Marshall Efron


Marshall Efron was an American actor and humorist originally known for his work on the listener-sponsored Pacifica radio stations WBAI New York and KPFK Los Angeles, and later for the PBS television show The Great American Dream Machine.

Career

At WBAI, Efron was a frequent guest on Steve Post's & Bob Fass's shows, along with left-wing/counter-culture figures such as Paul Krassner. One memorable broadcast had Efron and Krassner filling in for the vacationing Steve Post, and identifying themselves as Columbia University students who had taken the station over as part of the Columbia University protests of 1968. Although regular listeners were very familiar with the voices of Krassner and Efron, many listeners were not. NYPD officers responded three different times during the broadcast in response to reports from listeners who thought the "takeover" was a legitimate event.
Efron also produced features such as A Satirical View.
Marshall Efron was the author of a number of children's works such as Bible Stories You Can't Forget: No Matter How Hard You Try.
He also starred in the irregularly scheduled Sunday morning television program Marshall Efron's Illustrated, Simplified, and Painless Sunday School on CBS from 1973 to 1977. In this show, Efron played all of the parts, including Adam, Eve, God and the Snake in the Garden of Eden, and the Three Wise Men in the story of Christmas.

Death

Efron died at the age of 81 on September 30, 2019, at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey.

Filmography

Animated roles

The Kwicky Koala Show - Ratso The Smurfs - Sloppy Smurf Shirt Tales - The Biskitts - Mooch Kidd Video - Fat Cat The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo - Lousy Lizard Fluppy Dogs - Stanley The Transformers - Hun-Gurrr Snorks - Time Squad - Earl of Sandwich

Film roles

Funnyman - Sid, PhotographerPound - German ShepherdTHX 1138 - TWADoc - Mexican BartenderIs There Sex After Death? - Vince DominoDynamite Chicken - HimselfBang the Drum Slowly - BradleyBlade - Fat manBaby Blue Marine - CookThe Faking of the President - Donald SegrettiWhy Me? - Nesbit Spoon California Dreaming - RubenShogun Assassin - The First Time - Nick RandTwice Upon a Time - Botch Bad Manners - Cab DriverThe Big Bang - Comrade in Chief Talking Walls - ErwinThe Road to Wellville - Bartholomew BookbinderCafe Society - Moe PerskyTwo Family House - TinyA Piece of Eden - AndresMarie and Bruce - EdHome on the Range - Larry the Duck Robots - Lamp Post / Toilet Bot / Bass Drum / Microphone Valiant - Additional Voice The Thing About My Folks - Tow Truck DriverIce Age: The Meltdown - Start Dad Horton Hears a Who! - Wickersham Guard #1 / The Wickersham Brothers City Island - Actor-DogRob the Mob - Little Anthony

Video game roles

The Space Bar -

Theatrical roles

Much Ado about Nothing Broadway 1972 - Singer

Discography