Richard Marquand(1937-1987)

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Richard Marquand was born on 22 September 1937 in Llanishen, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Jagged Edge (1985) and NBC Special Treat (1975). He was previously married to Carol Bell and Josephine Marquand. He died on 4 September 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK.

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Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations

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Richard Marquand and Robert Watts in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Robert LaBonge, Thomas Laughridge, Richard Marquand, and Glenn Randall Jr. in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Mark Hamill and Richard Marquand in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Ian McDiarmid and Richard Marquand in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Mark Hamill, David Prowse, Alan Hume, and Richard Marquand in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Harrison Ford, George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Alan Hume, and Richard Marquand in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Richard Marquand in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

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Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

8.3

Director(directed by)

1983

Jagged Edge

6.5

Director

1985

NBC Special Treat

7.6

TV Series

Director

Nowhere to Run

5.7

Writer

1993

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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi: Deleted Scenes
- Director
- Video
- 2011
Hearts of Fire
- Director
- 1987
Jagged Edge
- Director
- 1985
Until September
- Director
- 1984
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
- Director (directed by)
- 1983
Eye of the Needle
- Director
- 1981
Birth of the Beatles
- Director
- 1979
The Legacy
- Director
- 1978
NBC Special Treat
- Director
- TV Series
- 1976
Pilger
- Director
- TV Series
- 1975–1976
Do Yourself Some Good
- Director
- Short
- 1975
The Puritan Experience: Making of a New World
- Director
- Short
- 1975
The Puritan Experience: Forsaking England
- Director
- Short
- 1975
Between the Anvil and the Hammer
- Director
- Short
- 1973
The Iron Village
- Director
- Short
- 1973

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Height
- 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Born
- September 22, 1937
- Llanishen, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Died
- September 4, 1987
- Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK(stroke)
Spouses
Children
- James Marquand
Other works
Can be seen on the April 2004 Region 1 DVD release of A Room with a View (1985). On disc two there is a BBC obituary piece from a July 1970, broadcast just after E.M. Forster's death entitled 'E.M. Forster Remembered'. In it, Marquand is interviewed about meeting Forster while a student at Cambridge.
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Has directed one Oscar nominated performance: Robert Loggia in Jagged Edge (1985).

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I'm very interested in directing actors -- many directors direct cameras.

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