Garry Marshall: Career in pictures
Garry Marshall has worn many hats during his career: actor, writer, producer, director and even playwright. Here are some highlights from Marshall’s various stints. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
Garry Marshall has worn many hats during his career: actor, writer, producer, director and even playwright. Here are some highlights from Marshall’s various stints.
In “The Twilight of the Golds,” Marshall plays Walter Gold, the father of a woman who discovers through prenatal genetic testing that her child (like her brother) will most likely be born gay. Faye Dunaway plays Walter’s wife Phyllis.
(Anne Fishbein / Handout)Marshall inside the Falcon Theater in Burbank, which opened in 1997. Marshall built the venue with his daughter Kathleen and uses the stage as a creative space to launch independent productions and collaborations with friends and emerging talent. (Iris Schneider / Los Angeles Times)
Marshall reworked his popular TV series “Happy Days” into a musical that debuted at his Falcon Theater in 2006. Here Marshall works with actor Joey McIntyre, who played “The Fonz.”
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Marshall and actor Hector Elizondo’s friendship dates back to the 1980s. Elizondo has appeared in all of the films Marshall has directed, starting with 1982’s “Young Doctors in Love.” (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
The Writers Guild of America awarded Marshall the 2014 Laurel Award for TV writing achievement. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Marshall with actors Yvette Nicole Brown, Thomas Lennon, Matthew Perry and Wendell Pierce onstage during “The Odd Couple” panel as part of the CBS/Showtime 2015 Winter Television Critics Assn. press tour. Marshall serves as the executive consultant to the remake. (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)