Editing Lee Marvin (section)

===Early 1960s===
====''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance''====
Marvin returned to feature films with a prominent role in ''[[The Comancheros (film)|The Comancheros]]'' (1961) starring [[John Wayne]] and [[Stuart Whitman]]. He played in two more films with Wayne, both directed by [[John Ford]]: ''[[The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]'' (1962),and ''[[Donovan's Reef]]'' (1963). As the vicious Liberty Valance, Marvin played his first title role and held his own with two of the screen's biggest stars, Wayne and [[James Stewart]].<ref>Epstein 2013, p. 124.</ref>

====Television====
In 1962 Marvin appeared as Martin Kalig on the TV Western ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' in the episode titled "It Tolls for Thee." He continued to guest star on shows like ''[[Combat!]]'', ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]'' and ''[[The Great Adventure (U.S. TV series)|The Great Adventure]]''. He did ''[[The Case Against Paul Ryker]]'' for ''[[Kraft Suspense Theatre]].'' Also in 1962, Marvin appeared as Peter Kane on the TV Western ''[[Bonanza]]'' in the 28th episode of season 3 titled "The Crucible".

====''The Killers''====
For director [[Don Siegel]], Marvin appeared in ''[[The Killers (1964 film)|The Killers]]'' (1964) playing an efficient professional assassin alongside [[Clu Gulager]], grappling with villains [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Angie Dickinson]]. The film is a remake of ''[[The Killers (1946 film)|The Killers]]'' by Richard Siodmak, made in 1946 and starring [[Burt Lancaster]] and [[Ava Gardner]]. ''The Killers'' was the first film in which Marvin received top billing.<ref name="Epstein 2013, p. 135">Epstein 2013, p. 135.</ref> Originally made as a TV-movie, the film was deemed so entertaining that it was exhibited in theaters instead.

In January 1965, he guest starred on ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title="Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" ''The Loving Cup'' (TV Episode 1965) - IMDb |website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0528230/reference |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>