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Ben Hammer Biography ((?)-)

Born in Brooklyn, NY; son of Morris and Mollie (Nadler) Hammer; married Dorothea (a potter), December 21, 1958; children: Marlayna, Paula. Addresses: AGENT--c/o Michael Hartig Agency, 114 E. 28th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Famous Works

• Credits
• BROADWAY DEBUT--Pavlat, The Great Sebastians, 1955.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Broadway productions: The Royal Hunt of the Sun, The Tenth Man, The Deputy, The Crucible, In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Mother Courage, TheDiary of Anne Frank, and Golda.
• Henry IV, Part I, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles.
• Tamara, Los Angeles, CA.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Come Back, Little Sheba, 1950-51.
• The Diary of Anne Frank, Theatre Guild tour, 1957-58.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Zabriskie Point, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1970.
• Johnny Got His Gun, Marketing & Distributing Company, 1971.
• The First Family, Warner Brothers, 1980.
• The Competition, Columbia, 1980.
• The Beastmaster, MGM, 1982.
• Jagged Edge, Columbia, 1985.
• Mannequin, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987.
• Also Survival Quest.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Days of Our Lives, NBC.
• The Young and the Restless, CBS.
• One Life to Live, ABC.
• Credits; EPISODIC
• Hart to Hart, ABC.
• Jennifer Slept Here, NBC.
• The Incredible Hulk, CBS.
• Quincy, NBC.
• Six Million Dollar Man, ABC.
• CHiPS, NBC.
• Simon and Simon, CBS.
• Barney Miller, ABC.
• Kojak, CBS.
• Streets of San Francisco, ABC.
• Mannix, CBS.
• Barnaby Jones, CBS.
• Fame, NBC.
• The A Team, NBC.
• Credits; MOVIES
• The Execution of Private Eddie Slovick, 1974.
• Collision Course, 1975.
• Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story, 1976.
• The Howard Hughes Story, 1978.
• The Winds of War, 1982.
• Also An Affair to Forget.