List of Propable Suspects: Hugh Marlowe

ugh Marlowe (30 Jan 1911 - 2 May 1982)

A young Hugh Marlowe

Height: 5'11".
Wife: married at three times to Edith Atwater, K.T. Stevens (May 20. 1946 - 1968) and Rosemary Torri (1968 - 1982).
Twin brother: Worthington
Children: two sons Chris Marlowe (Sep 28. 1951) and ... (K.T.Stevens) and one child (Rosemary Torri).
Sometimes credited as John Marlowe.

Hugh Marlowe was born on January 30, 1911 as Hugh Herbert Hipple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Understandably he changed his name when he started out as an actor. Marlowe usually was a secondary lead. He preferred character parts.

Marlowe gained experience at the Pasadena Playhouse launching his film career in 1936. He made his stage debut in London and later debuted on Broadway in "Arrest That Woman."(1936) He made his film debut a year later in "Married Before Breakfast" (1937) as Kenneth

It is more and more common to (wrongfully) minimilize the career actors had in radio. But as was the case with Hugh his days as a radio announcer were a steppingstone for his stage and movie career. He played Ellery Queen in the first season of the succesful series (1940) opposite Marion Shockley

Over his carreer Hugh kept performing on Broadway. In 1941 he appeared in the Broadway play "The Land is Bright" as Wayne Kincaid

Broadway play 1941-42 "The Land is Bright" as Wayne Kincaid opposite Diane Barrymore Opposite Gregory Peck Hugh Marlowe played Lt. Col. Ben R. Gately in "Twelve O'Clock High" (1949)

Marlowe appeared in such notable movies as "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), "Twelve O'Clock High" (1949), "All About Eve" (1950), "Night and the City" (1950) and "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951).

Marlowe with Bette Davies in 'All About Eve' (1950) Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward and Hugh Marlowe star in Rawhide (1951). Here Marlowe points his gun at Power.
With Patricia O'Neal in "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951). As an Indian-hating army colonel who wants to return the Indians to their reservation or kill those who refuse to obey... in Stand at the Apache River (1953)

Making his first TV Guest Appearance in 1953's The Philco Television Playhouse episode: Train to Trouble (episode # 6.4). Soon thereafter he got the title role in "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" (1954-56) a role he already played some 14 years earlier in radio.

Hugh Marlowe, Nina Foch, Edward G. Robinson in Illegal (1955) where Marlowe plays a young, ambitious lawyer Four saloon gals (Colleen Gray, Angie Dickinson, Adele Mara and Dorothy Schuyler) are put on a stage and ran out of town... in the Black Whip (1956) One of many Westerns Hugh played in.
Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe)and his wife Carol Marvin (Joan Taylor) both scientists experimenting with rockets to probe the upper atmosphere for future space flight in Earth vs Flying Saucers (1956). As Dr. Russell A. Marvin, in "World Without End" (1956)

Hugh as Guy Munford in Perry Mason one of many characters he played in the series (1965). The TV series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955) has had several role for Hugh Marlowe playing Harold Skinner, Rev. Richard Fell, Dr. Ralph Mannick, Philip Baxter Sr., and Bernard Butler.
Hugh Marlowe also had several guest appearances for the hit tv-series Perry Mason (1959-1965) playing several different characters he was Doctor Lambert, Brander Harris, Cmdr. James Page, Guy Munford, Jarvis Baker, and Ernest Stone.

The role of a doctor is a popular role for Hugh Marlowe. In "Earth vs. Flying Saucers" (1956) he played Dr. Russell A. Marvin, in "World Without End" (1956) he was Dr. John Borden and Doc Carozal in "Castle of Evil" (1966).

Hugh Marlowe prominently featured on the movie poster for "The Long Rope" (1961) where as federal judge he tries to uphold normal standards. In the episode from tv's "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" Thing from Inner Space (1966) Marlowe played Bainbridge Wells

In off-Broadway productions Hugh Marlowe has been in "The Deer Park" (1967) and "All My Sons" (1974).

In The Last Shot You Hear (1969) Hugh played Charles Nordeck internationally famed marriage-counselor who demonstrates the use of his gun on his wife... From 1969 to 1982 Hugh Marlowe played Jim Matthews in the daytime serial "Another World."

From 1969 to 1982 he played popular Jim Matthews in the daytime serial "Another World."

On May 2, 1982 Hugh Marlowe passed away in New York, New York from a heart attack.