Mark Rydell (born March 23, 1934 in New York City) is an American actor, film director and producer. March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in leap years). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ...

As director, Rydell's films include Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Rose (1979), On Golden Pond (1981, his sole Oscar nomination as Best Director) and The River (1984). Rydell began his career as an actor and first became known for his role as Walt Johnson on The Edge of Night and as Jeff Baker on As the World Turns, which he played from 1956 to 1962. In Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973) he won plaudits for his role as the violent Jewish mob kingpin, Marty Augustine. He most recently appeared in Hollywood Ending as Woody Allen's loyal agent to the hypochondriac director {Allen). 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Rose is a 1979 film which tells the story of a 1960s drug-addled rock music star whose life comes unraveled when she travels to her home town in Florida to put on a concert in order to show the people she grew up with that she had made... For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ... On Golden Pond (1981) was a successful Broadway play written by playwright Ernest Thompson which was turned into a successful and popular movie starring Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda. ... OSCAR is an acronym for Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... The River is a 1984 film which tells the story of an American farm family which tries to keep its farm going in the face of bank foreclosures, floods, and other hard times. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... As the World Turns (ATWT) is the second longest-running American television soap opera (the first being Guiding Light), airing each weekday on CBS. It debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30pm. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. ... The Long Goodbye is a 1973 film adaptation of Raymond Chandlers novel The Long Goodbye. ... Hollywood Ending is a 2002 film which tells a story of once-famous film director who turned blind given the intense pressure of directing. ... Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, musician, and comedian. ...

He has been married to actress Joanne Linville since 1962, together they have the children Amy Rydell and Christopher Rydell, both actors.

External link

• Mark Rydell at the Internet Movie Database