Kenneth Marshall

Kenneth Marshall (born June 27, 1950) is a retired American actor.

For other people named Kenneth Marshall, see Kenneth Marshall (disambiguation).

Kenneth Marshall
Born	(1950-06-27) June 27, 1950 (age 75) New York City, U.S.
Other names	Ken Marshall
Education	University of Michigan (BA, MA) Juilliard School (GrDip)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1974–2003

Early life

Marshall graduated from Saint Joseph High School in Saint Joseph, Michigan, in 1968.^[1] After playing violin in high school for musicals, Marshall tried his luck on stage, and was cast as Curley in his senior year's production of Oklahoma!

He went on to earn his bachelor's degree in pre-med/English literature, and master's in drama from the University of Michigan.

Career

After graduating, Marshall then spent four years in the drama department at The Juilliard School with the likes of Kelsey Grammer and Robin Williams.

While at Juilliard, he had his first professional experience with Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park and spent the next 14 years in New York City doing theater, film and TV, including being cast as Tony in the first Broadway revival of West Side Story. He appeared in The Tempest with Anthony Hopkins in 1979.^[2]

In television, he played the title role in Giuliano Montaldo's 1982 television miniseries Marco Polo and portrayed the character Michael Eddington in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from 1994 until 1997.

Although appearing in such films such as Tilt (1979), The Skin (1981), and Feds (1988), he is perhaps best known for the starring role as Prince/King Colwyn in the fantasy adventure movie, Krull (1983). After a permanent move to L.A., he spent several seasons at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego in the world premiere of Stephen Metcalfe's Emily, his musical White Linen, and Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.

Personal life

He lives with his wife, Linda, who also graduated in 1968 from Saint Joseph High School (SJHS). The couple have two children, Amanda and Allen. He was inducted to the SJHS Performing Arts Center Hall of Fame in 2019.^[3]

Acting credits

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	How the West Was Won	Pvt. Andrew Willow	Episode: "The Forgotten"
1979	Tilt	Neil Gallagher
1981	The Skin	Jimmy Wren
1982–83	Marco Polo	Marco Polo	Title role, miniseries
1983	Krull	Colwyn
	Journey to Krull	Himself / Colwyn	Documentary short film
	On Trial	Himself/Guest	Documentary
1988	Feds	Brent Shepard
1989	Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White	Chappie	TV movie
	In the Heat of the Night	Stephen Ainslee	Episode: "Rape"
	Baywatch	Chuck	Episode: "The Drowning Pool"
1990	Over My Dead Body	John Stanton	Episode: "No Ifs, Ands or Butlers"
1991	Hunter	Professor Gleason	2 (combined) episodes: "Fatal Obesession Part 1+2"
	Quantum Leap	Rodney Owens	Episode: "A Hunting We Will Go"
1992	The Commish	Sullivan Godfrey	Episode: "True Believers"
1993	Berlin '39	Hans
	Message from Nam	Dr. George Andrews	TV movie
1994	On Trial	Himself	Documentary
	Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All	Ned	TV movie
	Empty Nest	Agent #1	Episode: "Mrs. Clinton Comes to Town"
	Amberwaves	Dean Deamon
1994–97	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Lt. Commander Michael Eddington	9 episodes
1993, 1997	Silk Stalkings	Bill Marshall, Egan / Babalocia	2 episodes
2000	Dov'è mio figlio	Cameron Ellis	TV movie
2001	JAG	Capt. O'Bryan	Episode: "Liberty"
	Shaka Zulu: The Citadel	Henry Francis Fynn	TV movie
2003	The District	Bartender	2 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Pericles	2nd Pirate/Lord	Delacorte Theater
1975	Hamlet	Stagehand
1977	Shenandoah	Sam	Tour
1979	West Side Story	Tony	Miami, Florida
1980			Broadway
1986–87	Into the Woods	Cinderella’s Prince	Premiere at The Old Globe Theatre