Noel Marshall (April 18, 1931, Chicago – June 30, 2010) was an agent in Hollywood, California in the 1960s. He later became the executive producer of the 1973 horror film The Exorcist. He wrote, directed, co-produced and starred in the film Roar (1981), which also featured his then-wife Tippi Hedren, stepdaughter Melanie Griffith, and his sons, John and Jerry, from a previous marriage to Jaye Joseph. Roar was an accident-ridden film that featured tigers and lions. The film took eleven years and $17 million to make, and brought in only $2 million worldwide.Marshall, who was married to Hedren from 1964 to 1982, was also an executive producer on two of her films, Mr. Kingstreet's War and The Harrad Experiment (both 1973). One of his later films where he was credited as executive producer was A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988), starring River Phoenix.Marshall died of brain cancer on June 30, 2010.
His fourth son Christopher Noel Marshall (Doss) is in the music business and living in Orange County, CA..
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On Biography: Melanie Griffith (2004), she claimed that she didn't get along with her stepfather Noel and hadn't spoken to him since she was 23 years old.
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He cast two of his three real-life sons Jerry Marshall, John Marshall to play his sons Jerry and John in Roar (1981). His other son worked behind-the-scenes on that film.
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Melanie Griffith, his step-daughter at the time of his marriage to her mother Tippi Hedren, played their daughter Melanie in Roar (1981).
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
1988
executive producer
Roar
1981
producer
The Exorcist
1973
executive producer
The Harrad Experiment
1973
executive producer
Mister Kingstreet's War
1971
co-producer
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Roar
1981
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Roar
1981
Hank
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Roar
1981
written by
Known for movies
The Exorcist (1973) as Producer
Roar (1981) as Producer
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988) as Producer
$11 Million
