Marvin Branagh

Marvin Branagh was an officer of the Raccoon City Police Department.

Biography
While still serving at the police station, Marvin rallied a small group of the collected survivors present to continue fending off the undead. Soon, the grim reality set in that nowhere was safe

Shortly before rescue arrived for the group, Marvin was fatally bitten across the chest by a zombie. Knowing he was beyond help, and professional to the end, Marvin decided to remain behind, buying time for the others and locking himself in an office.

Shortly after this, he fell asleep due to the injuries he had sustained, and was later discovered by Jill Valentine when she fled into the police station to escape from the Nemesis. Jill mistook his unconscious state for death.

Marvin remained unconscious and in the office until Claire Redfield arrived. By this time, Marvin had awoken and had since become the only surviving officer besides Leon, Chief of Police Brian Irons and the Unidentified police officer who was killed on the roof sometime later.

Marvin informed Claire of her brother's involvement in the Mansion Incident with the other members of the Special Tactics And Rescue Service; a rescue-based special forces unit. Marvin lamented he and the other R.P.D officers didn't believe their warnings about the experiments of the Umbrella Corporation.

He concluded by requesting Claire find the other survivors and forget about him, which Claire attempted to argue. Desperately, Marvin rose his gun to the teenager ordering her to leave, though she complied, she promised to return. As she left, Marvin locked the door behind her knowing that he would soon become a zombie.

A while later, Claire found a way back into the office just as Marvin succumbed to his wounds and transformed into a zombie. Claire was forced to kill him after he tried to attack her.

Darkside Chronicles
In Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles scenario, Memories of a Lost City, Marvin once again portrays the role he carried in Resident Evil 2. Unlike the original game, he is found in the main lobby of the station and introduces himself to Leon and Claire with his full name. He jokingly welcomes Leon to his party and refers to himself as Leon's (would-be) boss.

He requests the two to go look for survivors in the other rooms while he remains in the lobby continuing to suffer from his wounds. While chasing Sherry Birkin towards the lobby, the two discover that Marvin had become a zombie and are forced to take him down.

Gameplay
Marvin as a zombie is much like Forest Speyer from the first Resident Evil. He can be faster than other zombies but can still be killed with a single shotgun blast to the head.

In Resident Evil Outbreak File 2, Marvin appears as an NPC fighting off zombies inside the front gate of the R.P.D.. Here he appears already injured. Unlike the other officers fighting throughout the R.P.D., he is not killed after enough time in the scenario has passed.

Marvin is a selectable NPC, available for purchase for 4000 points, after completing Desperate Times with Kevin Ryman. Marvin may also be playable in the first Resident Evil Outbreak through the Data Convert option. Unlike most NPCs, he starts uninjured and uninfected. Marvin is a Mark-type character, and is able to perform the same actions as Mark Wilkins (such as pushing heavier objects, blocking attacks, etc.).

His personal item is the "Handgun for Mark", while his extra item is unexpectedly a Hemostat. The hemostat itself is useful in scenarios with enemies that can put characters in Bleed status instantly, particularly Underbelly.

Strangely, Marvin has the same voice tracks as Bob, despite being voiced by a different voice actor in cutscenes.

Further Notes

 * Marvin was originally going to be a major supporting character in Resident Evil 2.
 * In Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Marvin cannot be dispatched by a headshot, in contrast to similar character Forest Speyer, who could be dispatched immediately after appearing in "The Umbrella Chronicles". However, in Resident Evil 2, he can get "beheaded" by using high caliber weapons such as the shotgun or the grenade launcher.
 * He is a rescue-able citizen in the Resident Evil 3: Nemesis minigame The Mercenaries - Operation: Mad Jackal. He will appear in the substation, surrounded by seven skinned zombies. If he is alive, player will hear him scream "Go away!", entering that room. He will drop the following items for saving him: Handgun Bullets (60) for Carlos Oliveira and Nikolai Zinoviev; First Aid Spray for Mikhail Victor. He will die if the player doesn't save him in 6 minutes of gameplay.
 * It is possible that Marvin was a sergeant of the R.P.D. as he was meant to be Leon's boss and was responsible for training new recruits.
 * Marvin was not given a name in his first appearance (Resident Evil 2), and it wasn't until the novelization that his name was revealed. The name was later carried over to Resident Evil 3, and continued throughout the series.
 * In the beta version of Resident Evil 2, Marvin was wounded (presumed to be shot) in the leg. In the final version, it was Leon who got shot.
 * In Desperate Times scenario, if a player controls Kevin and goes to talk to him, they'll have a conversation about the situation going on in the city, and asks him for help to get the gems.