Nicholas Hammond
Nicholas Hammond | |
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Hammond as Peter Parker, 1977. | |
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Years active | 1962–Present |
Spouse | Laura Soli (1978–1984) |
Partner | Robyn Nevin (1987–present) |
Nicholas Hammond (born May 15, 1950) is an American-born Australian actor best known for his roles as Friedrich von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music, and as Peter Parker/Spider-Man on the CBS television series The Amazing Spider-Man.
Biography
Early life and career
The son of actress Eileen Bennett, Hammond was 10 when he made his first movie appearance in Lord of the Flies. Shortly after filming Lord of the Flies Hammond appeared on the Broadway Play The Complaisant Lover in 1961. Nine years later,1970, he appeared on his 2nd Broadway play, Conduct Unbecoming.
Besides his subsequent work as Spider-Man, Hammond's most visible screen role was as Friedrich von Trapp in the 1965 megahit The Sound of Music. During the filming of The Sound of Music he grew six inches (152 mm), from 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) to 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m). In 1972 he starred as Peter Linder in Skyjacked alongside Walter Pidgeon and Charlton Heston. In 1973, he made a memorable guest appearance on The Brady Bunch in the 4th season episode #090 "The Subject Was Noses", as the high school hunk Doug Simpson who loses interest in Marcia after her tragic football accident. After making the transition from juvenile to young leading man, he spent several seasons in daytime soaps such as General Hospital. He has also appeared on many television shows of the 1970s including Hawaii Five-O.
He remains close friends with all six of his Sound of Music siblings; in fact, during their reunion on the 40th anniversary DVD, he went so far as to say, "You're my best friends in the world". In late 1970s, Hammond re-joined fellow The Sound of Music alumna Heather Menzies (who played Louisa von Trapp) for one episode of the TV adaptation of Logan's Run.
Nicholas Hammond is a graduate of Princeton University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the "Great Odes of John Keats" at the same time that he was appearing eight times a week as the lead in a play on Broadway.
Spider-Man
Hammond starred in the The Amazing Spider-Man TV series from 1977 to mid 1979. The series aired sporadically on CBS with 13 episodes airing over two seasons. A pilot movie appeared in the fall of 1977, with the series returning as a mid season replacement for five episodes in the spring of 1978. While the show did well in the ratings, CBS was unwilling to commit to a regular timeslot. The second season aired six hour long episodes in the fall of 1978 and winter of 1979, with a final two-hour episode concluding in the summer of that year. Hammond was the first actor to portray Peter Parker and Spider-Man in live-action. (The Electric Company aired "Spidey Super Stories" starting in 1974, the first live-action portrayal of Spider-Man, but the serials did not feature Peter Parker.) Even though Hammond played Peter Parker in the television series, in all of the scenes in which Spider-Man is seen performing stunts or without dialogue, a stunt double was filmed by a second camera unit.
Later career
After being cast as yachtsman Dennis Conner in an Australian TV miniseries in the mid-1980s, Hammond liked the country so much, he decided to stay. Since then, he has appeared in several television miniseries that have been filmed in Australia, including Moby-Dick, On the Beach and Salem's Lot. Hammond had a starring role, as "Sir Ivor Creevy-Thorne", in Mirror, Mirror, an Australia/New Zealand extended miniseries (a complete story of 20 serialised episodes, with cliffhangers between each of the episodes). Hammond also guest-starred in various Australian television series, including satirical television programs such as BackBerner and CNNNN, and the science fiction program Farscape, and also dramatic series such as The Flying Doctors, MDA and the Australian / United States co-production Mission: Impossible (which was filmed in Australia).[1]
In 2005 Hammond portrayed television producer Aaron Spelling in Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, a fictionalized television movie based on the creation and behind the scenes production of the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty.[2][3]
Hammond is also a writer for Australian television, having written both the critically acclaimed mini-series A Difficult Woman and the TV movie, Secret Men's Business, the highest rated show ever aired on television by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[citation needed] In 2009 he made his directing debut with the highly successful Lying Cheating Bastard, a play he co-wrote with magician James Galea. He lives in Sydney with his partner, Robyn Nevin.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1963 | Lord of the Flies | Robert | |
1965 | The Sound of Music | Friedrich von Trapp | Released as Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music in both the United States and the United Kingdom. |
1971 | Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me | Agneau | |
1972 | Skyjacked | Peter Lindner | Released as Sky Terror in the United States. |
1972 | Cherry Blossoms | ||
1973 | Superdad | Roger Rhinehurst | |
1988 | Emerald City | Ian Wall | |
1990 | Beyond My Reach | Steven Schaffer | |
1990 | The Black Cobra 2 | Lieutenant Kevin McCall | |
1993 | Frauds | Detective Simms | |
1997 | Paradise Road | Marty Merritt | |
2001 | Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles | Curator | |
2003 | The Rage in Placid Lake | Bill Taylor | |
2005 | The Saviour | Pastor | |
2005 | Stealth | Executive Officer |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1962 | The Defenders | Bobby Braden | 1 episode of television series:
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1967 | Soldier in Love | Young John | Anthology series |
1971 | Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones | Evan Clark | |
1973 | The Brady Bunch | Doug Simpson | 1 episode of television series:
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1973 | The Waltons | Theodore Albert Claypool Jr. | 1 episode of television series:
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1973 | Outrage | Ron Werner | |
1974 | Double Solitaire | Peter | |
1974 | Sorority Kill | ||
1974 | Dirty Sally | John | 1 episode of television series:
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1974 | Lucas Tanner | Andy | 1 episode of television series:
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1973-1974 | Gunsmoke | Britt / Doak | 3 episodes of television series:
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1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Walters | 1 episode of television series:
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1976 | Petrocelli | Whitey | 1 episode of television series:
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1976 | Law of the Land | Brad Jensen | |
1976 | Family | John Crosswell | 1 episode of television series:
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1974-1977 | Hawaii Five-O | Roger / Calvin | 2 episodes of television series:
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1977 | The Fantastic Journey | Tye | 1 episode of television series:
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1977 | The Oregon Trail | [Extra] | 1 episode of television series:
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1977 | Eight Is Enough | Harold | 2 episodes of television series:
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1977 | Logan's Run | Hal 14 | 1 episode of television series:
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1978 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Lieutenant Douglas Burke | 1 episode of television series:
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1979 | Supertrain | David | 1 episode of television series:
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1977-1979 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Peter Parker / Spider-Man | The first and only actor to play a live-action version of the titular superhero who was born before such a character was created. |
1980 | The Martian Chronicles | Commander Arthur Black | 3 episodes of television series:
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1980 | The Love Boat | Paul Stockwood | 1 episode of television series:
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1981 | The Manions of America | Padric O'Manion / Sean O'Manion | 2 episodes of television series:
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1982 | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | Reverend Tull | 1 episode of television series:
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1982 | The Adventures of Pollyanna | Reverend Tull | |
1982 | Falcon Crest | D.A. Martin Deering / Michael Deering | 2 episodes of television series:
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1982 | Magnum, P.I. | Clarke Troubshaw | 1 episode of television series:
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1982 | Dallas | Bill Johnson | 3 episodes of television series:
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1985 | Crazy Like a Fox | [Extra] | 1 episode of television series:
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1985 | Murder, She Wrote | Todd Worthy | 1 episode of television series:
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1985 | General Hospital | Algernon Durban | |
1986 | The Challenge | Dennis Conner | Miniseries |
1986 | Cyclone Tracy | Harry | Miniseries |
1989 | The Flying Doctors | Richard Hull | 1 episode of television series:
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1989 | Mission: Impossible | Woodward | 1 episode of television series:
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1989 | Trouble in Paradise | Arthur | |
1992 | Frankie's House | Major Frey | |
1990-1992 | Embassy | Ed Benson | 2 episodes of television series:
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1993 | The Feds: Terror | Milton Morehouse | |
1993 | Irresistible Force | Lieutenant Nash | |
1994 | The Damnation of Harvey McHugh | Corky | 1 episode of television series:
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1995 | Mirror, Mirror | Sir Ivor Creevey-Thorne | |
1996 | Mercury | Jack Koper | |
1996 | Flipper | F.C.C. Agent Smiley / Quarantine Doctor | 2 episodes of television series:
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1997 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Saxon | |
1998 | 13 Gantry Row | Russell | |
2000 | Tales of the South Seas | [Extra] | 1 episode of television series:
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2000 | On The Beach | United States President | |
2000 | The Lost World | Phil Dillon | 1 episode of television series:
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2001 | Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story | Adolphe Menjou | |
2000-2002 | BackBerner | [Various] | 6 episodes of television series. |
2003 | Future Tense | ||
2003 | Farscape | Doctor Adrian Walker | 2 episodes of television series:
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2003 | Always Greener | Nigel Milne | 2 episodes of television series:
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2003 | CNNNN: Chaser Non-Stop News Network | Commander Oscar F. Hepple | 2 episodes of television series:
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2004 | Salem's Lot | [Uncredited] | |
2005 | Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure | Aaron Spelling | |
2005 | MDA | Doctor Nick Standish | 4 episodes of television series:
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2009-2011 | The Jesters | Agent Smith | 2 episodes of television series:
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References
- ^ a b c Nicholas Hammond at IMDb
- ^ Heffernan, Virginia (January 1, 2005). "Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure: If You've Got It, Flaunt It: ABC Trumpets an 80's Hit". The New York Times. NYTimes.com. Retrieved February 26, 2009.
- ^ "Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure: Credits". Der-denver-clan.de. Retrieved February 27, 2009.