward L. Beach, Jr., who wrote the submarine classic Run Silent, Run Deep.

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Filmography of Theo Marcuse (15 films)

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The Picasso Summer, 1h30
Directed by Robert Sallin, Serge Bourguignon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Albert Finney, Yvette Mimieux, Georgina Cookson, Theo Marcuse, Tutte Lemkow, Peter Madden
Roles The Host (as Theo Marcuse)
Rating52% 2.6139452.6139452.6139452.6139452.613945
George Smith (Albert Finney) is a middle age San Francisco architect in mid-life crisis and dissatisfied with the extent of his professional career, as his latest project is nothing more than a warehouse. After he and his wife Alice (Yvette Mimieux) attend a large party they go home and reassess their lives. George remembers how he used to admire Pablo Picasso so much when he was in college and suddenly proposes to his wife that they go to Europe and find Picasso. As they travel through numerous places in France and Spain they meet a number of interesting people but George's obsessive quest begins to wear on Alice. They never actually find Picasso, and in a typical Hollywood ending, they walk off into the sunset after reaffirming their love for each other.
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, 1h53
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Political films
Actors Elke Sommer, Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, Joey Forman, John Banner, Leon Askin
Roles Owl
Rating44% 2.230832.230832.230832.230832.23083
Paula Schultz (Elke Sommer) has been preparing to compete in the Olympic Games, but instead pole-vaults over the Berlin Wall to freedom in West Germany.
The Glass Bottom Boat, 1h50
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur Godfrey, Dom DeLuise, Eric Fleming, Edward Andrews
Roles Gregor
Rating63% 3.19853.19853.19853.19853.1985
Axel Nordstrom manages a glass-bottom boat tourist operation in the waters of Santa Catalina Island, California. His widowed daughter, Jennifer Nelson, occasionally helps by donning a mermaid's costume and swimming underneath his boat for the passengers' amusement.
The Last of the Secret Agents?, 1h32
Directed by Norman Abbott
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Spy films
Actors Marty Allen, Steve Rossi, Nancy Sinatra, John Williams, Theo Marcuse, Lou Jacobi
Roles Zoltan Schubach
Rating46% 2.330732.330732.330732.330732.33073
Two Americans in Paris (Allen & Rossi) are reluctantly recruited by the Good Guys Institute (GGI) led by J. Frederick Duval (John Williams) to thwart the plans of the evil crime and espionage organisation THEM led by Zoltan Schubach (Theo Marcuse). THEM has plans to steal priceless international art treasures, most notably the Venus de Milo.
The Cincinnati Kid, 1h38
Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Jeu, Poker
Actors Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Tuesday Weld, Joan Blondell
Roles Felix
Rating71% 3.5980153.5980153.5980153.5980153.598015
Eric Stoner, nicknamed "The Kid," is an up-and-coming poker player in New Orleans. He hears that Lancey Howard, a longtime master of the game nicknamed "The Man," is in town, and sees it as his chance to finally become the Man himself. The Kid's friend Shooter cautions him, reminding the Kid how he thought he was the best five-card stud player in the world, until Howard "gutted" him when they played.
Harum Scarum, 1h25
Directed by Gene Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries, Michael Ansara, Phillip Reed, Jay Novello
Roles Sinan
Rating46% 2.3073552.3073552.3073552.3073552.307355
American movie star Johnny Tyrone goes to the Middle East to premiere his new picture. He is seduced by the lovely Aishah, then kidnapped by a man who wants Johnny to help him kill the king.
Mara of the Wilderness, 1h30
Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Adam West, Lori Saunders, Theo Marcuse, Roberto Contreras, Denver Pyle, Ed Kemmer
Roles Jarnagan
Rating55% 2.771262.771262.771262.771262.77126
In the contemporary areas of Alaska, Mara Wade (Lori Saunders) is a wild woman whose parents are killed in a Bear attack. Raised by wolves and wearing only a fur dress, she rescues and befriends an anthropologist named Ken Williams (Adam West) who is interested in teaching her what is in the world. But she is hunted as well by a ruthless carnival worker named Jarnagan (Theodore Marcuse) causing Ken to work to keep her safe.
Harum Scarum, 1h25
Directed by Gene Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries, Michael Ansara, Phillip Reed, Jay Novello
Roles Sinan
Rating46% 2.3073552.3073552.3073552.3073552.307355
La star de cinéma américaine Johnny Tyrone va au Moyen-Orient pour la première de son nouveau film. Il est séduite par la belle Aishah, puis enlevée par un homme qui veut que Johnny l'aide à tuer le roi.
A Tiger Walks, 1h31
Directed by Norman Tokar
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Pamela Franklin, Sabu, Edward Andrews, Una Merkel
Roles Josef Pietz
Rating61% 3.093293.093293.093293.093293.09329
A mistreated Bengal tiger named Raja escapes from a traveling circus, and hides in the woods surrounding the small town of Scotia. The new arrival starts a panic, and the townsfolk want Raja killed with the exception of Julie Williams (played by Pamela Franklin), the sheriff's daughter.
For Love or Money, 1h48
Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor, Thelma Ritter, Gig Young, Julie Newmar, William Bendix
Roles Artist
Rating60% 3.0479953.0479953.0479953.0479953.047995
Lawyer Donald Kenneth "Deke" Gentry (Kirk Douglas) is given the task of playing matchmaker for the three daughters of his wealthy client Chloe Brasher (Thelma Ritter).
For Love or Money, 1h48
Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor, Gig Young, Thelma Ritter, Julie Newmar, William Bendix
Roles Artist
Rating60% 3.0479953.0479953.0479953.0479953.047995
Chloe Brasher désire marier ses trois filles selon son propre goût. Afin de trouver des prétendants, elle fait appel à l'avocat « Deke » Gentry. Il réussit à caser rapidement les deux aînées mais échoue lamentablement avec Kate, la dernière qui est également la plus brillante des trois. La raison : Il tombe amoureux d'elle…
Hitler
Hitler (1962)
, 1h47
Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres War, Biography, Historical
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Hitler, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Richard Basehart, John Banner, Cordula Trantow, Maria Emo, Martin Kosleck, Narda Onyx
Roles Julius Streicher
Rating58% 2.9044652.9044652.9044652.9044652.904465
Le film raconte la vie d'Hitler, qui commence avec le Putsch de la brasserie de novembre 1923, et qui se concentre principalement sur sa vie privée, particulièrement sur ses relations avec sa nièce Geli et sa compagne et épouse, Eva Braun.
Jeanne Eagels, 1h48
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Charles Drake, Agnes Moorehead, Larry Gates, Virginia Grey
Roles Dr. Richards (uncredited)
Rating61% 3.0988753.0988753.0988753.0988753.098875
Jeanne Eagels is a Kansas City waitress. After losing a carnival's beauty contest, she asks carny owner Sal Satori for a job. Her dancing in a skimpy costume is accused of being obscene. Sal decides to join his brother in New York and invites Jeanne to join them in an amusement park at Coney Island.
The 27th Day, 1h15
Directed by William Asher
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Gene Barry, Valerie French, Jiří Voskovec, Arnold Moss, Stefan Schnabel, Friedrich Anton Maria Hubertus Bonifacius Graf von Ledebur-Wicheln
Roles Soviet Col. Gregor
Rating61% 3.0504453.0504453.0504453.0504453.050445
Five people, Englishwoman Evelyn Wingate, American reporter Jonathan Clark, Chinese peasant Su Tan, German physicist Klaus Bechner, and Soviet soldier Ivan Godofsky, are randomly transported to an alien spacecraft in Earth orbit. There, they are met by a humanoid referring to himself only as "The Alien" (Arnold Moss), who explains that he is the representative of a world orbiting a sun about to go Nova. Needing a new world to inhabit within the next 35 days, yet prohibited by their moral code from killing intelligent life, The Alien provides each of the five with sets of three capsules in a clear, round, hand-held case. Each capsule is capable of destroying all human life within a 3,000-mile diameter, with the expectation that humanity will use all the capsules, obliterating itself, leaving the Earth free for alien colonization. The capsules' clear containers can only be opened by the thought waves of the person to whom they were given. Once out in the open, the capsules inside can then be used by anyone, but only during the next 27 days, after which they become inert.