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Mark Rydell

  • Born: Mar 23, 1934 in New York City, New York
  • Occupation: Director, Actor
  • Active: '60s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Romance
  • Career Highlights: The Long Goodbye, The Rose, The Fox
  • First Major Screen Credit: Crime in the Streets (1956)

Biography

Trained for the arts at Juilliard, Neighborhood Playhouse, and the Actor's Studio, Mark Rydell was a busy actor and musician throughout the 1950s. During this decade he played Jeff Baker, first husband of Penny Hughes (Rosemary Prinz), on the CBS TV soap opera Days of Our Lives; he abruptly left the show by means of a "fatal accident" in 1959. His movie acting debut was in the 1956 J.D. melodrama Crime in the Streets. In the early '60s, Rydell established himself as a dependable series-TV director. His first film directorial assignment was 1968's The Fox; 13 years later, he garnered an Oscar nomination for his direction of On Golden Pond (1981). In 1973, Rydell made a surprise return to acting at the request of his old friend Robert Altman, portraying a sadistic gangster boss in Altman's The Long Goodbye; he has since essayed supporting roles in Punchline (1988) and Havana (1989), the latter directed by another former actor, Sidney Pollack. In partnership with Pollack, Mark Rydell formed Sanford Productions in the mid-'80s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

 
 
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Mark Rydell
Born March 23 1934 (1934--) (age 73)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation actor, director, producer
Spouse(s) Joanne Linville (1962-Present) 2 Children
Esther Rydell (?-?) (divorced) 1 Child

Mark Rydell (born March 23, 1934 in New York City) is an American actor, film director and producer.

As director, Rydell's films include Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Rose (1979), On Golden Pond (1981, his sole Oscar nomination as Best Director) and The River (1984). Rydell 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. In Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973) he won plaudits for his role as the violent Jewish mob kingpin, Marty Augustine. He most recently appeared in Hollywood Ending as Woody Allen's loyal agent to the hypochondriac director (Allen).

The Guardian described Rydell as 'poison behind the camera and dynamite in front of it.'[1]

He has been married to actress Joanne Linville since 1962, together they have the children Amy Rydell and Christopher Rydell, both actors.

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