Marshall Efron
Marshall Efron | |
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| Born | February 3, 1938 U.S. |
| Died | September 30, 2019 (aged 81) Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, humorist |
| Years active | 1941–2019 |
Marshall Efron (February 3, 1938 – September 30, 2019) was an American actorPacifica radio stations WBAI New York and KPFK Los Angeles, and later for the PBS television show The Great American Dream Machine (the original showcase of Chevy Chase).
Career
At WBAI, Efron was a frequent guest on
Columbia University protests of 1968. Although regular listeners were very familiar with the voices of Krassner and Efron, many listeners were not. NYPD
officers responded three different times during the broadcast in response to reports from listeners who thought the "takeover" was a legitimate event.
Efron also produced features such as A Satirical View.[3]
Marshall Efron was the author of a number of children's works such as Bible Stories You Can't Forget: No Matter How Hard You Try.[4]
He also starred in the irregularly scheduled Sunday morning television program Marshall Efron's Illustrated, Simplified, and Painless Sunday School on
Death
Efron died at the age of 81 on September 30, 2019, at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey.[7]
Filmography
Animated roles
- The Kwicky Koala Show (1981) - Ratso (voice)
- The Smurfs (1982) - Sloppy Smurf (voice)
- Shirt Tales (1982) - (voice)
- The Biskitts (1983) - Mooch (voice)
- Kidd Video (1984-1985) - Fat Cat (voice)
- The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) - Lousy Lizard (voice)
- Fluppy Dogs (1986) - Stanley (voice)
- Hun-Gurrr(2nd Head) (voice)
- Snorks (1987-1988) - (voice)
- Time Squad (2002) - Earl of Sandwich (voice)
Film roles
- Funnyman (1967) - Sid, Photographer
- Pound (1970) - German Shepherd
- THX 1138 (1971) - TWA
- Doc (1971) - Mexican Bartender
- Is There Sex After Death? (1971) - Vince Domino
- Dynamite Chicken (1971) - Himself
- Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) - Bradley
- Blade (1973) - Fat man
- Baby Blue Marine (1976) - Cook
- The Faking of the President (1976) - Donald Segretti
- Why Me? (1978, Short) - Nesbit Spoon (voice)
- California Dreaming (1979) - Ruben
- Shogun Assassin (1980) - (voice)
- The First Time (1983) - Nick Rand
- Twice Upon a Time - Synonamess Botch (voice)
- Bad Manners (1984) - Cab Driver
- The Big Bang (1987) - Comrade in Chief (English version, voice)
- Talking Walls (1987) - Erwin
- The Road to Wellville (1994) - Bartholomew Bookbinder
- Cafe Society (1995) - Moe Persky
- Two Family House (2000) - Tiny
- A Piece of Eden (2000) - Andres
- Marie and Bruce (2004) - Ed
- Home on the Range (2004) - Larry the Duck (voice)
- Robots (2005) - Lamp Post / Toilet Bot / Bass Drum / Microphone (voice)
- Valiant (2005) - Additional Voice (voice)
- The Thing About My Folks (2005) - Tow Truck Driver
- Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) - Start Dad (voice)
- Horton Hears a Who! (2008) - Wickersham Guard #1 / The Wickersham Brothers (voice)
- City Island (2009) - Actor-Dog
- Rob the Mob (2014) - Little Anthony (final film role)
Video game roles
- The Space Bar (1997) - (voice)
Theatrical roles
- Much Ado about Nothing Broadway1972 - Singer
Discography
- The Nutrino News Network, with Barton Heyman, Dennis Longwell and Marilyn Sokol. Polydor PD-5029 (1972)
References
- ^ "Marshall Efron". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-03-09.
- ^ Pacificaradioarchives.org Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 978-0-525-26500-9
- ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
- ^ Genzlinger, Neil (8 October 2019). "Marshall Efron, Funny Cog in the PBS 'Dream Machine,' Dies at 81". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
External links
- Marshall Efron at IMDb
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