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Earl Hammond

Acting
Known For

80 Years Old

Earl Hammond began acting in radio at the age of 7 and continued working in that venue throughout his life. In the 1940s, he had a regular role as a young lawyer on a radio soap opera. From 1974 to 1982, he acted on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, appearing in 189 episodes -- more than 12% of the entire run of the 1,399 episodes of that radio series. Hammond started his television career in the early 1950s, his first major role being as a regular called Sergeant Lane on the DuMont police drama "Inside Detective" (aka "Rocky King Detective," starring Roscoe Karns). At the same time, he also was the first of three actors to portray the title character in the short-lived ABC TV science-fiction adventure series Buck Rogers, which ran from April 15, 1950, to January 30, 1951. In the mid-1950s, he had a major role in the daily/noontime CBS television soap opera Valiant Lady as Hal Soames, the married love interest of the widowed title character. Hammond was perhaps best remembered for providing the voices of Mumm-Ra, Jaga, and other characters on the 1980s animated TV series ThunderCats, and for being the voice of villain Mon*Star on the 1980s animated TV series Silverhawks. He also was the voice of the Transformers villain Megatron in a series of children's read-along books. In 1994, Hammond was selected from among several hundred actors who auditioned to be the voice of Pope John Paul II on the audiotape version of the Random House book Crossing the Threshold of Hope. The publisher said the pope personally selected Hammond.

Born

New York City, New York, USA on 17th June 1921

Died

19th May 2002

All Credits

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Star Blazers
Voices
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Robert Montgomery Presents
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Robert Montgomery Presents
Henri
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The Clear Horizon
Maverick Image
Maverick
ThunderCats Image
ThunderCats
Mumm-Ra / Jaga / Vultureman (voice)
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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
SilverHawks Image
SilverHawks
Mon-star (voice)
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Valiant Lady
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The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
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Bronco
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77 Sunset Strip
TigerSharks Image
TigerSharks
Shad (voice)
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TigerSharks
Captain Bizzarly (voice)
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TigerSharks
Walro (voice)
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Thunderbirds 2086
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Inside Detective
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Captain Video and His Video Rangers
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Image
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Santa Claus (voice)
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The Secret of Anastasia
(voice)
ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie Image
ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie
Jaga / Mumm-Ra / Vultureman / Snowman / Turmagar / RoBear Bob / Nisida / Hammerhand (voice)
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Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night
Franz Xaver Gruber (voice)
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The Hired Killer
Frank
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
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ThunderCats: Exodus
Jaga (voice)
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Satan in High Heels
Rudy
Noël Image
Noël
(voice)
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The Twelve Days of Christmas
Peppermint Rose Image
Peppermint Rose
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The Heart That Changed Color
The Scarecrow
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It’s a Heart!
Scarecrow
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Thunderbirds 2086: Cloudburst & Nightmare
(voice)
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The Weird Adventures of Mutt & Jeff and Bugoff
Bugoff (voice)