Garry Marshall Biography (1934-)

Full name, Garry Kent Marshall; original surname Marscharelli; born November13, 1934, in New York (some sources cite Bronx), NY; son of Anthony W. (an industrial filmmaker, actor, and television producer under name Tony Marshall)and Marjorie Irene (a dance instructor; maiden name, Ward) Marscharelli; brother of Penny Marshall (an actress, director, and producer) and Ronelle "Ronny" Marshall Hallin (a producer); married Barbara Wells (a nurse), c. 1963; children: Lori (a writer), Kathleen (an actress), Scott (an actor and director).Addresses: Office: c/o Falcon Theatre, 4252 Riverside Dr., Touluca Lake, CA 91505.; Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, director, actor, writer
Birth Details: November 13, 1934; New York, New York

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Series
Creator and executive producer, Hey, Landlord, NBC, 1966-1967
Creator and executive producer, The Odd Couple, ABC, 1970-1975
Creator and executive producer, Me and the Chimp (also known as The Chimp and I), 1972
Creator and executive producer, The Little People (also known as The Brian Keith Show), NBC, 1972-1974
(As Garry K. Marshall) Creator and executive producer, Happy Days(also known as Happy Days Again), ABC, 1974-1984
Creator and executive producer, Laverne & Shirley (also knownas Laverne & Shirley & Friends), ABC, 1976-1983
Executive producer, Blansky's Beauties, ABC, 1977
Executive producer, Who's Watching the Kids?, NBC, 1978
(With Tony Marshall) Executive producer, Mork and Mindy, ABC, 1978-1982
Creator and executive producer, Angie, NBC, 1979-1980
Creator, Makin' It, 1979
Executive producer, The New Odd Couple, 1982
Executive producer, Joanie Loves Chachi, ABC, 1982-1983
Executive producer, Nothing in Common, NBC, 1987
Television Executive Producer
Specials
The Murdocks and the McClays, 1970
(And director) Dominic's Dream, 1974
Writer, 1975
Walkin' Walter, 1977
Legs, 1978
Beane's of Boston, 1979
(And director) Herndon and Me (also known as Herndon), 1983
(And director) Garry Marshall on Marriage in the 20th Century: In Search of the Happy Ending, Showtime, 1999
Television Director
Episodic
Hey, Landlord, NBC, 1966-1967
The Odd Couple, ABC, 1970-1975
Me and the Chimp (also known as The Chimp and I), 1972
Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again), ABC, 1974-1984
Laverne & Shirley (also known as Laverne & Shirley & Friends), ABC, 1976-1983
Blansky's Beauties, ABC, 1977
Mork and Mindy, ABC, 1978-1982
Also directed episodes of Murphy Brown, CBS.
Television Work
Other
Producer, "Love and the Happy Days" (pilot), Love, American Style,ABC, 1972
(With Jerry Belson) Producer, Evil Roy Slade (pilot), NBC, 1972
Executive producer, The Twilight of the Golds (movie), Showtime, 1997
Television Appearances
Series
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, CBS, 1950-1958
Gene Blair, The Ugliest Girl in Town, ABC, 1968-1969
Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind, syndicated, 1991
Stan Lansing, Murphy Brown, CBS, 1994-1998
Specials
The Siskel and Ebert Special, CBS, 1990
The 4th Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1990
Street Scenes: New York on Film, syndicated, 1992
The Happy Days Reunion, ABC, 1992
Laverne & Shirley Reunion, ABC, 1994
Frank Capra's American Dream, 1997
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, CBS, 2000
Intimate Portrait: Cindy Williams, Lifetime, 2001
Episodic
Referee, "Body and Sol," The Dick Van Dyke Show (also known as Head of the Family), CBS, 1965
Bartender, "The Gunslinger," The Dick Van Dyke Show (also known asHead of the Family), CBS, 1966
Big Leonard, "A Legend Dies," Hey, Landlord, NBC, 1967
Second man, "I Do, I Don't," The Odd Couple, ABC, 1970
Drummer, "A Different Drummer," The Odd Couple, ABC, c. 1972.
Drum player, "Fonzie's Getting Married," Happy Days (also known asHappy Days Again), ABC, 1975
Drummer, "Hear the Angels' Voices," Laverne & Shirley (also known as Laverne & Shirley & Friends), ABC, 1977
Host, "But Seriously Folks," Cinemax Comedy Experiment, Cinemax, 1986

Dr. Tullis, "The Last Shot," Showtime 30-Minute Movie, Showtime, 1993
Walter Harvey, "Dottie's Back," A League of Their Own, CBS, 1993
Walter Harvey, "The Monkey's Curse," A League of Their Own, CBS, 1993
"Salute to Arctic Heat," Night Stand, syndicated, 1995
Voice of Hades, Pinky and the Brain (animated), The WB, 1995
"Bridesface Revisited," The Naked Truth, NBC, 1997
Voice of Larry Kidkill, "Eight Misbehavin'," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1999
Appeared in The Directors, Encore; and Hollywood Talent Scouts, CBS.
Other
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall, 1979
Host, But Seriously, Folks, 1986
Mark Tullis, Sr., The Last Show, 1993
Walter Gold, The Twilight of the Golds (movie), Showtime, 1997
Tour bus driver, CHiPs, '99, TNT, 1998
Film Director
(And executive producer) Young Doctors in Love, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982
The Flamingo Kid, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
Nothing in Common, TriStar, 1986
Overboard, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
Beaches (also known as Forever Friends), Touchstone, 1988
The Lottery, 1989
Pretty Woman, Buena Vista, 1990
(And producer, with Nick Abdo) Frankie and Johnny, Paramount, 1991
(And producer) Exit to Eden, Savoy Pictures, 1994
Dear God, Paramount, 1996
Runaway Bride, Paramount, 1999
The Other Sister, Buena Vista, 1999
The Princess Diaries (also known as The Princess of Tribeca), Buena Vista/Walt Disney Pictures, 2001
Film Producer
(With Jerry Belson) How Sweet It Is!, National General, 1968
(With Belson) The Grasshopper (also known as The Passing of Evil and Passions), National General, 1970
Film Appearances
Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour (also known as It's a Great Life and The Phony American), 1961
Plainclothesman, Psych-Out, American International Pictures, 1968
Service station attendant, Maryjane, 1968
Underworld boss, Grand Theft Auto, 1977
Casino manager, Lost in America, Warner Bros., 1985
Detective, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
Drummer, Overboard, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
Janitor with push broom, Pretty Woman, Buena Vista, 1990
Secret Agent 00 Soul (also known as Secret Agent Double-O Soul), 1990
Edmund Edwards, Soapdish, Paramount, 1991
Walter Harvey, A League of Their Own, Columbia, 1992
Master, Hocus Pocus, Buena Vista, 1993
Statistically Speaking (short film), 1995
Postmaster Preston Sweeney, Dear God, Paramount, 1996
Soulmates, 1996
Frank Minetti, With Friends Like These ... , 1998 Miramax, 1999
Rigfort, Never Been Kissed, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
First baseman in softball game, Runaway Bride, Paramount, 1999
Pawnshop broker, Can't Be Heaven, Unapix Films, 1999
Steve Maryland (some sources cite Steve Nicklo), This Space between Us, 1999
It's a Shame about Ray, 2000
Director, The Hollywood Sign, Amberlon Pictures, 2000
Arthur, The Long Ride Home, Constellation Entertainment, 2001
Stage Director
Wrong Turn at Lungfish, 1992
Crimes of the Heart, Falcon Theatre, Touluca Lake, CA, 1999
WRITINGS
Television Series
The Jack Paar Show, NBC, 1959
The Joey Bishop Show, NBC, 1962
I Spy, NBC, 1965-1968
Hey, Landlord, NBC, 1966-1967
Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again), ABC, 1974-1984
Laverne & Shirley (also known as Laverne & Shirley & Friends), ABC, 1976-1983
Mork and Mindy, ABC, 1978-1982
Joanie Loves Chachi, ABC, 1982-1983
Writer for The Danny Thomas Show, ABC; The Dick Van Dyke Show (also known as Head of the Family), CBS; and The Lucy Show (also known as The Lucille Ball Show), CBS.
Television Episodes
Barefoot in the Park, 1970
The Odd Couple, ABC, 1970-1975
The Little People (also known as The Brian Keith Show), NBC, 1972-1974
Blansky's Beauties, ABC, 1977
Who's Watching the Kids?, NBC, 1978
Angie, NBC, between 1979 and 1980
Also writer for episodes of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Television Pilots
(With Jerry Belson) Evil Roy Slade, NBC, 1972
"Love and the Happy Days," Love, American Style, ABC, 1972
Television Specials
(With Jerry Belson) Think Pretty, NBC, 1964
The Murdocks and the McClays, 1970
Wednesday Night Out, 1972
Dominic's Dream, 1974
Writer, 1975
Screenplays
(With Jerry Belson) How Sweet It Is!, National General, 1968
(With Belson) The Grasshopper (also known as The Passing of Evil and Passions), National General, 1970
Cowriter, The Flamingo Kid, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
The Other Sister (also based on story by Marshall), Buena Vista, 1999
Stage Plays
Shelves, produced at Pheasant Run Playhouse, Chicago, IL, 1978
(With Lawrence Schwab, G. G. DeSylva, and Frank Mandel) Adaptor, GoodNews (libretto; words and music by Lew Brown, DeSylva, and Ray Henderson), published by Tams Witmark Music Library, 1978
(With Jerry Belson) The Roast, produced at Winter Garden Theatre,New York City, 1980
(With Lowell Ganz) Wrong Turn at Lungfish, produced in Los Angeles, 1991 then Steppenwolf Theatre, later Promenade Theatre, 1993
Autobiography
(With Lori Marshall) Wake Me When It's Funny: How to Break into Show Business and Stay There, Adams Media, 1995

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

The television special The Flamingo Kid was adapted from Marshall's screenplay of the same title; the television movie The Odd Couple: Together Again was based on a story by Marshall.

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors, Volume 111, Gale, 1984
Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 17, Gale, 1981

Periodicals

American Film, April, 1990, p. 16
Esquire, March, 1990, p. 164
Movieline, July, 1999, pp. 68-71
New York Post, March 2, 1999

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