Tiger Joe Marsh
Date of birth: 1911-08-25
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Tiger Joe Marsh was an actor who founded his entertainment career success with a wrestling career and then a role in film. In 1937, he won the world-wide heavyweight wrestling championship title. Marsh's career beginnings included film roles in "Panic in the Streets" (1950) and the adaptation "The Egyptian" (1954) with Jean Simmons. He went on to act in "Lost in Space" (1965-68), "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" (NBC, 1966-67) and "Ready and Willing" (CBS, 1973-74). Later in his career, Marsh acted in the Eddie Albert fantasy "Escape to Witch Mountain" (1975). Marsh passed away in May 1989 at the age of 78.
Movie Credits
On the Waterfront
1954-06-22
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corrupt
Pressure Point
1962-10-10
An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested wh
Head
1968-11-06
In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967-01-07
A man who completes compiling a dossier on a mysterious billionaire begins to get the feeling that h
A Swingin' Affair
1963-05-23
Rick is pledging a snooty fraternity at college. He feels out of place because he's a poor kid from
Last of the American Hoboes
1967-01-01
Previously lost semi-documentary on the rise and fall of American hobo culture.
The Cat from Outer Space
1978-06-09
A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that g
Pinky
1949-09-28
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating
Viva Zapata!
1952-02-07
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppress
The Egyptian
1954-08-25
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his frien
Kitty Can't Help It
1975-04-04
If you've ever wondered about the sexual proclivities and appetites of those rollerskating waitresse
Vengeance
1964-04-01
A Confederate captain's younger brother is flogged to death in a Union stockade. The captain vows re
Panic in the Streets
1950-07-27
A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. W
Some Like It Hot
1959-03-19
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-
Another Nice Mess
1972-08-23
Nixon and Agnew played as Laurel and Hardy.
Angel's Flight
1965-01-01
A series of murders involving a stripper are investigated by a hard-drinking reporter.
The Swinger
1966-11-13
An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.
Top of the Heap
1972-06-02
A Black cop is pushed over the edge when he is passed over for a promotion, leading him on a violent
Hell's Half Acre
1954-06-01
A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.
The Rebel Set
1959-06-28
Three beatniks are brought together to rob an armored car, only to face betrayal from amongst their
Here Come the Jets
1959-06-01
The rehabilitation of a Korean War veteran coincides with the advent of passenger jets.