Biography
Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) was an American actor, director, writer and producer. His notable credits include creating Happy Days and The Odd Couple and directing Nothing In Common, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Valentine's Day, and The Princess Diaries. Description above from the Wikipedia article Garry Marshall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
as Self (archive audio)
In a heartfelt tribute to Hollywood legend Garry Marshall, his family and friends share their favorite memories of the creative genius behind some of ...

Suzi Q
2019
as Self
Story of trailblazing American rock singer-songwriter Suzi Quatro, who helped redefine the role of women in rock 'n' roll when she broke out in 1973.

Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017
as Self
Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible to audiences. Matt Schrader shines a spotlight on t...

Tempest Storm
2016
as Himself
The controversial life story of America's greatest exotic dancer, who at 87 years old is preparing for her final and most important act: to repair her...
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
2016
as Self
A two-hour documentary special Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors which gives viewers an intimate look at his life from his childhood in the suburbs ...

Mother's Day
2016
Director
Sandy is a stressed-out, single mom who learns that her ex-husband is marrying a younger woman. Her friend Jesse's parents don't know that she has a f...

Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery
2015
as Manny Goldman (voice)
Get ready to Rock! Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang team up with the one and only KISS in this all-new, out-of-this-world adventure! We join the G...

Life After Beth
2014
as Grandpa
Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole wor...

The Hooping Life
2014
as Himself
Learn the origins and rise of modern day hula-hooping through eight extraordinary stories of hoop devotees who have embraced it as an art form, a teac...

New Year's Eve
2011
Director, Producer
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

Valentine's Day
2010
as Musician (uncredited)
Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day
2010
Director
Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

Grande Drip
2009
as Larry Rosenberg
A young man strolls into a bustling café every morning to buy a cup of Joe, the only thing is, he doesn't drink coffee-he's just enamored with the gir...

Race to Witch Mountain
2009
as Dr. Donald Harlan
A taxi driver gets more than he bargained for when he picks up two teen runaways. Not only does the pair possess supernatural powers, but they're also...

Finding Bliss
2009
as Himself
Jody Balaban, an aspiring filmmaker, is fresh to L.A. with New York film school accolades and the dream of making her movie. Unable to get a job where...
Hole in the Paper Sky
2008
as Warren
A brilliant, misanthropic math genius is inexplicably drawn into an unusual friendship with a laboratory dog.

Chronic Town
2008
as The Doctor
Truman Korovin is a lonely, sharp-witted cab driver in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1980. The usual routine of picking up fares and spending his nights at his f...
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008
as Self
Documentary about Stanley Kramer, included on the 40th anniversary edition of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

A Love Story of Today
2008
as Self
A discussion of the very important and highly controversial film, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, featuring interviews with people like Katharine Hought...

Brando: An Icon Is Born
2007
as Himself
A short retroperspective feature on Brando's influence on acting itself and the cultural impact of his role in "The Wild One".

Georgia Rule
2007
Director
Rebellious, uncontrollable teenager, Rachel is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her estranged grandmother, Georgia. Her...

Keeping Up with the Steins
2006
as Irwin Fiedler
All hilarity breaks loose in this heartwarming coming-of-age comedy when three generations of Fiedlers collide in a crazy family reunion. As they prep...

Chicken Little
2005
as Buck Cluck (voice)
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chic...

From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005
as Self
The making of Cinderella (1950).

Mute
2005
as Pastor
When we meet Eileen, we see her sabotaging her big sister's wedding. We find out that she blames her older sister, Claire for a car accident that has ...

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004
Director
Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Accompanied by her friend Lilly, Mia continues ...

On the Set: The Princess Diaries 2 – Royal Engagement
2004
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Garry Marshall's film, "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement".

Raising Helen
2004
Director
Helen Harris has a glamorous, big-city life working for one of New York's hottest modeling agencies. But suddenly her free-spirited life gets turned u...
They Call Him Sasquatch
2003
as Stu Glassman
They say Bigfoot doesn't exist. But try telling that to a misguided group of explorers (including Garry Marshall and Warren Berlinger) who are determi...

The Long Ride Home
2003
as Arthur
A man fights the law and the lawless in order to reunite with his wife and son in the 1860s west.

The Hollywood Sign
2002
as Director
Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant c...

Mother Ghost
2002
as Arthur
Keith Bennets mother passed away a year ago, and he feels like he has moved on with his life, until one morning his mothers jewelry shows up on Keiths...

Orange County
2002
as Arthur Gantner
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional famil...
Intimate Portrait: Pam Dawber
2002
as Self
Details the life of actress Pam Dawber through interviews with those close to her and footage of her work.

The Majestic
2001
as Studio Executive (voice)
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a lon...

A New Princess
2001
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the making of the classic film, featuring royal interviews with both cast and crew.

The Princess Diaries
2001
Director
A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country becaus...

Tomcats
2001
as Uncle Murray (uncredited)
College buddies chip in and promise that the group's last unmarried man will collect a cash pot. Seven years later, the kitty is worth $500,000 -- mon...

Can't Be Heaven
2000
as Pawn Shop Broker
Everyone eventually meets the love of their lives. Sometimes, like Danny and Julia, that person comes along when you are 13 years old. Other times, li...

Runaway Bride
1999
as First Baseman in Softball (uncredited)
Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after his...

Runaway Bride
1999
Director
Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after his...

In Search of the Happy Ending
1999
as Self – Host / Narrator
Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of th...

In Search of the Happy Ending
1999
Director
Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of th...

This Space Between Us
1999
as Steve Mayland
It’s been two years since his wife’s sudden death, and once-promising young filmmaker Alex Harty has allowed both his life and career to come to a sta...

Never Been Kissed
1999
as Rigfort
Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teena...

The Other Sister
1999
Director, Screenplay
A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to coll...

Kismet
1999
as Stepfather
Stephanie is a young woman who just turned thirty, and has everything a girl wants in life -- beauty, intelligence, and a handsome, successful fiance ...

CHiPs '99
1998
as Tour Bus Driver
Ponch has returned to the police force, and is determined to help his friend Jon investigating various car thefts.

With Friends Like These
1998
as Frank Minetti
Four small-time, two-bit character actors, all close friends, compete for the same important part in the next Martin Scorsese mob film.

Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

Dear God
1996
as Preston Sweeney, Postmaster (uncredited)
A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter offi...

Dear God
1996
Director
A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter offi...

The Twilight of the Golds
1996
as Walter Gold
A woman discovers her unborn baby has a genetic predisposition to homosexuality, unwittingly exposing deep-seated prejudices within her family.

The Twilight of the Golds
1996
Executive Producer
A woman discovers her unborn baby has a genetic predisposition to homosexuality, unwittingly exposing deep-seated prejudices within her family.

Exit to Eden
1994
as Priscilla's Client (voice) (uncredited)
Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief Omar. When Elliot leaves for a private vacation o...

Exit to Eden
1994
Director, Producer
Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief Omar. When Elliot leaves for a private vacation o...
The Last Shot
1993
as Mark Tullis Sr.
Film drama about terminal illness...

Hocus Pocus
1993
as Devil (Husband) (uncredited)
After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfou...

A League of Their Own
1992
as Walter Harvey
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded ...

Frankie and Johnny
1991
Producer, Director
When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fl...

Soapdish
1991
as Edmund Edwards
Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, ...

Pretty Woman
1990
as Bum Tour Guide (uncredited)
While on a business trip in Los Angeles, Edward Lewis, a millionaire entrepreneur who makes a living buying and breaking up companies, picks up a pros...

Pretty Woman
1990
Director
While on a business trip in Los Angeles, Edward Lewis, a millionaire entrepreneur who makes a living buying and breaking up companies, picks up a pros...

Secret Agent 00 Soul
1990
James Brown III, also known as Secret Agent 00 Soul, is an elite international operative who finally tells off the government and fulfills his longtim...

The Lottery
1989
Director
A music teacher realizes that she's won the lottery, but then promptly loses the ticket out the window. The short film then follows her exploits to re...

Beaches
1988
as Audition Director (uncredited)
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Beaches
1988
Director
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Overboard
1987
as Drummer (uncredited)
Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after J...

Overboard
1987
Director
Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after J...

Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown s...

Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
Thanks
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown s...

Nothing in Common
1986
Director
A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

Lost in America
1985
as Casino Manager
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liqu...

The Flamingo Kid
1984
Director, Writer
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flaming...

Herndon
1983
Director
A high-school nerd goes to his 10-year class reunion.

Young Doctors in Love
1982
Director, Executive Producer
An 'Airplane!'-style spoof of hospital soap operas—a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order...

The Escape Artist
1982
as Drummer
The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback show...
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
1979
as Self
A day-in-the-life documentary with Garry Marshall. Marshall was an executive producer for ABC and was responsible for such hit shows as Laverne and Sh...

Grand Theft Auto
1977
as Underworld Boss
A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of rewar...

Evil Roy Slade
1972
Producer, Writer
Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious...

The Grasshopper
1970
Producer, Screenplay, Story
A British Columbia teenager dreams of show business but winds up as a call girl in Las Vegas.

How Sweet It Is!
1968
Producer, Writer
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, a...

Psych-Out
1968
as Plainclothesman
Jenny, a deaf runaway who has just arrived in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district to find her long-lost brother, a mysterious bearded sculptor kno...