Nov. 27, 2020

This Day in Halloween: Actor Marshall Thompson is born in Peoria, Illinois in 1925. / Illustration by Justin Pakneshan.

Marshall Thompson is born in Peoria, Illinois in 1925. The actor’s career stretches six decades and features more than 100 roles, often in fun B-movies like Mystery Street, Dial 1119, Cult of the Cobra, It! The Terror From Beyond Space and The Fiend Without A Face, his TV work includes Daktari, Cruise Into Terror and multiple episodes of mid-1950s anthology show Science Fiction Theater. He died in 1992