80
Age
16
Movies
18
TV Shows
6.2
Rating
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.
80
Died at
16
Movies
18
TV Shows
6.2
Avg Rating
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.
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 17, 1921
Died
May 19, 2002
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
The Weird Adventures of Mutt & Jeff and Bugoff
1973
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
1989
The Secret of Anastasia
1997
The Heart That Changed Color
1975
It’s a Heart!
1980
Peppermint Rose
1992
SilverHawks: The Origin Story
1986
Noël
1992
The Twelve Days of Christmas
1993
Satan in High Heels
1962
ThunderCats Ho! The Movie
1987
Thunderbirds 2086: Cloudburst & Nightmare
1986
Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night
1998
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
1985
The Hired Killer
1966
ThunderCats: Exodus
1985
Maverick
1957
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
ThunderCats
1985
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Bronco
1958
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
1986
SilverHawks
1986
The Clear Horizon
1960
Thunderbirds 2086
1982
Star Blazers
1974
Valiant Lady
1953
TigerSharks
1987
TigerSharks
1987
TigerSharks
1987
Captain Video and His Video Rangers
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Inside Detective
1950