Mark Hammer
| Mark Hammer | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 28, 1937 San Jose, California, USA |
| 💀Died | February 15, 2007 (aged 69) Jersey City, New Jersey, USAFebruary 15, 2007 (aged 69) |
| 💼 Occupation | Actor |
| 📆 Years active | 1979–2006 |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Caroline Swift Jones (divorced), Edna Joyce Clark (divorced) |
| 👶 Children | 2, including David Henry Hammer |
Mark Hammer was an American character actor, writer, and producer known for his work in Meet the Parents (2000), and It Runs in the Family (2003).[1][2][3]
Career
Hammer earned master's degrees in theater from Stanford University and Catholic University in 1962.[4] Prior to Hollywood, Hammer was associated with theater and stage plays.[4]
Hammer appeared in several stage plays under Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage from 1973 to 1991, his notable work was with the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park, where he played King Creon to Diana Rigg's "Medea" on Broadway.[5] He made his film debut with Being There (1979).[6] Hammer served as long-term faculty at the Theatre department of Catholic University. [4]
Death
Hammer died in a Jersey City hospital due to complications from renal failure, diabetes and sepsis. His son, David Henry Hammer, a documentary filmmaker, died in 2023.[4]
Selected filmography
- The God Spot (2006) ... Old Man
- Just Another Story (2006) ...
- It Runs in the Family (2003) Stephen Gromberg
- That Sun (2003 Short)
- Sol (2023) ... Mark Samuel Hammer
- Meet the Parents (2000) ... Hospital Patient
- Identity (2003) ...
- Thinking Out Loud Homeless Man
- Magnetism (1999 Short)
- Kiss of Death (1995).. Judge
- McBain (1991).. Wilbur James
- House Counsel (1995) ...
- Nurture (1994) ...
- The Silent Alarm (1993 Short).. Grandpa
- In Memory Of (1991) ...
- The Imagemaker (1986).. President Manning (voice)
- Year of the Dragon (1985) Commissioner Sullivan
- Out of Time (1985) ... Sheriff
- Raise the Titanic (1980)..Polevoi
- Being There (1979)..Pallbearer
Television
- 2006 3 lbs. (TV Series)
- 2003 Jinnah: On Crime - White Knight, Black Widow (TV Movie) Saleem Jinnah
- 1991-2003 Law & Order (TV Series)
- 1991 Darrow (TV Movie) Robert Crowe
- 1991 Separate But Equal (TV Mini Series) Justice Stanley Forman Reed
- 1985 NBC Special Treat (TV Series) Sheriff
- 1975 Zalmen: or, the Madness of God (TV Movie) The Doctor
- 1974 Lincoln: Trial by Fire (TV Movie) Senator Wade
- 1973 Much Ado About Nothing (TV Movie) Leonato
- 1966 The Journey of the Fifth Horse (TV Movie) Dr. Korvin
References
- ↑ Molina, Joshua (March 27, 2007). "Mark Hammer, veteran actor". The Mercury News.
- ↑ "Mark Hammer". TVGuide.com.
- ↑ "Mark Hammer | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Shinhoster Lamb, Yvonne (March 14, 2007). "Versatile actor Mark Hammer, 69; Taught at CU". Washington Post.
- ↑ "Mark Hammer, an Arena Stage Stalwart, Died at 69". Playbill. March 15, 2007.
- ↑ "Mark Hammer". MUBI.
External links
- Mark Hammer on IMDb
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- 1937 births
- 2007 deaths
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American Jews
- 21st-century American male actors
- American male stage actors
- American male television actors
- Columbia University faculty
- American male voice actors
- American Orthodox Jews
- Actual play performers
- American people of Austrian-Jewish descent
- American people of Russian-Jewish descent
