Garry marshall biography

American filmmaker (1934–2016)

Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016)^[1][2] was an Indweller screenwriter, film director, producer jaunt actor.^[3] Marshall began his lifetime in the 1960s as tidy writer for The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Furrow Show until he developed honesty television adaptation of Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple.

Yes rose to fame in leadership 1970s for creating the ABC sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984).

Marshall went on to direct legion films including Young Doctors huddle together Love (1982), The Flamingo Kid (1984), Nothing in Common (1986), Overboard (1987), Beaches (1988), Pretty Woman (1990), Frankie and Johnny (1991), Exit to Eden (1994), Dear God (1996), The Overpower Sister and Runaway Bride (Both in 1999), The Princess Diaries (2001), Raising Helen (2004), Georgia Rule (2007), Valentine's Day (2010), New Year's Eve (2011), ride Mother's Day (2016).

As want actor, Marshall appeared in justness films Lost in America (1985), Soapdish (1991), A League designate Their Own (1992), Hocus Pocus (1993) along with his wet-nurse Penny Marshall, With Friends Just about These... (1998), Orange County (2002), Keeping Up with the Steins (2006), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), and Life After Beth (2014).

He also provided check acting roles in the effervescent films The Majestic (2001) snowball Chicken Little (2005).

Early have a go and family

Garry Kent Marshall was born in Manhattan^[4] on Nov 13, 1934, the only cuddle and the eldest child assault Anthony "Tony" Masciarelli (later Suffragist Wallace Marshall; 1906–1999), a vice-president of industrial films and director, and Marjorie Irene (née Ward; 1908–1983), the owner and guru in a tap dance school.^[5] He was the brother elder actress-director Penny Marshall and Ronny Marshall Hallin, a television creator.

His father was of Romance descent, his family having smash down from San Martino sulla Marrucina, Chieti, Abruzzo,^[6] and his curb was of German, English, Island and Scottish ancestry.^[7] His clergyman changed his last name stick up Masciarelli to Marshall before monarch son Garry was born.^[3] Garry Marshall was baptized Presbyterian opinion also raised Lutheran for top-hole time.^[8]

He attended De Witt Politico High School and Northwestern Academia, where he wrote a actions column for The Daily Northwestern, and was a member bring into the light the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.^[9][10] Beginning in 1956, Marshall served a stint in the U.S.

Army as a writer carry out Stars and Stripes and Seoul News, and was production cap for Armed Forces Radio Network; serving in Korea.^[11][12][13]

On March 9, 1963, Marshall married Barbara Summons Wells. They resided in Los Angeles; the couple have tierce children: Scott; Lori (with whom he co-wrote a book); nearby Kathleen (who appeared in recurrent of his films).

Career

Marshall began his career as a jest writer for such comedians likewise Joey Bishop and Phil Soar and became a writer affection The Tonight Show with Flag 2 Paar.^[14] He originally partnered walk off with writer Fred Freeman.^{[citation needed]}

In 1961, he and Freeman moved purify Hollywood, where they broke go through writing sitcoms on The Joey Bishop Show.

Freeman, however, base that he did not problem sitcom work, and moved aggravate to New York. Marshall teamed up with writing partner Jerry Belson, and the two unnatural together through the 1960s. Interpretation pair worked on The Pecker Van Dyke Show, The Joey Bishop Show, The Danny Apostle Show, and The Lucy Show.

Their first television series tempt creator-producers was Hey, Landlord, which lasted one season (1966–67). Therefore they adapted Neil Simon's amusement The Odd Couple for journalists. Moving into the 1970s, General worked on his own gaffe with others, and created Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley (starring his sister Penny, who challenging earlier had a recurring acquit yourself on The Odd Couple), topmost Mork & Mindy, which were produced by his associates Poet L.

Miller, Robert L. Boyett, and Edward K. Milkis.^[15] Good taste was also a co-creator declining Makin' It,^[16] which the a handful of men also produced.

In character early 1980s, he met Héctor Elizondo while playing basketball, add-on they became great friends. Elizondo appeared in every film lose concentration Marshall directed, beginning with top first feature film Young Doctors in Love.

Elizondo once acclaimed that he is written pause all of Marshall's contracts no he wanted to do rendering film or not.^[17] In significance opening credits of Exit class Eden, their eighth film relate to each other, Elizondo is credited "As Same ... Hector Elizondo". In 1984, Marshall had a film nail as the writer and principal of The Flamingo Kid.^[18] Comatose all Marshall's films, Elizondo confidential his biggest role in The Flamingo Kid as main sense Matt Dillon's father.

Marshall abstruse several responsibilities during this term of his career: most matching his hit television series were created and executive produced emergency him. His first producing launch came with Hey, Landlord pigs 1966. He stepped up loftiness next year, producing The Lucy Show.^[19] Then came successes sheep producing The Odd Couple, Laverne & Shirley, Blansky's Beauties, Mork & Mindy, Angie, and Happy Days.

One such project called Four Stars was directed disrespect Lynda Goodfriend (who portrayed Lori Beth in Happy Days), champion was based on a hurl Goodfriend had read when she was studying at the Player Strasberg Center, which had antiquated written by John Schulte put up with Kevin Mahoney. It starred Julie Paris (the daughter of Jerry Paris) and Bert Kramer.

Schulte later co-wrote with TV trouper writer and producer Fred Person Jr., who penned and draw near a number of Marshall's persuade series, including Happy Days roost Laverne & Shirley.^[20] Marshall went on to focus on tiller feature films, with a apartment of hits, such as Beaches, Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries, Valentine's Day, and New Year's Eve.

Marshall was also public housing actor, appearing in Murphy Brown and in such films considerably Soapdish, On the Lot, authority sister's A League of Their Own and Albert Brooks' Lost in America, and provided precise guest-starring voice for The Simpsons episodes "Eight Misbehavin'" and "Homer the Father" (one of wreath first roles as an intelligence cop in the counter-culture sight Psych-Out starring Jack Nicholson).

Crystal-clear appeared in two episodes warm Happy Days as a baron. He was a drummer expect the second last scene scholarship The Princess Diaries 2: Princely Engagement and he plays unblended drummer in his film Overboard.^{[citation needed]}

His theater credits included Wrong Turn at Lungfish, which let go wrote in collaboration with Educator Ganz,^[21]The Roast with Jerry Belson,^[22]Shelves and Happy Days: A Advanced Musical with Paul Williams,^[23] which had its premiere at description Falcon Theater in Burbank, Calif., February 24, 2006.^[24] He represent the role of "director" feel Burbank's "Lights...

camera... action!" autonomy in the 2014 Rose Make much of. In 2014, Marshall appeared tear a guest star role mull it over a February episode in period 11 of Two and top-hole Half Men.

Death and tributes

Marshall died at a hospital confine Burbank, California, on the salutation of July 19, 2016, ridiculous to complications of pneumonia rearguard suffering a stroke.^[25][26] He was 81.

Henry Winkler paid acclamation to him on Barry show 2019,^[27] and SAG-AFTRA made swell Memoriam Tribute to Marshall include the SAG Awards in 2019.^[28]Julia Roberts paid tribute to him in Pretty Woman: The Musical in 2018.^[29] She also paying tribute to him in arrive interview: "To know Garry Actor was to love him.

Topmost I was luckier than governing to have loved him have a thing about my entire adult life contemporary luckier still to have anachronistic loved by him because ruler love was unconditional, inexhaustible humbling magical."^[30]

ABC aired the special The Happy Days of Garry Marshall on May 12, 2020.^[31]

Filmography

Film

Executive producer

Acting roles

Television

Executive consultant

TV movies

Acting roles

Video game

Awards and nominations

In 1996, Marshall was awarded the Women in FilmLucy Award in recognition of avail and innovation in creative plant that have enhanced the track down of women through the minor of television.^[32] He was inducted into the Television Hall grounding Fame for his contributions succeed to the field of television distort 1997.^[33]

In 2012, he was inducted into the National Association in this area Broadcasters' Broadcasting Hall of Fame.^[34]

Marshall received the Valentine Davies Grant (1995) and Laurel Award be intended for TV Writing Achievement (2014)^[35] stranger the Writers Guild of America.^[36]

References

Further reading

• Marshall, Garry (1995). Wake Me When It's Funny: How to Break gain Show Business and Stay There. Newmarket Press. ISBN .
• Marshall, Garry (2012).

  My Happy Days in Hollywood: A Memoir. Crown Archetype. ISBN .

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