Editing Lee Marvin (section)

===Hollywood===
Marvin's film debut was in ''[[You're in the Navy Now]]'' (1951), directed by [[Henry Hathaway]], a movie that also marked the debuts of [[Charles Bronson]] and [[Jack Warden]]. This required some filming in Hollywood and Marvin decided to stay in California.<ref name="tough" />
[[File:Lee Marvin M Squad.JPG|thumb|150px|left|Marvin in ''[[M Squad]]'' (1957–1960)]]
He had a similarly small part in ''[[Teresa (1951)|Teresa]]'' (1951), directed by [[Fred Zinnemann]]. As a decorated combat veteran, Marvin was a natural in war dramas, where he frequently assisted the director and other actors in realistically portraying infantry movement, arranging costumes, and the use of firearms.

He guest starred on episodes of ''[[Fireside Theatre]]'', ''[[Suspense (American TV series)|Suspense]],'' and ''[[Rebound (American TV series)|Rebound]]''. Hathaway used him again on ''[[Diplomatic Courier]]'' (1952) and he could be seen in ''[[Down Among the Sheltering Palms (film)|Down Among the Sheltering Palms]]'' (1952), directed by [[Edmund Goulding]]; ''[[We're Not Married!]]'' (1952), also for Goulding; ''[[The Duel at Silver Creek]]'' (1952), directed by [[Don Siegel]]; and ''[[Hangman's Knot]]'' (1952), directed by [[Roy Huggins]].

He guest starred on ''[[Biff Baker, U.S.A.]]'' and ''[[Dragnet (TV series)|Dragnet]]'', and had a showcase role as the squad leader in a feature titled ''[[Eight Iron Men]]'' (1952), a war film directed by [[Edward Dmytryk]] and produced by [[Stanley Kramer]] (Marvin's role had been played on Broadway by [[Burt Lancaster]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Filmland Briefs|date=February 14, 1952|work=Los Angeles Times|page=A10}}</ref>

He was a sergeant in ''[[Seminole (film)|Seminole]]'' (1953), a Western directed by [[Budd Boetticher]], and was a corporal in ''[[The Glory Brigade]]'' (1953), a [[Korean War]] film.{{sfn|Lentz|2000|p=28}}

Marvin guest starred in ''[[The Doctor (1952 TV series)|The Doctor]]'', ''[[The Revlon Mirror Theater]]'', ''Suspense,'' and ''[[The Motorola Television Hour]]''.

He was now in much demand for Westerns and starred in ''[[The Stranger Wore a Gun]]'' (1953) with [[Randolph Scott]] and ''[[Gun Fury]]'' (1953) with Rock Hudson.