Mark Rydell
Biography
Mark Rydell, who died in 2026, was an American director, producer and actor. Born in New York City in 1929, he studied music at Juilliard before training as an actor at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Actors Studio. His early screen roles included Jeff Baker on As the World Turns from 1956 to 1962, and he later won praise as mobster Marty Augustine in The Long Goodbye (1973). He became a prolific television director on shows such as Ben Casey, I Spy and Gunsmoke, then made his feature directing debut with The Fox (1967). Among his notable films were The Reivers, The Cowboys, The Rose and On Golden Pond, which brought him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. He directed the television movie James Dean (2001) and acted in Hollywood Ending (2002).
97years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 46 years1956 to 2002
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