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Theodore Carroll Marcuse was an American character actor who appeared frequently on television in the 1950s and 1960s, often portraying villains.
The son of fur designer Theodore Meyer Marcuse (1893-1983), he served with distinction as a lieutenant aboard the USS Tirante during World War II, earning.

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Theodore Marcuse brought gravitas to the decidedly airy, unsubstantial world of 1960s television.

Theodore Marcuse cross-sectioned the world network TV at that time. Name a show, he was there: Star Trek, Hogan’s Heroes, The Untouchables, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Wild Wild West, and far more.

Marcuse was a bald, ballsy, confident, and quite mysterious actor who was destined for greatness but was cut down in his prime by a car accident in 1967.

In one scene from The Twilight Zone, watch how Marcuse, as a briefly sympathetic gangster, milks the scene with the silence, eye movements, a twitch of the mouth:

Theo Marcuse Had Serious Classical Theater Chops

Two phrases thrown around about actors are “classically trained” and “does his own stunts.” Both are usually PR. But Marcuse was definitely classically trained.

Only three weeks before his death, he directed Oedipus Rex at CalTech’s Beckman Stage.

Every theater season, Marcuse acted at the Ashland (Oregon) Shakespeare Festival.

In 1949, he directed a production of Medea i

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Theodore Marcuse

Series Role Episode Airdate Gunsmoke
(credited as Ted Marcuse) Zack Ritter 2x16 - The Cover Up January 12, 1957 Have Gun - Will Travel Bartender 1x01 - Three Bells to Perdido September 14, 1957 Have Gun - Will Travel Folger 1x05 - A Matter of Ethics October 12, 1957 Have Gun - Will Travel Wally 1x08 - High Wire November 2, 1957 Peter Gunn Ahben Unesku 1x06 - The Chinese Hangman October 27, 1958 Perry Mason William Walker 2x12 - The Case of the Shattered Dream January 3, 1959 Have Gun - Will Travel B.G. 2x23 - The Return of the Lady February 21, 1959 The Untouchables Paul Curtiz 1x17 - One-Armed Bandits February 4, 1960 Hawaiian Eye Arnie Padilla 1x22 - Danger on Credit March 2, 1960 77 Sunset Strip Ferenzi 2x32 - Spark of Freedom May 13, 1960 Peter Gunn The Baron 2x36 - The Crossbow June 6, 1960 Bonanza 2x08 - The Abduction October 29, 196

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Theo Marcuse

American actor (1920–1967)

Theodore Marcuse
Theodore Marcuse in the TV-series Bonanza, episode The Abduction, 1960
Born	Theodore Carroll Marcuse (1920-08-02)August 2, 1920 Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Died	November 29, 1967(1967-11-29) (aged 47) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Golden Gate National Cemetery
Other names	Theo Marcuse
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950–1967

Theodore Carroll Marcuse (August 2, 1920 – November 29, 1967^[1]) was an American character actor who appeared frequently on television in the 1950s and 1960s, often portraying villains.

Early years

Marcuse was born in Seattle, Washington to Margaret and Theodore M. Marcuse, a World War I veteran and co-owner of Klementis-Marcuse, Co., fur retailer.^{[citation needed]}

After growing up in San Francisco, he studied dramatic arts at Stanford University and was active in theatrical productions there.^[2] Later he received a master's degree in classical literature from Stanford.^[cit