Anecdotes

He enjoyed working with Stan Laurel and felt he learned a lot from him about the construction of gags.

Three days before his death he was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.

He is one of the few directors to direct two versions of the same story, Destry Rides Again (1939) and Destry (1954). Only the 1939 version is a classic.

He has directed two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Destry Rides Again (1939) and La conquête de l'Ouest (1962).

His directing career stretched over 55 years and he continued to direct until he was 80 years of age. His output ranged from silent shorts to episodic television.

From 1948-50 he was President of the Screen Directors Guild.

Served as a combat cinematographer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France during World War I.

He and Hal Roach (I) were old acquaintances, which was probably why Roach hired him.

If the situation arose he would play a small part in films. When a bit actor didn't turn up for Pack Up Your Troubles (1932), he put on an apron and played a mess sergeant.

Children: Germaine Marshall and George Marshall Jr..

Father-in-law of assistant director Frank Baur.

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 731-735. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

Father: George Elmer Marshall; Mother: Sara Elizabeth Underwood.

George E. Marshall Jr. (Sound Department) is his grandson.

He joined the industry as an extra in 1912.

He once roomed with Frank Lloyd and William Seiter, two other extras who also became top ranking directors.

Father-in-law of actress Helene Marshall.

Died of pneumonia in Los Angeles.