Editing Lee Marvin (section)

===''The Big Heat'' and ''The Wild One''===
Marvin received much acclaim for his portrayal of villains in [[Fritz Lang]]'s ''[[The Big Heat]]'' (1953), where he played [[Gloria Grahame]]'s vicious boyfriend and ''[[The Wild One]]'' (1953), opposite [[Marlon Brando]] (Marvin's gang in the film was named "The Beetles"), produced by Stanley Kramer.<ref>{{Cite news|title=David Brian to 'Reform' as Safecracker; More Three-D Work on Foot|author=Schallert, Edwin|date=January 31, 1953|work=Los Angeles Times|page=9}}</ref>

He continued in TV shows such as ''The [[Plymouth Playhouse]]'' and ''[[The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse]]''. He had supporting roles in ''[[Gorilla at Large]]'' (1954) and had a notable small role in ''[[The Caine Mutiny (1954 film)|The Caine Mutiny]]'' (1954), also produced by Kramer, as the smart-aleck sailor Meatball.<ref name="tough" />

In 1954, Marvin was in ''[[The Raid (1954 film)|The Raid]]'' and on TV in ''[[Center Stage (TV series)|Center Stage]]'', ''[[Medic (TV series)|Medic]]'' and ''[[TV Reader's Digest]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lee Marvin—an Extra Something|author=Alpert, Don|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 6, 1966|page=m4}}</ref>

In 1955, he was cast as Hector, the small-town hood in ''[[Bad Day at Black Rock]]'' which starred [[Spencer Tracy]].<ref>Epstein 2013, pp. 95–96.</ref> He played a conflicted, brutal bank-robber in ''[[Violent Saturday]]''. Of Marvin's performance, one critic wrote that "Marvin brings a multi-faceted complexity to the role and gives a great example of the early promise that launched his long and successful career."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.noiroftheweek.com/2012/07/violent-saturday-1955.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807001242/http://www.noiroftheweek.com/2012/07/violent-saturday-1955.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 7, 2012|title=Film Noir of the Week: Violent Saturday (1955)|website=www.noiroftheweek.com|access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Aldrich Attack movie trailer screenshot2.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Marvin in ''[[Attack (1956 film)|Attack]]'' (1956)]]
Marvin played [[Robert Mitchum]]'s and [[Frank Sinatra]]'s friend in ''[[Not as a Stranger]]'' (1955), a medical drama produced and directed by Stanley Kramer. He had good supporting roles in ''[[A Life in the Balance]]'' (1955) (he was third billed), and ''[[Pete Kelly's Blues (film)|Pete Kelly's Blues]]'' (1955) and appeared on TV in ''[[Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre]]'' and ''[[Studio One in Hollywood]].''

Marvin was in ''[[I Died a Thousand Times]]'' (1955) with [[Jack Palance]], ''[[Shack Out on 101]]'' (1955), ''[[Kraft Theatre]]'', and ''[[Front Row Center]].''

Marvin was the villain in ''[[Seven Men from Now]]'' (1956) starring Randolph Scott and directed by Boetticher. He was second-billed to Palance in ''[[Attack (1956 film)|Attack]]'' (1956) directed by [[Robert Aldrich]].

Marvin had roles in ''[[Pillars of the Sky]]'' (1956) with Jeff Chandler, ''[[The Rack (1956 film)|The Rack]]'' (1956) with [[Paul Newman]], ''[[Raintree County (film)|Raintree County]]'' (1957) with [[Elizabeth Taylor]] and [[Montgomery Clift]] and a leading role in ''[[The Missouri Traveler]]'' (1958). He also guest starred on ''[[Climax!]]'' (several times), ''[[Studio 57]]'', ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'' and ''[[Schlitz Playhouse]]''.