Mickey Spillane
Mickey Spillane is an American author of hardcore detective stories. Wrote more than 20 novels with a circulation of more than 140 million copies. He began his writing career as a writer for comics. Spillane published his first novel, Judgment Is Me, in 1946. The hero of this and twelve other books is private detective Mike Hammer, one of the most popular characters in popular culture. Spillane's novels have been adapted many times in film and television. Spillane himself played the role of a detective in the movie (Ring of Fear / Ring of Fear, 1954). Films based on his novels became classics, including Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and The Girl Hunters (1963), with his own participation. In The Girl Hunters, Spillane played his character Mike Hammer. This is one of the rarest cases in history when the author plays the role of the hero he created. He also appeared as a writer in the television series about Colombo (episode "Publish or Perish"). Spillane's huge success is usually credited to the successful mixture of his gruff language, the rigidity of the characters, and the abundance of erotic scenes. His books, as fellow detective writer Raymond Chandler has said, can be described as "a mixture of violence and outright pornography." However, they have become a classic of the genre.
The Girl Hunters
as Mike HammerMickey Spillane plays his own creation, street-thug-turned-PI Mike Hammer, in this 1963...
Movie pageMommy's Day
as Attorney Neal EkhardtAfter escaping a lethal injection for the murders Mommy (Patty McCormack) had committed, she is...
Movie pageRing of Fear
as Mickey SpillaneMystery writer Mickey Spillane tries to help Clyde Beatty deal with a plot to sabotage his circus.
Movie pageMommy
as Attorney EckhartPatty McCormack's "Mommy" is psychotically obsessed with her 12-year-old daughter Jessica Ann --...
Movie pageMike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
as SelfDocumentary about the life and work of mystery writer Mickey Spillane.
Movie pageThe Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides
as NarratorFilled with humor and defining experiences in both his own life and in the lives of some of his...
Movie pageColumbo
as Alan MalloryColumbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...
TV Show pageThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
TV Show pageThe Dick Cavett Show
as Self - GuestThe Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...
TV Show pageDinah!
as SelfDinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started...
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