Marshall Bell

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Biography

Archibald Marshall Bell (born September 28, 1942) is an American actor. He has appeared in many character roles in movies and television. His best-known movies are probably A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), Stand by Me (1986), Twins (1988) and Total Recall (1990).

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Known For

House

Warden

Stand by Me

Mr. Lachance

Total Recall

George / Kuato

Starship Troopers

General Owen

Identity

District Attorney

Natural Born Killers

Deputy #1

The X-Files

Colonel Calvin Henderson

The Bling Ring

L.A. Detective #1

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Dreams MOVIE	Michael McCarthy
2023	Blackout MOVIE	Jack Hammond
2021	Love Is Love Is Love MOVIE	John (segment "Sailing Lesson")
2021	Mainstream MOVIE	Marty
2020	Outer Banks TV	Doc Marsh
2019	Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street MOVIE	Self
2017	The Last Word MOVIE	Edward
2016	Rules Don't Apply MOVIE	Colonel Maxwell
2016	Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? MOVIE	Dwayne
2016	Thirty Nine MOVIE	Lawyer
2016	Director's Cut MOVIE	Moving Company Guy
2016	The Congressman MOVIE	Sherm Hawkins
2015	Waffle Street MOVIE	Miles Drake III
2015	90 Minutes in Heaven MOVIE	Dr. Greider
2014	Legends TV	Nicholas Spiller
2014	Palo Alto MOVIE	Jake
2014	A Bit of Bad Luck MOVIE	Mr. Creech
2013	The Bling Ring MOVIE	L.A. Detective #1
2013	Home, James MOVIE	Larry
2013	To the Wonder MOVIE	Bob
2013	Somebody Up There Likes Me MOVIE	Lyla's Father
2012	The Newsroom TV	Ross Fernholm
2012	The Rock 'n' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher MOVIE	Uncle Virgil
2012	The American Tetralogy MOVIE	The Bad Handsome Old Man
2011	The Rum Diary MOVIE	Donavon
2011	Puncture MOVIE	Jeffrey Dancort
2011	Remember Alice Bell? MOVIE	Phillip
2010	Hawaii Five-0 TV	Drake
2010	Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy MOVIE	Self
2009	Tattoos: A Scarred History MOVIE	Self
2009	Southland TV	Police Chief
2008	Heidi 4 Paws MOVIE	Mr. Sesehund (voice)
2008	The Xtacles TV	Self
2008	Fear Itself TV	Carlos' Uncle Bob
2008	Hamlet 2 MOVIE	Principal Rocker
2007	Rescue Dawn MOVIE	Admiral
2007	Nancy Drew MOVIE	John Leshing
2007	Sex and Death 101 MOVIE	Victor Rose III
2007	The Attackmen MOVIE	Headmaster Wheatley
2007	The Astronaut Farmer MOVIE	Judge Miller
2006	Frisky Dingo TV	Jack Taggart (voice)
2006	Room 6 MOVIE	Amy's Dad
2006	Art School Confidential MOVIE	Lonny
2005	Capote MOVIE	Warden Marshall Krutch
2005	E-Ring TV	Self
2004	House TV	Warden
2004	Hawaii TV	Self
2004	Stargate Atlantis TV	Terrence Kramer
2004	Deadwood TV	Magistrate Claggett
2004	Dandelion MOVIE	Uncle Bobby
2003	Identity MOVIE	District Attorney
2002	MDs TV	Bill 'Wise Guy' Weisman
2002	Comic Book Villains MOVIE	Gun Store Order
2002	Serving Sara MOVIE	Warren Cebron
2002	Beneath Clouds MOVIE	Boy at Service Station
2002	The Shield TV	Bill
2000	Sand MOVIE	Gus
2000	The District TV	Captain Bennington
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV	Peter Hutchins Sr.
2000	Mercy MOVIE	Gil Reynolds
2000	Face the Music MOVIE	Tommy the Bartender
1999	Black & White MOVIE	Toast
1999	Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection MOVIE	Joseph
1999	G vs E TV	Self
1999	Late Last Night MOVIE	Bartender
1999	A Slipping Down Life MOVIE	Mr. Casey
1999	Virus MOVIE	J.W. Woods Jr.
1998	One of Our Own MOVIE	Col. Dale Cameron
1997	Starship Troopers MOVIE	General Owen
1997	The End of Violence MOVIE	Call
1997	The Brave MOVIE	Larry
1997	Truth or Consequences, N.M. MOVIE	Police Lieutenant
1996	Millennium TV	The Judge
1996	The Pretender TV	Warden Michaels
1996	Crazy Horse MOVIE	Senator William B. Allison
1996	Too Fast Too Young MOVIE	Detective Quentin Thompson
1995	Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead MOVIE	Lt. Atwater
1995	W.E.I.R.D. World MOVIE	Kendall
1995	The Single Guy TV	Mr. Gottlieb
1995	Runway One MOVIE	Hanson
1995	Operation Dumbo Drop MOVIE	Colonel Pederson
1995	Sliders TV	Vortak
1995	Payback MOVIE	Tom "Gully" Gullerman
1995	Just Looking MOVIE	Dave
1994	Love Is a Gun MOVIE	Jean's Husband
1994	Probable Cause MOVIE	Instructor
1994	The Puppet Masters MOVIE	General Morgan
1994	Natural Born Killers MOVIE	Deputy #1
1994	Airheads MOVIE	Carl Mace
1994	The Silence of the Hams MOVIE	Cross Dressing Agent
1994	The Chase MOVIE	Ari Josephson
1993	Heaven & Earth MOVIE	Dinner Guest #3
1993	Undercover Blues MOVIE	Sikes
1993	The X-Files TV	Colonel Calvin Henderson
1992	Innocent Blood MOVIE	Marsh
1992	The Larry Sanders Show TV	Sound Guy
1992	Diggstown MOVIE	Warden Bates
1992	Leather Jackets MOVIE	Stranger
1992	The Vagrant MOVIE	The Vagrant
1991	Palace Guard TV	Self
1991	The Heroes of Desert Storm MOVIE	Walter Wojdakowski
1991	Oscar MOVIE	Reporter #1
1990	Hull High TV	Mr. Fancher
1990	Air America MOVIE	O.V.
1990	Dick Tracy MOVIE	Lips' Cop
1990	Total Recall MOVIE	George / Kuato
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Rock (segment "Forever Ambergris")
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Husband (segment "And All Through the House")
1988	Twins MOVIE	Webster
1988	Wildfire MOVIE	Lewis
1988	Tucker: The Man and His Dream MOVIE	Frank
1988	Johnny Be Good MOVIE	Chief Elkans
1987	Cherry 2000 MOVIE	Bill
1987	Tour of Duty TV	Sgt. Ralph Carlton
1987	Wiseguy TV	Self
1987	The Oldest Rookie TV	Gordon Lane
1987	No Way Out MOVIE	Assassin
1986	Manhunter MOVIE	Atlanta Policeman
1986	Stand by Me MOVIE	Mr. Lachance
1986	Seven Minutes in Heaven MOVIE	Jeff's Stepfather
1985	A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge MOVIE	Coach Schneider
1984	Birdy MOVIE	Ronsky
1981	Hill Street Blues TV	Self
	You are in Hell! MOVIE	Self

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