{{Short description|American actor (1966–2023)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Marc Gilpin | birth_date = {{birth date|1966|09|26}} | birth_place = Austin, Texas, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|7|29|1966|9|26}} | death_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1977–1989 | spouse = Kaki | relatives = Peri Gilpin (sister) | children = 2 }}
'''Marc Gilpin''' (September 26, 1966 – July 29, 2023) was an American actor.
==Early life== Gilpin was born on September 26, 1966, to Wes Gilpin and Barbara Bushway. After his parents' divorce, his father married an old childhood friend, Sandra Jo Hauck, herself a divorcee with two daughters, one being Peri Gilpin, who later became famous for playing Roz Doyle on Frasier.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pierce |first=Ellise |date=1996-10-01 |title=Peri, Trouper |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/peri-trouper/ |access-date=2025-10-05 |website=Texas Monthly |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Gilpin played Sean Brody along with Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, and his sister, April, in ''Jaws 2'' (1978), by Jeannot Szwarc;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://obits.dallasnews.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=187020916 |title=April Gilpin 1969 - 2017 |newspaper=Dallas Morning News |date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=November 30, 2019 |via=Legacy.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eqY-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT155 |title=Just When You Thought It Was Safe: A Jaws Companion |first=Patrick |last=Jankiewicz |author-link=Pat Jankiewicz|publisher=BearManor Media |year=2009 |page=155}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6SmDaC8VXoC&pg=PA197 |title=Roy Scheider: A Film Biography |first=Diane C. |last=Kachmar |publisher=McFarland Publishing |date=January 1, 2002 |page=197 |isbn=9780786412013}}</ref> Willie along with Henry Darrow and Kate Woodville in ''Where's Willie?'' (1978);<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Q1SAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA323 |title=Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns |first=James |last=Prickette |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |date=January 20, 2012 |page=323 |isbn=9781469144290 |editor-first=Charles Anthony |editor-last=McLendon}}</ref> and Dalem along with Christopher Connelly, Meredith MacRae, Elissa Leeds and Joseph Campanella in ''Earthbound'' (1981), by James L. Conway.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69-_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA68 |title=Encyclopedia of Television Pilots: 2,470 Films Broadcast 1937-2019 |edition=2nd |first=Vincent |last=Terrace |publisher=McFarland Publishing |date=September 6, 2019 |page=68 |isbn=9781476638102}}</ref> He also appeared in ''The Legend of the Lone Ranger'' (1981).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/most-badass-movie-characters-from-texas-5f618ecc2fef/ |title=Don't Mess With Texans: 28 Badass Movie Characters from the Lone Star State |first=Christopher |last=Campbell |date=March 8, 2017 |access-date=November 30, 2019 |work=Film School Rejects}}</ref>
==Personal life== Gilpin quit acting in 1989 and became a self-taught software engineer, earning several software patents. He married Kaki in 1999 and they had two sons, Spencer and Presley.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marc-gilpin-dead-jaws-2-1235549284/ |title=Marc Gilpin, Young Actor on ‘Jaws 2,’ Dies at 56 |first=Mike |last=Barnes |date=1 August 2023 |access-date=19 May 2025 |magazine=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
==Death== Gilpin died in Dallas of glioblastoma on July 29, 2023, at the age of 56.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Marc Gilpin, Young Actor on 'Jaws 2,' Dies at 56 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marc-gilpin-dead-jaws-2-1235549284/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref>
==Filmography== {{columnslist| * ''Thunder'' (1977) * ''Where's Willie?'' (1978) as Willie Wade * ''Jaws 2'' (1978) as Sean Brody * ''CHiPs'' (1979) as Timmy Getraer * ''Fantasy Island'' (1979) as Bobby * ''Flying High'' (1979) as Bobby Stacy * ''Earthbound'' (1981) as Dalem * ''The Legend of the Lone Ranger'' (1981) as Young John Reid * ''CBS Afternoon Playhouse'' (1982) as Rick * ''License to Kill'' (1984) as Larry Chernoff * ''Surviving'' (1985) as Bobby * ''Right to Kill?'' (1985) as Billy * ''Silver Spoons'' (1985) as William Dasher * ''China Beach'' (1988) as Sammy Coy * ''She's Out of Control'' (1989) as Parking Attendant }}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0319643}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes person|marc-gilpin}} * {{TV Guide person|3000269101}}
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