About

Known credits:
43
Birthday:
1929-03-23
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Mark Rydell

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2021 Senior Entourage Actor Mark 58
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2017 Chicanery Actor Jack Sobel 59
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2016 Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond Actor Self 58
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2012 Char·ac·ter Actor Self 59
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2011 Good Men Actor Marcus N/A
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2010 Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen Actor Self 58
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2009 No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos Actor Self 59
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2005 James Dean: Sense Memories Actor Self N/A
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2002 Hollywood Ending Actor Al 61
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2001 James Dean Actor Jack Warner 60
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2000 A Man Is Mostly Water Actor Distributor N/A
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1997 Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero Actor Self N/A
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1990 Havana Actor Meyer Lansky 58
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1990 Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret Actor Self N/A
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1988 Punchline Actor Romeo 57
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1973 Cinderella Liberty Actor Gutteral Mischief (as Marty Augustine) 59
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1973 The Long Goodbye Actor Marty Augustine 67
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1972 The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men in 'The Cowboys' Actor N/A
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1956 Crime in the Streets Actor Lou Macklin 58
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1955 Crime in the Streets Actor Lou Macklin N/A
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Directing
2007 Even Money Directing Director 58
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2001 James Dean Directing Director 60
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1996 Crime of the Century Directing Director 58
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1994 Intersection Directing Director 56
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1991 For the Boys Directing Director 59
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1987 The Thrill Can Kill Directing Director N/A
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1984 The River Directing Director 59
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1981 On Golden Pond Directing Director 65
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1979 The Rose Directing Director 60
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1976 Harry and Walter Go to New York Directing Director 58
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1973 Cinderella Liberty Directing Director 59
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1972 The Cowboys Directing Director 62
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1969 The Reivers Directing Director 59
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1967 The Fox Directing Director 58
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Production
2015 A Coup in Camelot Production Executive Producer 59
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2007 Even Money Production Producer 58
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2005 An Unfinished Life Production Executive Producer 64
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2001 James Dean Production Executive Producer 60
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1994 Intersection Production Producer 56
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1991 For the Boys Production Executive Producer 59
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1991 The Man in the Moon Production Producer 64
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1973 Cinderella Liberty Production Producer 59
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1972 The Cowboys Production Producer 62
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