- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- March 23, 1929
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Mark Rydell
Mark Rydell (born March 23, 1935 , in New York City) is an American actor, film director and producer. He has directed many Academy Award-nominated films including The Fox (1967), The Reivers (1969), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Rose (1979), The River (1984) and For the Boys (1991). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for On Golden Pond (1981). Rydell's initial training was in music. As a youth, he wanted to be a conductor. He 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. When he would not sign a long-term contract to remain on ATWT the producers had his character die in a car crash. He won plaudits for his role of violent Jewish mob kingpin Marty Augustine in Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973). His most recent significant film ro…
Filmography
movieSenior Entourage
2021 · Mark
movieChicanery
2017 · Jack Sobel
movieClose Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016 · Self
movieA Coup in Camelot
2015 · Executive Producer
movieChar·ac·ter
2012 · Self
movieGood Men
2011 · Marcus
movieEmbracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010 · Self
movieNo Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009 · Self
tvMasters of Science Fiction
2007 · Director, Creator
The Cowboys: Together Again
movieThe Cowboys: Together Again
2007 · Himself
movieEven Money
2007 · Director, Producer
movieAn Unfinished Life
2005 · Executive Producer
movieJames Dean: Sense Memories
2005 · Self
tvEverwood
2002 · Jacob Hoffman
movieHollywood Ending
2002 · Al
movieJames Dean
2001 · Jack Warner, Director, Executive Producer
movieA Man Is Mostly Water
2000 · Distributor
movieHenry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997 · Self
movieCrime of the Century
1996 · Director
tvInside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
movieIntersection
1994 · Director, Producer
movieFor the Boys
1991 · Director, Executive Producer
movieThe Man in the Moon
1991 · Producer
movieHavana
1990 · Meyer Lansky
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
movieSanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990 · Self
moviePunchline
1988 · Romeo
movieThe Thrill Can Kill
1987 · Director
movieThe River
1984 · Director
movieOn Golden Pond
1981 · Director
movieThe Rose
1979 · Director
movieHarry and Walter Go to New York
1976 · Director
tvFamily
1976 · Director
movieCinderella Liberty
1973 · Gutteral Mischief (as Marty Augustine), Director, Producer
movieThe Long Goodbye
1973 · Marty Augustine
The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men in 'The Cowboys'
movieThe Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men in 'The Cowboys'
1972
movieThe Cowboys
1972 · Director, Producer
movieThe Reivers
1969 · Director
movieThe Fox
1967 · Director
tvThe Wild Wild West
1965 · Director
The Long, Hot Summer
tvThe Long, Hot Summer
1965 · Director
tvI Spy
1965 · Director
Reporter
tvReporter
1964 · Director
tvSlattery's People
1964 · Director
tvMr. Novak
1963 · Director
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Director
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
tvBen Casey
1961 · Director
tvNaked City
1958 · Ralph Harris
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Tom Adams
movieCrime in the Streets
1956 · Lou Macklin
tvNavy Log
1955
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Director
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948