Marshall Colt

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Marshall Colt
Born (1948-10-26) October 26, 1948 (age 75)
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Alma mater Tulane University
Pepperdine University
Fielding Graduate University
Occupation(s) Psychologist since 1994
Actor, 1976–1995
Naval officer, 1970–2000

Marshall Colt (born October 26, 1948) is an American management consultant and combat-decorated, former captain in the United States Navy in San Diego, [1] who was an actor in film and television [2] from 1976 to 1995.

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He co-starred in the films North Dallas Forty (1979) and Jagged Edge (1985) as well as in the 1981–82 James Arness NBC police procedural McClain's Law . [3]

Early years

A native of New Orleans, Colt graduated from Tulane University with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics. [4] He then served four years in the U.S. Navy, stationed briefly off the coast of Vietnam during the war. [4] [5]

Acting career

In 1976, Colt made his acting debut as Nick in the Berkeley Repertory Theatre production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and as Inspector William Holmer in the episode "Castle of Fear" of ABC's police drama The Streets of San Francisco .

In 1978, Colt appeared as Sam Pray in "Great Expectations," the fourth episode of the short-lived CBS legal drama The Paper Chase , starring John Houseman. [6] In 1979, he appeared on the ABC drama Family and in two episodes of Buddy Ebsen's CBS crime drama Barnaby Jones . He also played the role of Art Hartman in the Nick Nolte film North Dallas Forty.

Colt received second billing in the two-hour made-for-TV film McClain's Law , broadcast in November 1981 as a pilot for the same-named police series in which Colt played young detective Harry Gates of the San Pedro, California, Police Department, whose use of modern criminology methods placed him in contrast to his older partner, Jim McClain, played by James Arness, who employed the more traditional approach. McClain's Law premiered some six years after the ending of Arness's former Gunsmoke western series. [3] Colt's other regular series role was in the 1983–84 ABC drama Lottery in which he co-starred as IRS agent Eric Rush, alongside lottery winnings distributor Patrick Sean Flaherty, played by Ben Murphy.

In 1988, Colt was cast as Jack Wheeler, the chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, in the television film To Heal a Nation, [7] based on the establishment of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Other roles in television films were as Steven Beck in Beverly Hills Madam , Charles McLean in Maggie, Kelly Hancock in Mercy or Murder?, Andrew Winkler in Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story, and Douglas Erickson in Deceptions.

Colt was cast as Bobby Slade in Jagged Edge (1985), as Christopher Dollanganger in Flowers in the Attic (1987), and as Donald Cleary in Illegally Yours (1988).

His last roles in series television were in 1991 as Ross Corman in the episode "Tainted Lady" of Angela Lansbury's CBS drama, Murder, She Wrote [7] and in 1995 in Chuck Norris's Walker, Texas Ranger , in the role of Lieutenant Lee Corbin in the episode "Whitewater, Part I."

Psychology career

Colt obtained his Master of Science in clinical psychology, with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy, from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. He also holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, with a concentration in health psychology, accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California. After an APA-accredited, adult neuropsychology internship at the VA Hospital, Denver, he served a six-month post-doctoral residency in pediatric neuropsychology in Salt Lake City. Colt has been in private practice since 1994. [1]

Colt was formerly based in Denver, where he frequently appeared on radio and television as an expert on psychological topics, including PTSD. He also wrote the syndicated "Ethics" column for the Denver Business Journal. He subsequently relocated to San Diego, and then Orange County, California, where he operates Corporate Psychological Management, a consultancy he founded in 1996. [1]

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References

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  2. ↑ O'Connor, John J. (September 9, 1983). "TV WEEKEND; 'LOTTERY!' SERIES, TENNIS AND BOXING". The New York Times .
  3. 1 2 McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. p.  535. ISBN   9780140249163.
  4. 1 2 "Marshall Colt finally meets 'Matt Dillon'" . Ottawa Citizen . December 19, 1981. p. 137. Retrieved April 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Peasley, Sarah (May 29, 1988). "PERSONALITIES" . The Washington Post . ProQuest   306984315. Archived from the original on April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  6. ↑ The Paper Chase, Season 1, Episode 4, "Great Expectations" (misnamed "The Man Who Would Be King"), YouTube
  7. 1 2 "Marshall Colt (Overview)". MSN Movies . Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
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