Biography
Marshall's segue into film direction during the early 1980s was equally successful and would go on to include such box office juggernauts as "Pretty Woman" (1990) and the "The Princess Diaries" (2001) franchise. A frequent bit player in films and television program, he could be counted on to provide streetwise humor and curmudgeonly charm, most notably on "Murphy Brown" (CBS, 1988-1998) and the feature comedy "Keeping Up with the Steins" …
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Career Milestones
| Joined the army in late 1950s and served in Korea; wrote for Stars and Stripes and the Seoul News; served as production chief for the Armed Forces Radio Network | ||
| Played drums with own jazz group | ||
| Worked as sports reporter for NYC's Daily News | ||
1960 | Hired as writer for "The Tonight Show" (NBC), starring Jack Paar | |
1962 | Brought to Hollywood to write for "The Joey Bishop Show" (NBC) | |
1964 | TV special writing debut (with Belson), "Think Pretty" (NBC) | |
1964 | With partner Jerry Belson wrote episodes for sitcoms like "The Danny Thomas Show" (ABC), "The Lucy Show" (CBS) and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (CBS) | |
1965 | Wrote for the NBC series "I Spy" | |
1966 | Created and produced (with Belson) the short-lived NBC sitcom "Hey, Landlord" (NBC); Quincy Jones supplied the music; Sally Field and Jack Albertson played recurring characters | |
1968 | Feature film acting debut, "Psych-Out" | |
1968 | Screenwriting debut with the romantic comedy "How Sweet It Is" starring James Garner and Debbie Reynolds; produced and scripted with Belson; helmed by veteran TV director Jerry Paris | |
1970 | Co-wrote (with Belson) "The Grasshopper"; also directed by Paris | |
1970 | Enjoyed first series success as creator and executive producer (with Belson) of "The Odd Couple" (ABC); sister Penny joined show from 1971-75 in part of Myrna Turner | |
1972 | Created and executive produced the NBC comedy "The Little People/The Brian Keith Show" | |
1972 | TV-movie debut as producer, "Evil Roy Slade" (NBC); directed by Paris and co-written with Belson | |
1972 | Wrote and produced the ABC pilot "Love and the Happy Days"; aired as part of "Love, American Style"; future "Happy Days" cast members Ron Howard, Marion Ross and Anson Williams were on board, but Harold Gould played the father and Jackie Coogan portrayed Uncle Harold | |
1973 | Debut as playwright with "Shelves" at an Illinois dinner theater | |
1974 | Created and executive produced the long-running ABC sitcom "Happy Days" | |
1976 | Creator and executive producer of the successful "Happy Days" spin-off, "Laverne and Shirley" (ABC), starring sister Penny as Laverne and Cindy Williams as Shirley | |
1977 | Directed episodes of "Blansky's Beauties" (ABC); also executive produced | |
1978 | Executive produced ABC's "Mork and Mindy"; also directed episodes of the hit series; show was another spin-off from "Happy Days" | |
1980 | Co-wrote (with Jerry Belson) the play "The Roast"; closed on Broadway after only four performances | |
1982 | Feature directorial debut, "Young Doctors in Love" | |
1984 | Co-wrote and directed the charming "The Flamingo Kid" | |
1985 | Played a casino owner in Albert Brooks' "Lost in America" | |
1986 | Acted in sister Penny's feature directorial debut, "Jumpin' Jack Flash" | |
1987 | Directed "Overboard," starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn | |
1988 | Helmed "Beaches," starring Bette Midler; initial collaboration with director of photography Dante Spinotti | |
1990 | Directed the romantic comedy "Pretty Woman" with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere; film became one of Disney's highest grossing live-action films (with over $400 million worldwide) | |
1992 | Portrayed candy manufacturing magnate Walter Harvey in "A League of Their Own"; directed by sister Penny Marshall; script by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel | |
1993 | Co-wrote (with Lowell Ganz) the play "Wrong Turn at Lungfish"; opened off-Broadway after successful runs in Los Angeles and Chicago | |
1994 | Played recurring role as network boss Stan Lansing on popular CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown" | |
1997 | Became a theater proprietor, opening the doors of the new Falcon Theatre in Burbank, CA | |
1997 | Executive produced and starred in Showtime movie "The Twilight of the Golds"; based on the play by Jonathan Tolins | |
1998 | Inducted into the Bronx Hall of Fame | |
1999 | Directed stage production of "Crimes of the Heart" at his Falcon Theater in Los Angeles | |
1999 | Executive produced and directed the Showtime documentary "Garry Marshall on Marriage in the 20th Century: In Search of the Happy Ending" | |
1999 | Helmed (also co-scripted) "The Other Sister"; third collaboration with Spinotti | |
1999 | Portrayed a smarmy studio executive in "This Space Between Us" | |
1999 | Reteamed with Gere and Roberts as director of "The Runaway Bride"; ninth film with actor Hector Elizando | |
2001 | Directed Anne Hathaway in the comedy "The Princess Diaries" | |
2004 | Again directed Anne Hathaway in "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement" | |
2004 | Directed Kate Hudson in the comedy "Raising Helen" | |
2005 | Voiced Buck Cluck in the animated feature "Chicken Little" | |
2006 | Cast opposite Jeremy Piven in the indie comedy "Keeping Up with the Steins"; directed by son Scott Marshall | |
2007 | Helmed the comedy-drama "Georgia Rule" starring Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda and Felicity Huffman | |
2008 | Was the opera stage director of San Antonio Opera's performance of "Elixir of Love" | |
2009 | Played a government scientist in "Race to Witch Mountain," a re-imagining of the original 1975 film "Escape to Witch Mountain" | |
2010 | Directed an ensemble cast in the romantic comedy "Valentine's Day" | |
2011 | Directed another ensemble, including Robert De Niro and Halle Berry, in the romantic comedy "New Year's Eve" | |
Awards
1971 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Series in The Odd Couple |
1971 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Series - Comedy in The Odd Couple |
1972 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Series - Comedy in The Odd Couple |
1974 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in The Odd Couple |
1979 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in Mork and Mindy |
1990 | BAFTA Award for Best Film in Pretty Woman |