Garry Marshall

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Garry Kent Marshall (born November 13, 1934) is an American actor/director/writer/producer.<p>Marshall was born in New York City to Anthony Wallace Marshall, a director of industrial films and later a producer, and Marjorie Irene (Ward), a tap dance teacher who ran a tap dance school. He is the brother of actress/director Penny Marshall and Ronny Hallin, a TV producer. His father was of Italian descent, his family having come from Abruzzo, and his mother was of English and Scottish descent; his father changed his last name from "Marsciarelli" to "Marshall" before Garry was born. Marshall was baptized Presbyterian and also raised in the Lutheran religion for a time. He attended Northwestern University and is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, where he wrote a sports column for The Daily Northwestern.<p>Marshall began his career as a joke writer for such comedians as Joey Bishop and Phil Foster, and then became a writer for the Tonight Show with Jack Paar. In 1961 he moved to ...