FrameThrower · Actors · Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin
4 films · 509 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1955–1983
Born 19 February 1924 · New York City, New York, USA · died 29 August 1987
Lee Marvin was an American actor. Known for his distinctive voice and premature white hair, Marvin initially appeared in supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers, and other hardboiled characters. A prominent television role was that of Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger in the crime series M Squad (1957–1960).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 509 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1955–1983
- Academy Award for Best Actor1966
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1965
- Silver Bear1965
- Purple Heart
How their films are shot
Measured across 509 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Lee takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 63% of their frames are day, 68% natural — the look of the work Lee takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 509 frames from Lee Marvin's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.