Editing Lee Marvin (section)

===''M Squad''===
[[File:Lee Marvin 1959.JPG|thumb|150px|left|Marvin in 1959 from the set of ''[[M Squad]]'']]
Marvin debuted as a leading man in ''[[M Squad]]'' as Chicago cop Frank Ballinger in 100 episodes of the successful 1957–1960 television series. One critic described the show as "a hyped-up, violent ''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]'' ...with a hard-as-nails Marvin" playing a tough police lieutenant. Marvin received the role after guest-starring in a ''Dragnet'' episode as a [[serial killer]].<ref>Epstein 2013, p. 79.</ref>

When the series ended Marvin appeared on ''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]'', ''[[NBC Sunday Showcase]]'', ''[[The Barbara Stanwyck Show]]'', ''[[The Americans (1961 TV series)|The Americans]]'', ''[[Wagon Train]]'', ''[[Checkmate (U.S. TV series)|Checkmate]]'', ''[[General Electric Theater]], [[Alcoa Premiere]]'', ''[[The Investigators (1961 TV series)|The Investigators]]'', ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' (he was injured during a fight scene),<ref>{{cite news|title=Lee Marvin Is Injured|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 16, 1961|page=63}}</ref> ''[[Ben Casey]]'', ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'' (several times), ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' ("[[The Grave (The Twilight Zone)|The Grave]]" and "[[Steel (The Twilight Zone)|Steel]]"), and ''[[The Dick Powell Theatre]]''.