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Hugh Marlowe

Hugh Marlowe

Biography

Hugh Marlowe (January 30, 1911 – May 2, 1982) was an American film, television, stage and radio actor.

Marlowe was born Hugh Herbert Hipple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and began his stage career in the 1930s at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. Marlowe was usually a secondary lead or supporting actor in the films he appeared in.

His films included Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Twelve O'Clock High (1949), All About Eve (1950), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Howard Hawks' Monkey Business (1952), Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), Elmer Gantry (1960), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Seven Days in May (1964).

Marlowe was also a regular on the daytime television soap opera, Another World, the last of four actors to portray Matthews family patriarch Jim Matthews, from 1969 until his death from a heart attack, at age 71, in 1982.

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CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Hugh Marlowe

A Celestial Warning in Black and White: The Enduring Power of The Day the Earth Stood Still

on The Day the Earth Stood Still | Jul 25, 2025

Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) remains a haunting beacon of science fiction’s golden age, its understated elegance and moral urgency cutting through the era’s paranoia like a laser... Read more

Masks of Ambition: The Timeless Sting of All About Eve

on All About Eve | Jul 22, 2025

Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s All About Eve (1950) is a masterclass in narrative precision, where ambition and betrayal dance in a razor-sharp script that feels as modern today as it did seven decades ago. T... Read more

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