Mark Rydell

Mark Rydell

Born: March 23, 1934
in New York City, New York, USA
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 of Warner Bros).

In 2009, Rydell, working with actor Martin Landau and screenwriter/playwright Lyle Kessler, produced an education seminar, The Total Picture Seminar. It is a two-day event covering the disciplines of acting, directing, and writing for film. The three have worked together as a team for many decades at The Actors Studio teaching and coaching professional actors, writers, and directors. In 2010, Rydell joined the Advisory Board of Openfilm, an online video sharing site created to help aspiring independent filmmakers.

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Movies for Mark Rydell...

Senior Entourage
Title: Senior Entourage
Character: Mark
Released: May 3, 2021
Type: Movie
Senior Entourage is a wild, wacky "Mockumentary" comedy featuring a zany, multi-racial cast ranging in age from 9 to 90. It's "Seinfeld for seniors" starring Ed Asner, Helen Reddy, Charlie Robinson, Marion Ross and Mark Rydell
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Chicanery
Title: Chicanery
Character: Jack Sobel
Released: April 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Darren Flare is an Emmy Award-winning, slightly dim newscaster, who is about to stumble on the story of the decade: the capture of the FBI's most wanted terrorist, the Imam Abdul Mohammed Zaleeka.
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Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Title: Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Character: Self
Released: May 13, 2016
Type: Movie
A very special encounter between legendary American cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and young French director Pierre Filmon. A personal journey with the brightest shadowmaker and his friends.
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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Char·ac·ter
Title: Char·ac·ter
Character: Self
Released: November 30, 2012
Type: Movie
A raw and candid dialogue about the life and craft of acting between longtime colleagues and friends Dabney Coleman, Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Mark Rydell, Harry Dean Stanton and Sydney Pollack. Drago Sumonja's document takes us into the hearts, minds, and living rooms of some of America's greatest storytellers.
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Good Men
Title: Good Men
Character: Marcus
Released: September 23, 2011
Type: Movie
Two elderly Jewish friends get into an argument over the circumstances behind the terror attacks on September 11th.
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Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Title: Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Character: Self
Released: March 23, 2010
Type: Movie
The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real African locations, barely overcoming all kinds of hardships and disasters.
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No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Title: No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Character: Self
Released: January 11, 2009
Type: Movie
The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond. With film school equipment, they shoot the Soviet crackdown of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. As refugees they struggle in Hollywood, finally breaking into the mainstream with their pivotal contribution to the "American New Wave."
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James Dean: Sense Memories
Title: James Dean: Sense Memories
Character: Self
Released: May 11, 2005
Type: Movie
Documentary exploring the last 18 months of James Dean's acting career.
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Title: Everwood
Character: Jacob Hoffman
Released: September 16, 2002
Type: TV
After the death of his wife, world-class neurosurgeon Dr. Andrew Brown leaves Manhattan and moves his family to the small town of Everwood, Colorado. There he becomes a small-town doctor and learns parenting on the fly as he raises his talented but resentful 15-year-old son Ephram and his 9-year-old daughter Delia.
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Hollywood Ending
Title: Hollywood Ending
Character: Al
Released: May 3, 2002
Type: Movie
Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val blinded by love when he opts for the reconnect? Is love blind when it comes to Ellie's staunch support? Literally and figuratively, the proof is the picture.
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James Dean
Title: James Dean
Character: Jack Warner
Released: August 4, 2001
Type: Movie
The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.
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A Man Is Mostly Water
Title: A Man Is Mostly Water
Character: Distributor
Released: October 12, 2000
Type: Movie
The lives of two unambitious duplex neighbors, divorced father, hot-tempered, blues-obsessed documentarian Roper and wealthy golf-playing wastrel Andy, are compared. Both have loved ones who want them to do something with their lives.
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Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Title: Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Character: Self
Released: March 18, 1997
Type: Movie
Profiling the life and career of actor Henry Fonda, who starred in such film classics as "The Grapes of Wrath" and "12 Angry Men."
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Title: Inside the Actors Studio
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 1994
Type: TV
James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
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Havana
Title: Havana
Character: Meyer Lansky
Released: December 11, 1990
Type: Movie
An American professional gambler named Jack Weil decides to visit Havana, Cuba to gamble. On the boat to Havana, he meets Roberta Duran, the wife of a revolutionary, Arturo. Shortly after their arrival, Arturo is taken away by the secret police, and Roberta is captured and tortured. Jack frees her, but she continues to support the revolution.
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Title: Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Character: Self
Released: August 27, 1990
Type: Movie
A leading acting teacher who trained some of the most famous performers of the stage and screen, Sanford Meisner was a founding member of the Group Theatre. The Group Theatre, a cooperative theater ensemble, became a leading force in the theater world of the 30s. Meisner performed in many of the group’s most memorable productions.
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Punchline
Title: Punchline
Character: Romeo
Released: October 7, 1988
Type: Movie
Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on the cusp of success. When the two meet, they form an unlikely friendship, and Steven tries to help the untried Lilah develop her stage act. Despite the objections of her family and some very wobbly beginnings, Lilah improves, and soon she finds herself competing with Steven for a coveted television spot.
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Cinderella Liberty
Title: Cinderella Liberty
Character: Gutteral Mischief (as Marty Augustine)
Released: December 18, 1973
Type: Movie
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.
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The Long Goodbye
Title: The Long Goodbye
Character: Marty Augustine
Released: March 8, 1973
Type: Movie
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
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The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men in 'The Cowboys'
Title: The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men in 'The Cowboys'
Released: January 13, 1972
Type: Movie
Featurette on the "The Cowboys" (1972)
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Ralph Harris
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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Title: Wanted: Dead or Alive
Character: Tom Adams
Released: September 6, 1958
Type: TV
Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television. The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.
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Crime in the Streets
Title: Crime in the Streets
Character: Lou Macklin
Released: June 10, 1956
Type: Movie
A social worker tries to end juvenile crime by getting involved with a street gang.
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Title: Navy Log
Released: September 20, 1955
Type: TV
Navy Log is an American drama anthology series that initially aired for one season on CBS. It relates the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy. This series premiered on September 20, 1955, but the following year, it was moved to ABC, where it aired until September 25, 1958. The program aired for a total of three seasons and 102 episodes.
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Title: The Philco Television Playhouse
Released: October 3, 1948
Type: TV
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.