Mark Damon

Life

After graduating with a double major in Literature and Business Administration at the University of California, Los Angeles, Damon began his career in Hollywood mid-1950s with films such as Young and dangerous (1957) and appeared in several of Roger Corman B- movies; including the Poe film adaptation of The Cursed. In 1963 he went to Europe and made ​​numerous adventure films and spaghetti westerns. 1966 Damon should take the lead role in Sergio Corbuccis famous spaghetti western Django, which is due to scheduling difficulties, however, did not let realize.

In 1977 he founded his own production company, Producer Sales Organization, the first of these produced film was The choirboys (after Joseph Wambaughs novel). Also on the American version of The Boat Damon was involved. Ten years later he founded Vision International. One of his latest projects was the production of Elie Chouraqui O Jerusalem ( 2006)

His biography "From Cowboy to Mogul to Monster" was published in 2008 (ISBN 1-4343-7736-9 ).

Filmography (selection)

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• Actor
• Film producer
• Golden Globe winners
• Americans
• Born in 1933
• Man