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Mark Rydell

Highest Rated: 100% Crime in the Streets (1956)

Lowest Rated: 9% Intersection (1994)

Birthday: Mar 23, 1929

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

A former jazz pianist who appeared on Broadway and TV before beginning his directing career with series such as "Ben Casey," "I Spy" and "Gunsmoke," Rydell earned critical acclaim for his debut feature, "The Fox" (1968). He also won plaudits for his helming of "Cinderella Liberty" (1973) and "The Rose" (1979). "On Golden Pond" (1981), a typical film, in that it displayed its director's fondness for sentiment and nostalgia, earned him an Oscar nomination as Best Director. Rydell has subsequently made films only occasionally, some ("The River" 1984) doing fairly well with critics, while others ("Intersection" 1994 and the somewhat overly maligned "For the Boys" 1991) did less well with critics and public alike.

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Highest rated movies

100% 39% Crime in the Streets
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95% 87% The Long Goodbye
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93% 76% James Dean
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91% 85% The Man in the Moon
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91% 87% On Golden Pond
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83% 49% The Reivers
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75% 88% The Cowboys
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73% 81% The Rose
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60% 44% The Fox
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57% 44% Punchline
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Mark Rydell

Mark Rydell CRIME IN THE STREETS, Sal Mineo (on the ground), Mark Rydell, John Cassavetes, 1956 THE FOX, (aka D.H LAWRENCE'S THE FOX), director Mark Rydell, Anne Heywood, on-set, 1968 CRIME IN THE STREETS, Mark Rydell, Sal Mineo, John Cassavetes, James Whitmore, 1956 CRIME IN THE STREETS, John Cassavetes, Mark Rydell, 1956 LONG GOODBYE, Mark Rydell, Elliott Gould, 1973 THE LONG GOODBYE, Robert Altman, Sterling Hayden, Henry Gibson, Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Jim Bouton, Mark Rydell, 1973 FOR THE BOYS, director Mark Rydell, Bette Midler, on set, 1991. TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved/ HOLLYWOOD ENDING, Woody Allen, Mark Rydell, Tea Leoni, 2002 (c) Dreamworks, HAVANA, from left: Alan Arkin, Mark Rydell as Meyer Lansky, Robert Redford, 1990, © Universal View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Senior Entourage Mark (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Good Men Marcus (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Char-ac-ter Unknown (Character) - 2009
24% 29% Even Money Director,
Producer 		- 2006
53% 67% An Unfinished Life Executive Producer $8.5M 2005
47% 49% Hollywood Ending Al (Character) $4.8M 2002
93% 76% James Dean Jack Warner (Character),
Director,
Executive Producer 		- 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Man Is Mostly Water Unknown (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 74% Crime of the Century Director - 1996
9% 40% Intersection Director,
Producer 		$20.7M 1994
40% 75% For the Boys Director $17.7M 1991
91% 85% The Man in the Moon Producer $2.2M 1991
28% 57% Havana Meyer Lansky (Character) $8.8M 1990
57% 44% Punchline Romeo (Character) $20.3M 1988
27% 49% The River Director - 1984
91% 87% On Golden Pond Director - 1981
73% 81% The Rose Director - 1979
50% 32% Harry and Walter Go to New York Director - 1976
56% 61% Cinderella Liberty Director,
Producer 		- 1973
95% 87% The Long Goodbye Marty Augustine (Character) - 1973
75% 88% The Cowboys Director,
Producer 		- 1972
83% 49% The Reivers Director - 1969
60% 44% The Fox Director - 1968
100% 39% Crime in the Streets Lou Macklin (Character) - 1956

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stephen Hawking's Sci Fi Masters Director 2007
93% No Score Yet Everwood Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inside the Actors Studio Guest 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Director 1964-1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Director 1966
No Score Yet 100% The Wild, Wild West Director 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wackiest Ship in the Army Director 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Spy Director 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Director 1963-1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Novak Director 1964