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Mark Rydell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mark Rydell (born March 23, 1935 , in New York City) is an American actor, film director and producer. He has directed many Academy Award-nominated films including The Fox (1967), The Reivers (1969), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Rose (1979), The River (1984) and For the Boys (1991). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for On Golden Pond (1981). Rydell's initial training was in music. As a youth, he wanted to be a conductor. He began his career as an actor and first became known for his role as Walt Johnson on The Edge of Night and as Jeff Baker on As the World Turns, which he played from 1956 to 1962. When he would not sign a long-term contract to remain on ATWT the producers had his character die in a car crash. He won plaudits for his role of violent Jewish mob kingpin Marty Augustine in Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973). His most recent significant film role was in Woody Allen's Hollywood Ending (2002). As a director, Rydell's credits include The Reivers (1969), The Cowboys (1972), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Rose (1979), On Golden Pond (1981), for which he received an Oscar nomination as Best Director, The River (1984), For the Boys (1991), and Intersection (1994). He directed the TV movie The Crime of the Century (1996), which starred Isabella Rossellini and Stephen Rea. In 2006, Rydell directed the movie Even Money. Rydell was also the director of the TV bio-pic James Dean (2001), which earned actor James Franco a Golden Globe award. Rydell also acted in the movie, playing Jack L. Warner (head of Warner Bros). In 2009, Rydell, working with actor Martin Landau and screenwriter/playwright Lyle Kessler, produced an education seminar, The Total Picture Seminar. It is a two-day event covering the disciplines of acting, directing, and writing for film. The three have worked together as a team for many decades at The Actors Studio teaching and coaching professional actors, writers, and directors. In 2010, Rydell joined the Advisory Board of Openfilm, an online video sharing site created to help aspiring independent filmmakers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Rydell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Mar 23, 1934 In New York City, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
19
First Appeared:
In the series The Philco Television Playhouse 1948-10-03
Latest Project:
Movie Senior Entourage 2021-05-03
Known For
Poster of Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Poster of Havana
Poster of Punchline
Poster of Crime in the Streets
Filmography
Movie Senior Entourage Mark 2021-05-03
Movie Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond Self 2016-05-13
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
Movie Char·ac·ter Self 2012-11-30
Movie Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen Self 2010-03-23
Movie No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos Self 2009-01-11
Movie Hollywood Ending Al 2002-05-03
Series Everwood Unknown 2002-09-16
Movie James Dean Jack Warner 2001-08-04
Movie A Man Is Mostly Water Distributor 2000-10-12
Movie Havana Meyer Lansky 1990-12-11
Movie Punchline Romeo 1988-10-07
Movie The Long Goodbye Marty Augustine 1973-03-08
Movie Cinderella Liberty Gutteral Mischief (as Marty Augustine) 1973-12-18
Series Wanted: Dead or Alive Unknown 1958-09-06
Series Naked City Unknown 1958-09-30
Movie Crime in the Streets Lou Macklin 1956-06-10
Series Navy Log Unknown 1955-09-20
Series The Philco Television Playhouse Unknown 1948-10-03