About

Known credits:
19
Birthday:
1934-07-17
Place of birth:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Website:
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Phillip Marshak

Overview

Phillip Marshak was born on July 17, 1934 in the Bronx, New York City, New York. Following service in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, Marshak worked as an electrician for his father, studied acting with Maxine Marx at the Lee Strasberg Theatre in New York, and acted in stage productions of such plays as "Detective Story" and "A Stone for Danny Fisher" by Harold Robbins. Phillip moved with his wife Pamela to Los Angeles, California in the early 1960's. He worked as an assistant for Jerry Lewis and opened Georgie Girl, which was one of the first gay bars in Los Angeles. Moreover, Marshak directed several adult films -- most notably Dracula Sucks (1978)-- as well as the horror movie Cataclysm (1980), which was later used as a segment in the patchwork horror anthology Night Train to Terror (1985). Phillip died on July 27, 2014 at his home in Los Angeles from diabetes, heart disease, and leukemia at age 80.

Besides his wife Pamela, Marshak was survived by his daughter Tracy Marshak-Nash, sons Darryl Marshak and Shane Marshak, brother Norman and sister Judith, and grandchildren Charlie, Kailee, Jake, Cody, Holden, and Zoe.

Known for

Acting
1971 Ruben's Revenge Actor Hanged Man 59
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1970 Potluck Actor 58
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Directing
1985 Blue Ice Directing Director 59
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1985 Night Train to Terror Directing Director 57
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1984 Passionate Lee Directing Director N/A
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1984 Space Virgins Directing Director N/A
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1982 Intimate Lessons Directing Director 59
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1981 Olympic Fever Directing Director 59
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1980 Cataclysm Directing Director 58
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1980 Night Flight Directing Director N/A
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1978 Lust Flight 2000 Directing Director N/A
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1978 Dracula Sucks Directing Director 58
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1971 The Savages Directing Director N/A
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1971 Ruben's Revenge Directing Director 59
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Hot Love Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1971 The Savages Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1971 The Savages Production Producer N/A
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1970 Potluck Production Producer 58
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Editing
1985 Night Train to Terror Editing Editor 57
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