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Earl Hammond

Earl Hammond began acting in radio at the age of 7 and continued working in that venue throughout his life. In the 1940s, he had a regular role as a young lawyer on a radio soap opera.[1] From 1974 to 1982, he acted on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, appearing in 189 episodes -- more than 12% of the entire run of the 1,399 episodes of that radio series. Hammond started his television career in the early 1950s, his first major role being as a regular called Sergeant Lane on the DuMont police drama "Inside Detective" (aka "Rocky King Detective," starring Roscoe Karns). At the same time, he also was the first of three actors to portray the title character in the short-lived ABC TV science-fiction adventure series Buck Rogers, which ran from April 15, 1950, to January 30, 1951. In the mid-1950s, he had a major role in the daily/noontime CBS television soap opera Valiant Lady as Hal Soames, the married love interest of the widowed title character. Hammond was perhaps best remembered for providing the voices of Mumm-Ra, Jaga, and other characters on the 1980s animated TV series ThunderCats, and for being the voice of villain Mon*Star on the 1980s animated TV series Silverhawks. He also was the voice of the Transformers villain Megatron in a series of children's read-along books. In 1994, Hammond was selected from among several hundred actors who auditioned to be the voice of Pope John Paul II on the audiotape version of the Random House book Crossing the Threshold of Hope. The publisher said the pope personally selected Hammond.


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Born:
Jun 17, 1921 In New York City, New York
Movie/TV Credits:
24
First Appeared:
In the series Captain Video and His Video Rangers
Latest Project:
Movie Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night 1998-10-13
Known For
Poster of SilverHawks
Poster of Star Blazers
Poster of The Weird Adventures of Mutt & Jeff and Bugoff
Poster of Captain Video and His Video Rangers
Filmography
Series Inside Detective 2025
Series Captain Video and His Video Rangers 2025
Movie Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night Franz Xaver Gruber (voice) 1998-10-13
Movie The Secret of Anastasia (voice) 1997-11-12
Movie The Twelve Days of Christmas 1993-12-03
Movie Peppermint Rose 1992-11-26
Movie ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie Jaga / Mumm-Ra / Vultureman / Snowman / Turmagar / RoBear Bob / Nisida / Hammerhand (voice) 1987-11-16
Series TigerSharks Shad (voice) 1987-09-07
Series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers 1986-09-14
Series SilverHawks Mon-star (voice) 1986-09-08
Movie The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus Santa Claus (voice) 1985-12-17
Series ThunderCats Mumm-Ra / Jaga / Vultureman (voice) 1985-01-23
Series Thunderbirds 2086 1982-04-17
Series Star Blazers Voices 1979-10-01
Movie The Weird Adventures of Mutt & Jeff and Bugoff Bugoff (voice) 1973-10-13
Movie The Hired Killer Frank 1966-03-25
Movie Satan in High Heels Rudy 1962-03-23
Series The Clear Horizon 1960-07-11
Series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Unknown 1959-09-29
Series Bronco Unknown 1958-09-23
Series 77 Sunset Strip Unknown 1958-10-10
Series Maverick Unknown 1957-09-22
Series Valiant Lady 1953-10-12
Series Robert Montgomery Presents Unknown 1950-01-30