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Garry Kent Marshall (born November 13, 1934) is an American actor/director/writer/producer. He is the brother of actress/director Penny Marshall.Born in New York City, Marshall attended Northwestern University, where he wrote a sports column for the college newspaper. He began as a joke writer for such comedians as Joey Bishop and Phil Foster , then he became a writer for the Tonight Show with Jack Paar. In 1961 he moved to Hollywood, where he teamed up with Jerry Belson as a writer for television. The pair worked on The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Danny Thomas Show, and The Lucy ShowThe Lucy Show was Lucille Ball's followup show to I Love Lucy''. It began in 1962 and ran until 1974. The premise and the cast changed frequently, with only Gale Gordon lasting the run of the show. From time to time, Vivian Vance, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arn. They then adapted Neil SimonNeil Simon (born 1927 in New York City) is, after William Shakespeare, the most performed playwright of all time. He began his career as a TV comedy writer, most notably for Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows''. He is the author of over forty Broadway plays's play The Odd CoupleThe Odd Couple was a 1965 play by Neil Simon. The play concerns two mismatched roommates. Felix Unger, a neurotic, neat-freak commercial photographer, is thrown out by his wife, and moves in with Oscar Madison, who is a slovenly sportswriter. In the premi for television. On his own, Marshall created Happy DaysHappy Days is also the name of a play by Samuel Beckett. See Happy Days (play). Happy Days was a popular United States television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. It showed an idealized window on life in 19, Laverne and Shirley (starring his sister Penny), and Mork & MindyMork and Mindy was a half-hour sci-fi-based situation comedy broadcast from 1978 until 1982 on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network. The series starred Robin Williams as Mork, an alien who had come to Earth from the planet Ork, and P.
In 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe Marshall had a movie hit as the writer of The Flamingo Kid . He went on to write Nothing in Common , OverboardOverboard is Chip Dunham's surreal comic strip about a shipload of pirates anachronistically placed in modern times. For example, they put quarters in dockside parking meters. The pirates carry cutlasses by their sides, get their treasure stolen by more c, Beaches, Pretty Woman, Frankie and Johnny , and Exit to Eden , among others.
Marshall is also an actor, having appeared in the television series Murphy Brown and in such movies as Goldfinger (uncredited), Grand Theft Auto, Lost in America , Jumpin' Jack Flash, Runaway Bride , and Orange County.
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Marshall, Garry
