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Actor William Marshall (19 August 1924 – 11 June 2003; age 78) appeared on Star Trek: The Original Series, playing Doctor Richard Daystrom in the episode "The Ultimate Computer".
He is best known for playing the title role of the 1972 cult vampire melodrama, Blacula (also feautring Elisha Cook, Jr.), and its 1973 sequel, Scream Blacula Scream. He was also known for his performance as the "King of Cartoons" on the children's program Pee-wee's Playhouse from 1987 through 1991.
One of his earliest film was 1954's Demetrius and the Gladiators, co-starring Jay Robinson and featuring Jean Simmons and Julie Newmar. In 1967, he appeared with fellow TOS actors Nichelle Nichols and Lloyd Haynes in Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion. He would go on to have major supporting roles in the 1968 films To Hell with Heroes (directed by Joseph Sargent and co-starring Sid Haig) and The Boston Strangler. The latter film also featured fellow TOS guest actors Jeff Corey and Sally Kellerman.
In 1970, Marshall had a role in the adventure film Skullduggery, which starred Roger C. Carmel and featured Booker Bradshaw. That same year, he had a supporting role in the thriller Zigzag. Stewart Moss, Steve Ihnat, and Vic Perrin also appeared in this film. In 1971, he appeared in the film Honky, also featuring John Fiedler. And in 1977, he had a role in the thriller Twilight's Last Gleaming, along with his cousin, the late Paul Winfield.
More recently, he and fellow Trek alumnus Henry Darrow and Bert Remsen appeared as poker players in the 1994 film Maverick.
William Marshall died of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 78 exactly four years after the passing of his TOS co-star DeForest Kelley. His cousin, Paul Winfield, died the following year.
External links
- William H. Marshall at Wikipedia
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