About

Known credits:
10
Birthday:
1919-03-24
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Donald Hamilton

Overview

Born abroad the son of a Swedish count who renounced his title when he emigrated to the U.S., Donald Hamilton graduated from the University of Chicago and served in the Navy during the second World War. He has published 26 novels in the Matt Helm Series from 1960-1992, as well as several other novels and magazine articles. At last word, he was living aboard his motor-yacht, "Kathleen", somewhere in Connecticut. One of the last truly "American" suspense series writers, his Matt Helm series, although badly translated to the screen for Columbia Pictures, starring Dean Martin, ranks up there with John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee as the quintessential American anti-hero.

Date of Birth 24 March 1916, Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden

Date of Death 20 November 2006, Visby, Gotland, Sweden

Known for

Writing
1975 Matt Helm Writing Characters N/A
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1968 The Wrecking Crew Writing Novel 58
Average
1967 The Ambushers Writing Novel 58
Average
1966 Murderers' Row Writing Novel 58
Average
1966 The Silencers Writing Novel 59
Average
1958 The Big Country Writing Novel 65
Fair
1956 Five Steps to Danger Writing Novel 59
Average
1956 Five Steps to Danger Writing Story 59
Average
1955 The Violent Men Writing Novel 59
Average
Matt Helm Writing Novel N/A
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