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Mark Rydell

Mark Rydell

Director · Born 1929-03-23 · New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

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 …

Directed

  1. On Golden Pond (1981) — Director
  2. The Cowboys (1972) — Director
  3. Intersection (1994) — Director
  4. The River (1984) — Director
  5. The Rose (1979) — Director
  6. James Dean (2001) — Director
  7. Gunsmoke (1955) — Director
  8. For the Boys (1991) — Director
  9. The Wild Wild West (1965) — Director
  10. Even Money (2007) — Director
  11. The Fugitive (1963) — Director
  12. The Reivers (1969) — Director
  13. Masters of Science Fiction (2007) — Director
  14. Cinderella Liberty (1973) — Director
  15. I Spy (1965) — Director
  16. Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) — Director
  17. The Fox (1967) — Director
  18. Family (1976) — Director
  19. Ben Casey (1961) — Director
  20. Crime of the Century (1996) — Director
  21. Mr. Novak (1963) — Director
  22. Slattery's People (1964) — Director
  23. The Long, Hot Summer (1965) — Director
  24. Reporter (1964) — Director
  25. The Thrill Can Kill (1987) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Long Goodbye (1973) — Marty Augustine
  2. Hollywood Ending (2002) — Al
  3. Everwood (2002) — Jacob Hoffman
  4. Havana (1990) — Meyer Lansky
  5. Punchline (1988) — Romeo
  6. James Dean (2001) — Jack Warner
  7. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  8. Inside the Actors Studio (1994) — Self
  9. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) — Tom Adams
  10. Cinderella Liberty (1973) — Gutteral Mischief (as Marty Augustine)
  11. Crime in the Streets (1956) — Lou Macklin
  12. No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009) — Self
  13. Naked City (1958) — Ralph Harris
  14. Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen (2010) — Self
  15. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
  16. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
  17. Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond (2016) — Self
  18. Navy Log (1955)
  19. A Man Is Mostly Water (2000) — Distributor
  20. Chicanery (2017) — Jack Sobel
  21. Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero (1997) — Self
  22. Char·ac·ter (2012) — Self
  23. Senior Entourage (2021) — Mark
  24. Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret (1990) — Self
  25. James Dean: Sense Memories (2005) — Self
  26. The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men in 'The Cowboys' (1972)
  27. Good Men (2011) — Marcus
  28. The Cowboys: Together Again (2007) — Himself