Mark Damon


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Also Known As
Alan Harris
Born
April 22, 1933

Biography

Veteran actor and producer Mark Damon is best known for his collaborations with Roger Corman. He majored in literature and business administration at UCLA before pursuing an acting career. He began his professional acting career in 1954 on "Meet Corliss Archer" before making his feature debut in 1956 on "Inside Detroit." He collaborated with legendary producer Corman in the 1960s, starri...

Biography

Veteran actor and producer Mark Damon is best known for his collaborations with Roger Corman. He majored in literature and business administration at UCLA before pursuing an acting career. He began his professional acting career in 1954 on "Meet Corliss Archer" before making his feature debut in 1956 on "Inside Detroit." He collaborated with legendary producer Corman in the 1960s, starring in films such as "The Pit and the Pendulum," "Young and Dangerous" and "House of Usher." In 1961 he won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer and soon after Damon relocated to Europe, where he starred in several Westerns and B-movies including "The Tyrant of Castile" and "The Shortest Day." He finished his acting career in the mid-1970s to become a film producer, forming his own production company, Producer Sales Organization. He produced the features "The Arena" and "The Choirboys" before executive producing the acclaimed 1981 film "Das Boot." Later in his career Damon founded another production company, Vision International and went one to produce numerous notable films such as "The NeverEnding Story," "Nine 1/2 Weeks" and "The Lost Boys." In 2003, he produced the Academy Award-winning film "Monster" starring Charlize Theron.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Deceiver (1997)
Stuck on You! (1983)
Columbus'S Crew Member
There Is No 13 (1974)
George Thomas
Crypt of the Living Dead (1973)
Il Plenilunio Delle Vergini (1973)
Little Mother (1972)
Riano
Don't Cry For Me Little Mother (1972)
Lo Chiamavano "Verita" (1971)
The Young, the Evil and the Savage (1968)
Richard
Anzio (1968)
Richardson
Johnny Yuma (1967)
Johnny Yuma
Ringo And His Golden Pistol (1966)
Black Sabbath (1964)
Vladimir D'Urfé
The Young Racers (1963)
Stephen Children
Beauty and the Beast (1963)
Duke Eduardo
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
Aldo
The Longest Day (1962)
Private Harris
This Rebel Breed (1960)
Frank Serano
House of Usher (1960)
Philip [Winthrop]
The Party Crashers (1958)
Twig Webster
Life Begins at 17 (1958)
Russ Lippincott
Young and Dangerous (1957)
Tommy Price
Inside Detroit (1956)
Gregg Linden
Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
Terry
Screaming Eagles (1956)
Pvt. Lambert

Producer (Feature Film)

The Last Full Measure (2020)
Producer
The Hurricane Heist (2018)
Producer
And So It Goes (2014)
Producer
Lone Survivor (2013)
Executive Producer
2 Guns (2013)
Executive Producer
Flypaper (2011)
Producer
The Ledge (2011)
Producer
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (2009)
Producer
Captivity (2007)
Producer
Twist of Fate (Foresight) (2007)
Producer
O Jerusalem (2007)
Coproducer
The Upside of Anger (2005)
Executive Producer
Monster (2004)
Producer
Beyond the Sea (2004)
Executive Producer
The United States of Leland (2003)
Executive Producer
feardotcom (2002)
Executive Producer
Extreme Ops (2002)
Executive Producer
The Musketeer (2001)
Executive Producer
The Body (2001)
Executive Producer
Love and Sex (2000)
Executive Producer
A Dog of Flanders (1999)
Executive Producer
Eye of the Beholder (1999)
Executive Producer
Grizzly Falls (1999)
Executive Producer
Orgazmo (1998)
Executive Producer
Deceiver (1997)
Executive Producer
The Second Jungle Book - Mowgli and Baloo (1997)
Executive Producer
The Blackout (1997)
Executive Producer
Loved (1997)
Executive Producer
The Jungle Book (1994)
Executive Producer
The Red Shoe Diaries (1992)
Executive Producer
Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue (1992)
Executive Producer
Diary of a Hitman (1991)
Executive Producer
Inner Sanctum (1991)
Executive Producer
Wild Orchid (1990)
Producer
Vietnam, Texas (1990)
Executive Producer
I Come in Peace (1990)
Executive Producer
Bat 21 (1988)
Coproducer
High Spirits (1988)
Executive Producer
Mac and Me (1988)
Executive Producer
The Lost Boys (1987)
Co-Executive Producer
The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
Executive Producer
Short Circuit (1986)
Executive Producer
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Executive Producer
The Neverending Story (1984)
Executive Producer
Das Boot (1982)
Executive Producer (English Version)
The Choirboys (1977)
Executive Producer
The Arena (1974)
Producer

Cast (Special)

The McGonigle (1961)
Artie Dale

Producer (TV Mini-Series)

The Winner (1997)
Executive Producer

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Black Sabbath (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Come Closer One might do this with another actor but never with the same result, Mario Bava directs Boris Karloff addressing the audience introducing the first episode, titled A Drop Of Water, in the internationally successful Italian-made horror anthology, Black Sabbath, 1964.
Black Sabbath (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Il Wurdalak Following the Boris Karloff introduction of the third episode in the Italian anthology, invoking eastern Europe and vampires, director Mario Bava finds American actor Mark Damon as Count Vladimir making nasty discoveries in the countryside, in Black Sabbath, 1964.
House Of Usher (1960) -- (Movie Clip) I Should Like To See Miss Usher Nice opening by producer-director Roger Corman, Mark Damon as "Winthrop" rides through the day-after site of a convenient Hollywood Hills brush fire they rushed to shoot, meeting butler Bristol (Harry Ellerbe), in the first of Corman's "Poe," features, House Of Usher, 1960, starring Vincent Price.
House Of Usher (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Cut Into My Brain Like Knives The often-vanishing butler (Harry Ebberle) conducts unwelcome Winthrop (Mark Damon) to his first meeting with master Roderick (Vincent Price), soon joined by the sister and fiance` Madeline (Myrna Fahey), in Roger Corman's House Of Usher, (a.k.a. The Fall Of The House Of Usher), 1960.
House Of Usher (1960) -- (Movie Clip) A Plague Of Evil Roderick Usher (Vincent Price) feels the time has come to let his sister's fiance` Winthrop (Mark Damon) know just how nasty the family really is, in Roger Corman's House Of Usher (a.k.a. The Fall Of The House Of Usher), 1960.

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