Born in
San Jose, California, Marley began his career soon after graduating high school during the
silent film era. His first film was the 1923
Cecil B. DeMille biblical epic
The Ten Commandments. He later became DeMille's chief cameraman and would continue to work with DeMille throughout his career. He went on to work on 1929's
The Godless Girl, starring his then-fiancée
Lina Basquette. The couple divorced after just one year and Marley went on to marry dancer Virginia McAdoo and, later, actress
Linda Darnell. In the 1930s, Marley received an
Academy Award nomination for
Best Cinematography on the 1938 historical drama
Suez. In 1948, he was nominated again for his work on the film
Life with Father, starring
Elizabeth Taylor and
William Powell. After his divorce from Darnell in 1952, Marley continued to work on films including 1952's
The Greatest Show on Earth for which he won a
Golden Globe Award for Best Cinematography – Color. The following year, he filmed
House of Wax, followed by
King Richard and the Crusaders in 1954,
Serenade in 1956, and
The Spirit of St. Louis in 1957. In the late 1950s, he branched out to television working on the series
Telephone Time and
Bronco. Marley last worked on a 1961 episode of the series
Bus Stop. Marley died on February 2, 1964, in
Santa Barbara. He is interred at
Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. ==Filmography==