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name: "Kenneth Marshall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ken-marshall-12811"
fi1m_id: "ken-marshall-12811"
imdb_id: "nm0550989"
tmdb_id: 12811
wikidata_id: "Q1738645"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 June 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:32:49.356253+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kenneth Marshall

## Identity

Kenneth Marshall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ken-marshall-12811
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ken-marshall-12811
- **IMDb ID:** nm0550989
- **TMDB ID:** 12811
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1738645
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Marshall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1738645, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0550989/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12811

Actor. Born 27 June 1950 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 June 1950, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
- **Also known as:** Ken Marshall
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Marshall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1738645, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0550989/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12811

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Krull*](https://film.one/film/krull.md) (54)

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## Fi1m on Kenneth Marshall

> Kenneth Marshall brings a useful seriousness to heroic fantasy, but *Krull* shows the limits of an earnest leading man without a distinctive character. We respect the commitment, while wishing the writing gave him something less dutiful to do.

In *Krull* (1983), Kenneth Marshall's Prince Colwyn has the earnestness for a quest, but little to suggest who he might be without one. Marshall looks suited to heroic fantasy, and there is no sense that he considers the material beneath him. We were frustrated by Colwyn because his dutiful behaviour gave us so little to care about. The performance needs a more particular character to work with, rather than another opportunity to demonstrate his readiness for the task ahead.

His early screen work included Jimmy Wren in Liliana Cavani's *The Skin* (1981), before he took the title role in Giuliano Montaldo's miniseries *Marco Polo* (1982). That historical lead and Colwyn belong to a recognisable pattern of casting Marshall as the heroic man at the centre of events. They ask an audience to accept his authority quickly. *Krull* suggests the harder task was giving us something to remember about the man once that authority had been established.

Peter Yates's *Krull* makes it hard to place all the blame on Marshall. Lysette Anthony's Lyssa is similarly short of the writing that might make us feel an emotional connection, while Freddie Jones finds more interest in Ynyr and Alun Armstrong gives Torquil some firmness. Those supporting performances are a useful qualification to any defence of the leads: there is room for an actor to make an impression here. Marshall's seriousness remains a virtue, even when it cannot compensate for the thinness of the part.

Later, *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* gave him a recurring role as Lt. Commander Michael Eddington, with nine appearances between 1994 and 1997. The character's complexity offered more to work with than Colwyn's straightforward heroism, without requiring Marshall to carry an entire adventure himself. That sustained television part is a reason to look beyond his fantasy lead when considering what he could do with authority and the motives behind it. Approach *Krull* for its supporting players rather than in expectation of an absorbing central performance.

## Biography

Kenneth Marshall, also credited as Ken Marshall, is a retired American actor. Born on 27 June 1950 in New York City, he trained at the University of Michigan and the Juilliard School.

He is best known for playing Prince Colwyn in the 1983 fantasy film *Krull*. Other screen credits include the title role in the 1982 miniseries *Marco Polo*, appearances in *Tilt* (1979), *The Skin* (1981) and *Feds* (1988), and the recurring role of Lt. Commander Michael Eddington in *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1994–1997), for which he received an OFTA Television Award nomination.

Marshall also had an extensive theatre career, including Broadway and touring productions of *West Side Story* and the world premiere of *Into the Woods* at the Old Globe Theatre. He was active from 1974 to 2003.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Krull* (1983), Fi1m 54, as Prince Colwyn — [page](https://film.one/film/krull.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The District* (2000), series, as Bartender
- *JAG* (1995), series, as Capt. O'Bryan
- *Berlin '39* (1993), as Hans Loßberg
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), series, as Michael Eddington, Lt. Commander Michael Eddington — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *The Commish* (1991), series, Actor
- *Margaret Bourke-White* (1989), as Chappie
- *Baywatch* (1989), series, as Chuck
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Rodney Owens
- *Feds!* (1988), as Brent Sheppard
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Professor Gleason
- *Krull* (1983), as Prince Colwyn — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/krull.md)
- *Marco Polo* (1982), series, as Marco Polo
- *The Skin* (1981), as Jimmy Wren
- *Tilt* (1979), as Neil Gallagher

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