An Oscar-nominated screenwriter whose career spanned more than half a decade and included such credits as Dark City (1950), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), and The Stunt Man (1980), Lawrence B. Marcus also worked successfully in television, where he would garner three Emmy nominations.
Born in Utah and raised in Chicago, Marcus began his writing career in the Air Force during WWII. Later working with such luminaries as Billy Wilder on Prosecution, he also earned a director credit for the 1955 short Link in the Chain. Working as an adjunct professor of screenwriting at N.Y.U. during the 1980s, Marcus worked in television for most of that decade, with his last credit being 1984's Threesome.
Following an extended struggle with Parkinson's Disease, Marcus died on August 28, 2001, at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, CA. He was 84.
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Threesome
Teleplay By |
1984 | |||
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Brainstorm
Screenwriter |
1983 | |||
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The Letter
Screenwriter |
1982 | |||
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The Five of Me
Screenwriter |
1981 | |||
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The Stunt Man
Screenwriter |
1980 | |||
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Alex and the Gypsy
Screenwriter |
1976 | |||
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Going Home
Screenwriter |
1971 | |||
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Justine
Screenwriter |
1969 | |||
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Petulia
Screenwriter |
1968 | |||
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Valley of Mystery
Screen Story |
1967 | |||
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A Covenant with Death
Screenwriter |
1966 | |||
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Brainstorm
Screen Story |
1965 | |||
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One Step Beyond: Delusion
Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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One Step Beyond: Emergency Only
Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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One Step Beyond: Image of Death
Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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One Step Beyond: One Step Beyond
Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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One Step Beyond: The Aerialist
Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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One Step Beyond: The Bride Possessed
Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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One Step Beyond: The Haunted U-Boat
Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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One Step Beyond: The Riddle
Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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One Step Beyond: The Vision
Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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Diamond Safari
Screenwriter |
1958 | |||
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The Voice in the Mirror
Screenwriter |
1958 | |||
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Witness for the Prosecution
Screenwriter |
1957 | |||
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The Unguarded Moment
Screen Story, Screenwriter |
1956 | |||
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Link in the Chain
Director |
1955 | |||
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Forever My Heart
Screenwriter |
1954 | |||
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The Death of Michael Turbin
Screenwriter |
1954 | |||
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The Red Dress
Screenwriter |
1954 | |||
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The Bigamist
Screen Story |
1953 | |||
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Three's Company
Screenwriter |
1953 | |||
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Paula
Screen Story |
1952 | |||
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Cause for Alarm
Screen Story |
1951 | |||
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Backfire
Screenwriter |
1950 | |||
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Dark City
Screenwriter |
1950 |

