Tully Marshall, 79, stage and film actor, died at his home in Encino, Calif., March 10 following a ten-day illness of pulmonary trouble complicated by heart trouble. He had been in failing health for several years.
Marshall, whose real name was William Phillips, was born in California and studied dramatics at Santa Clara College. During his 45 years on the stage, he played top roles in “Paid in Full,” “City,” “Talker” and other plays and at one time was stage producer as well as an actor in “Builders” at the Astor Theatre, New York.
In silent pictures he had parts in “Intolerance,” “The Merry Widow,” “Trail of ‘98,”
“He Who Gets Slapped,” “Redskin,” and “Alias Jimmy Valentine.” He also played in a number of talkies and his latest roles were “Moontide” at Warners and “This Gun For Hire” at Paramount. The screen role he lived best was that of Jim Bridger, the Indian scout, in ”The Covered Wagon,” produced in 1929.
Funeral services at Episcopal Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Los Angeles, March 13. His widow, Marian Marshall, former dramatic writer, survives.
Source: The Billboard, The World’s Foremost Amusement Weekly, March 20, 1943; Pg. 27
