Hugh Marlowe

• Name — Hugh Marlowe • Birth Name — Hugh Herbert Hipple • Born — 30 January 1911 • Birthplace — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Died — 2 May 1982 • Place of death — New York City, New York, U.S. • Years Active — 1936–1982 • Children — 3 • Illustration — Marlowe (center) as Ellery Queen with Santos Ortega and Marian Shockley in The Adventures of Ellery Queen, 1939

Marlowe (née Hugh Herbert Hipple) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was of primarily English ancestry, his family having been in what is now the northeastern United States since the early colonial period. Hipple had several ancestors on the Mayflower; through his father, he was descended from Myles Standish through Standish's son Alexander Standish. He was also descended from Isaac Allerton and Isaac Allerton Jr. and the American Revolutionary War hero Ichabod Alden, through whom he is descended from John Alden. Through his mother, he was descended from John Endecott.

Marlowe began his stage career in the 1930s at the Pasadena Playhouse in California, first under his birth name, then as John Marlowe. He was first seen in Arrest That Woman (1936) on Broadway, settling on Hugh Marlowe as his stage name. His Broadway appearances included Kiss the Boys Goodbye, The Land Is Bright, Lady in the Dark, Laura, and Duet for Two Hands. In 1939 and 1940, Marlowe was a voice actor in two network radio programs. He performed the role of Jim Curtis in the soap opera Brenda Curtis, and he played the title character Ellery Queen in the first radio version of The Adventures of Ellery Queen.

Marlowe was married three times, each time to an actress. Between 1941 and 1946, he was married to Edith Atwater. From 1946 to 1968, he was married to K.T. Stevens, with whom he had two sons, Jeffrey and Christian. From 1968 to his death, he was married to Rosemary Torri with whom he had one son, Hugh MichaelII. Marlowe died in 1982 from a heart attack at age 71 and was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York.

• Brilliant Marriage (1936) – Richard G. Taylor, III • It Couldn't Have Happened – But It Did (1936) – Edward Forrest • Married Before Breakfast (1937) – Kenneth • Between Two Women (1937) – Priest • Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944) – Joseph I. Murdock • Mrs. Parkington (1944) – John Marbey • Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) – Colonel Darly • Come to the Stable (1949) – Robert 'Bob' Mason • Twelve O'Clock High (1949) – Lieutenant Colonel Ben Gately • Night and the City (1950) – Adam Dunn • All About Eve (1950) – Lloyd Richards • Rawhide (1951) – Rafe Zimmerman • Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951) – Reverend Charles Watson • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) – Tom Stevens • Bugles in the Afternoon (1952) – Captain Edward Garnett • Diplomatic Courier (1952) – Narrator (voice, uncredited) • Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952) – Ed Jordan • Monkey Business (1952) – Hank Entwhistle • Way of a Gaucho (1952) – Don Miguel Aleondo • The Stand at Apache River (1953) – Colonel Morsby • Casanova's Big Night (1954) – Stefano Di Gambetta • Garden of Evil (1954) – John Fuller • Illegal (1955) – Ray Borden • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) (Season 2 Episode 14: "John Brown's Body") - Harold Skinner • World Without End (1956) – John Borden • Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) – Dr. Russell A. Marvin • The Black Whip (1956) – Lorn Crawford • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957) (Season 2 Episode 33: "A Man Greatly Beloved") - Reverend Richard Fell • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957) (Season 3 Episode 8: "Last Request") - District Attorney Bernard Butler • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) (Season 4 Episode 35: "Touché") - Phillip Baxter • Perry Mason (1959) (Season 2 Episode 16: The Case of the Fraudulent Foto) - D.A. Brander Harris • Elmer Gantry (1960) – Reverend Philip Garrison • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 7 Episode 10: "Services Rendered") - Dr. Ralph Mannick (character credited as Dr. Mannix in end credits) • The Long Rope (1961) – Jonas Stone • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (Season 1 Episode 10: "Day of Reckoning") - Harold • Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) – Albert Comstock • 13 Frightened Girls (1963) – John Hull • Seven Days in May (1964) – Harold McPherson • Perry Mason (1964) (Season 8 Episode 4: The Case of the Sleepy Slayer) - Dr. Lambert • Castle of Evil (1966) – 'Doc' Corozal • How to Steal the World (1968) – Grant (archive footage) • The Last Shot You Hear (1969) – Charles Nordeck

• Lux Radio Theatre (1952) – Episode: "Come to the Stable"

Hugh Marlowe is recorded at birth as Hugh Herbert Hipple. Recorded as actor. Identity and origins. His recorded language was English. He married K. Stevens and Edith Atwater.