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Hollywood Loves the SL
Some SL movie and TV appearances:

300 SL Gullwing (produced 1954 - 1957)

• The Screaming Skull, 1958 starring John Hudson, Peggy Webber and Russ Conway
• A Stranger in My Arms, 1959 starring June Allyson, Jeff Chandler and Sandra Dee
• Roadracers, 1959 starring Joel Lawrence, Marian Collier and Skip Ward
• On the Beach, 1959 starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Fred Astaire

• Love Is a Ball, 1963 (plus 300 SL Roadster) starring Glenn Ford and Telly Savalas
• Gone in 60 Seconds, 1974 starring H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia and Jerry Daugirda
• The Betsy, 1978 starring Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall and Katharine Ross
• The Junkman,1982 (plus SL Pagoda and R 107) starring H.B. Halicki, Christopher Stone and Susan Shaw
• The Flamingo Kid, 1984 starring Matt Dillon and Molly McCarthy
• Cannonball Run II, 1984 starring Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise and Dean Martin
• Mr. Destiny, 1990 starring James Belushi, Linda Hamilton and Michael Caine
• The Rookie, 1990 (plus R 107 and R 129) starring Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen and Raul Julia
• Batman Forever, 1995 starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey
• The Glimmer Man, 1996 starring Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Bob Gunton
• Money Talks, 1997 (plus R 129) starring Charlie Sheen, Chris Tucker and Heather Looklear
• Batman & Robin, 1997 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and George Clooney
• The Game, 1997 starring Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger and Sean Penn
• Charlie’s Angels, 2000 (plus 300 SL Roadster) starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, 2004 starring Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron and Emily Watson
• Father of Invention, 2010 starring Kevin Spacey, Camilla Belle and Heather Graham
• The Green Hornet, 2011 starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou and Christoph Waltz
• The Simpsons, TV Series since 1989

190 SL Roadster (produced 1955 - 1963)

• High Society, 1956 starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby
• Hot Cars, 1956 starring John Bromfield and Carol Shannon
• The Girl Can't Help It, 1956 starring Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield and Edmond O’Brien

• Stakeout on Dope Street, 1958 starring Yale Wexler, Jonathan Haze and Steven Marlo
• The Shaggy Dog, 1959 starring Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen and Tommy Kirk
• Girls Town, 1959 starring Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé and Ray Anthony
• Never Steal Anything Small, 1959 starring James Cagney, Shirley Jones and Roger Smith
• Portrait in Black, 1960 (plus 300 SL Roadster) starring Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart
• G.I. Blues, 1960 starring Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse and Robert Ivers
• Goodbye Again, 1961 starring Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand and Anthony Perkins
• The Choppers, 1961 starring Arch Hall Jr., Robert Paget and Burr Middleton
• By Love Possessed, 1961 starring Lana Turner, Jason Robards and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
• The Thrill of It All, 1963 starring Doris Day, James Garner and Arlene Francis
• The Family Jewels, 1965 starring Jerry Lewis, Sebastian Cabot and Neil Hamilton
• Agent for H.A.R.M., 1966 starring Peter Mark Richman, Wendell Corey and Carl Esmond
• House of Cards, 1968 starring George Peppard, Inger Stevens and Orson Welles
• Bullitt, 1968 starring Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Vaughn
• Body Fever, 1969 starring Carolyn Brandt, Bernard Fein and Gary Kent
• Play Misty for Me, 1971 starring Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter and Donna Mills
• Executive Action, 1973 starring Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan and Will Geer
• The Laughing Policeman, 1973 starring Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern and Louis Gossett Jr.
• In God We Tru$t, 1980 starring Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle and Louise Lasser
• The Five Heartbeats, 1991 starring Robert Townsend, Michael Wright and Leon
• French Kiss, 1995 starring Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline and Timothy Hutton
• Casino, 1995 starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci
• The Ice Storm, 1997 starring Kevin Kline, Joan Allen and Sigourney Weaver
• Kojak, TV Series 1973 - 1978
• Starsky and Hutch, TV Series 1975 - 1979
• The A-Team, TV Series 1983 - 1987

300 SL Roadster (produced 1957 - 1963)

• Pillow Talk, 1959 starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson
• It started with a Kiss, 1959 starring Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds and Eva Gabor
• Portrait in Black, 1960 (plus 190 SL) starring Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart
• High Time, 1960 starring Bing Crosby, Fabian and Tuesday Weld

• Cinderfella, 1960 starring Jerry Lewis, Judith Anderson and Ed Wynn
• The Lost World, 1960 starring Michael Rennie, Jill St. John and David Hedison
• Flower Drum Song, 1961 starring Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta and Benson Fong
• A Majority of One, 1961 starring Rosalind Russell and Alec Guiness
• Parrish, 1961 starring Troy Donahue, Claudette Colbert and Karl Malden
• Love Is a Ball, 1963 (plus 300 SL Gullwing) starring Glenn Ford and Telly Savalas
• Viva Las Vegas, 1964 starring Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret
• What a Way to Go, 1964 starring Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman and Robert Michum
• Munster, Go Home!, 1966 starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne de Carlo and Al Lewis
• The Gumball Rally, 1976 starring Michael Sarrazin, Tim McIntire and Susan Flannery
• Quiz Show, 1994 starring John Turturro, Ralph Fiennes and Rob Morrow
• Charlie’s Angels, 2000 (plus 300 SL Gullwing) starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu
• Knight Rider, TV Series 1982 - 1986

SL Pagoda (produced 1963 - 1971)

• Die! Die! My Darling, 1965 starring Stephanie Powers, Peter Vaughan and Donald Sutherland
• I’ll Take Sweden, 1965 starring Bob Hope, Dina Merrill and Frankie Avalon
• Arabesque, 1966 starring Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren and Alan Badel
• The Singing Nun, 1966 starring Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban and Greer Garson
• Barefoot in the Park, 1967 starring Robert Redford, Jane Fonda and Charles Boyer

• Two for the Road, 1967 starring Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney and Eleanor Bron
• Caprice, 1967 starring Doris Day, Richard Harris and Ray Walston
• Nobody Runs Forever, 1968 starring Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer and Lilli Palmer
• The Shoes of the Fisherman, 1968 starring Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier and Oskar Werner
• The Wrecking Crew, 1969 starring Dean Martin, Elke Sommer and Sharon Tate
• The Million Dollar Duck, 1971 starring Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan and Joe Flynn
• Shampoo, 1975 starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn
• Breaking Away, 1979 starring Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid and Daniel Stern
• 10, 1979 (plus R 107) starring Dudley Moore, Bo Derek and Julie Andrews
• Body Double, 1984 (plus R 107) starring Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith and Gregg Henry
• Top Gun, 1986 starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis and Val Kilmer
• Intersection, 1994 starring Richard Gere, Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich
• Killing Me Softly, 2002 starring Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone
• Life or Something Like it, 2002 starring Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns and Tony Shalhoub
• The Sum of All Fears, 2002 starring Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman and James Cromwell
• Second Nature, 2003 (TV movie) starring Alec Baldwin, Powers Boothe and Louise Lombard
• The Door in the Floor, 2004 starring Kim Basinger, Jeff Bridges and Jon Foster
• Starsky & Hutch, 2004 starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Snoop Dogg
• Cannon, TV Series 1971 - 1976
• Kojak, TV Series 1973 - 1978

SL Roadster - R107 Class (produced 1971 - 1989)

• Charley Varrick, 1973 starring Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker and Felicia Farr
• California Suite, 1978 starring Jane Fonda, Alan Alda and Maggie Smith
• American Gigolo, 1980 starring Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton and Hector Elizondo
• Caddyshack, 1980 starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield and Bill Murray
• S.O.B., 1981 starring Julie Andrews, William Holden and Marisa Berenson
• Max Dugan Returns, 1983 starring Jason Robards, Marsha Mason and Donald Sutherland
• Never Say Never Again (James Bond 007), 1983 starring Sean Connery, Kim Basinger and Klaus Maria Brandauer
• Beverly Hills Cop, 1984 starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold and John Ashton
• Tightrope, 1984 starring Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold and Alison Eastwood
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, 1986 starring Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams and Jim Siedow
• Barfly, 1987 starring Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway and Alice Krige
• Beverly Hills Cop II, 1987 starring Eddie Murphy, Ju¨rgen Prochnow and Brigitte Nielsen
• Some Kind of Wonderful, 1987 starring Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson and Lea Thompson
• A Fish called Wanda, 1988 starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline

• Beaches, 1988 starring Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey and John Heard
• K-9, 1989 starring James Belushi, Mel Harris and Kevin Tigh
• Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, 1989 starring Bubba Smith, David Graf and Michael Winslow
• Lionheart, 1990 starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page and Deborah Rennard
• The Rookie, 1990 (plus 300 SL Gullwing and R 129) starring Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen and Raul Julia
• L.A. Story, 1991 starring Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant and Sarah Jessica Parker
• Delirious, 1991 starring John Candy, Mariel Hemingway and Emma Samms
• Straight Talk, 1992 starring Dolly Parton, James Woods and Griffin Dunne
• Passenger 57, 1992 (plus R 129) starring Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne and Tom Sizemore
• The Bodyguard, 1992 starring Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston and Gary Kemp
• Casino, 1995 (plus 190 SL) starring Sharon Stone, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci
• Hollow Man, 2000 starring Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin
• Gone in Sixty Seconds, 2000 (plus R 129) starring Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie and Giovanni Ribisi
• Jackass: The Movie, 2002 starring Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera and Chris Pontius
• In her Shoes, 2005 starring Toni Collette, Cameron Diaz and Shirley MacLaine
• No Strings Attached, 2011 starring Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Kline
• Starsky & Hutch, TV Series 1975 - 1979 (plus 190 SL and SL Pagoda)
• Dallas, TV Series 1978 - 1991 (plus R 129)
• Hart to Hart, TV Series 1979 - 1984
• The A-Team, TV Series 1983 - 1987 (plus 190 SL and SL Pagoda)
• Miami Vice, TV Series 1984 - 1989
• CSI: Miami, TV Series 2002 - 2011 (plus R 230)
• Everybody Hates Chris, TV Series 2005 - 2009 (plus R 230)

SL Roadster - R129 Class (produced 1989 - 2001)

• The Rookie, 1990 (plus 300 SL Gullwing and R 107) starring Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen and Raul Julia
• The Doctor, 1991 starring William Hurt, Christine Lahti and Elizabeth Perkins
• Jungle Fever, 1991 starring Wesley Snipes, Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Quinn
• Iron Maze, 1991 starring Jeff Fahey, Bridget Fonda and Hiroaki Murakami
• Problem Child 2, 1991 starring John Ritter, Michael Oliver and Jack Warden
• Dutch, 1991 starring Ed O'Neill, Ethan Embry and JoBeth Williams
• Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time, 1991 starring Marc Singer, James Avery and Michael Berryman
• Father of the Bride, 1991 starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton and Martin Short
• The Lawnmower Man, 1992 starring Pierce Brosnan, Jeff Fahey and Jenny Wright
• The Player, 1992 starring Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi and Whoopi Goldberg
• Passenger 57, 1992 (plus R 107) starring Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne and Tom Sizemore
• Death Becomes Her, 1992 starring Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis and Goldie Hawn
• Another Stakeout, 1993 starring Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez and Rosie O’Donnell
• For Love or Money, 1993 starring Michael J. Fox, Gabrielle Anwar and Anthony Higgins
• Falling Down, 1993 starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall and Barbara Hershey
• Hot Shots! Part Deux, 1993 starring Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges and Valeria Golino

• Addams Family Values, 1993 starring Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia and Christopher Lloyd
• Mother’s Boys, 1994 starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Gallagher and Joanne Whalley
• Major League II, 1994 starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen
• The Immortals, 1995 starring Eric Roberts, Joe Pantoliano and Tia Carrere
• Fled, 1996 starring Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin and Will Patton
• Liar Liar, 1997 starring Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney and Justin Cooper
• Metro, 1997 starring Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport and Kim Miyori
• The Gingerbread Man, 1998 starring Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz and Robert Downey Jr.
• Kissing a Fool, 1998 starring David Schwimmer, Jason Lee and Mili Avital
• Bowfinger, 1999 starring Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy and Heather Graham
• Mumford, 1999 starring Loren Dean, Hope Davis and Jason Lee
• Magnolia, 1999 starring Tom Cruise, Jason Robards and Julianne Moore
• Dude, Where’s My Car?, 2000 starring Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott and Jennifer Garner
• Scream 3, 2000 starring David Arquette, Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox
• The Animal, 2001 starring Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell and John C. McGinley
• Heartbreakers, 2001 starring Sigourney Weavers, Gene Hackman and Jennifer Love Hewitt
• The Princess Diaries, 2001 starring Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway and Hector Elizondo
• Landspeed, 2002 starring Billy Zane, Ray Wise and Pamela Gidley
• Intolerable Cruelty, 2003 starring George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Billy Bob Thornton
• Hitch, 2005 starring Will Smith, Eva Mendes and Kevin James
• What Just Happened?, 2008 (plus R 230) starring Robert De Niro, John Turturro and Stanley Tucci
• Beverly Hills 90210, TV Series 1990 - 2000
• Melrose Place, TV Series 1992 - 1999

SL Roadster - R230 Class (produced 2001 - 2011)

• Die Another Day (James Bond 007), 2002 starring Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry and Rosamund Pike
• Something’s Gotta Give, 2003 starring Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves
• Bruce Almighty, 2003 starring Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston and Morgan Freeman
• S.W.A.T., 2003 starring Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell and Michelle Rodriguez
• Two for the Money, 2005 starring Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino and Rene Russo
• Goal!, 2005 starring Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola and Anna Friel

• 7 Seconds, 2005 starring Wesley Snipes, Tamzin Outhwaite and Deobia Oparei
• Rush Hour 3, 2007 starring Jackie Chan, Max von Sydow and Chris Tucker
• Knocked Up, 2007 starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl and Paul Rudd
• Redline, 2007 starring Nathan Phillips, Eddie Griffin and Nadia Bjorlin
• The Bucket List, 2007 starring Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman and Sean Hayes
• Jumper, 2008 starring Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson and Jamie Bell
• What Just Happened?, 2008 (plus R 129) starring Robert De Niro, John Turturro and Stanley Tucci
• The Burning Plain, 2008 starring Charlize Theron, John Corbett and José María Yazpik
• The Uninvited, 2009 starring Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel and Elizabeth Banks
• Solitary Man, 2009 starring Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon and Jesse Eisenberg
• 2012, 2009 starring John Cusack, Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor
• Get him to the Greek, 2010 starring Jonah Hill, Russell Brand and Elisabeth Moss
• Bad Teacher, 2011 starring Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel and Justin Timberlake
• Flypaper, 2011 starring Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd and Tim Blake Nelson
• The Reunion, 2011 starring John Cena, Ethan Embry and Amy Smart
• Setup, 2011 starring Bruce Willis and Ryan Phillippe
• CSI: Miami, TV Series 2002 - 2011 (plus R 107)
• Everybody Hates Chris, TV Series 2005 - 2009 (plus R 107)
• Melrose Place, TV Series 2009 - 2010

Motion picture list, television appearance list and photos supplied by MB USA

© 2012 Marcus Blair Fitzhugh

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