
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 o...more
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Movie | Chicanery | Jack Sobel | 2017-04-29 |
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 |
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 |
Movie | Crime in the Streets | Lou Macklin | 1956-06-10 |
Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
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