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During its run, this mid-'80s take on Mickey Spillane's hard-boiled PI lost its sexist slant (so as to attract more female viewers), but there was still ample violence. The show's title changed from 'Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer' to 'The New Mike Hammer' in 1986; production in the 1984-85 season had been halted because of the drug arrest of star Stacy Keach, who, a decade later, reprised the role in a syndicated version.
1984
English
Crime Drama
Drama
Crime
Mystery & Suspense
Cast & Crew
Stacy Keach
(Actor)
.. Mike Hammer
Lindsay Bloom
(Actor)
.. Velda
Don Stroud
(Actor)
.. Chambers
Kent Williams
(Actor)
.. Barrington
Donna Denton
(Actor)
.. The Face
Danny Goldman
(Actor)
.. Ozzie the Answer
Eddie Egan
(Actor)
.. Hennessey
More Information
Did You Know..
Stacy Keach
(Actor)
.. Mike Hammer
Born:
June 02, 1941
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Trivia:
The son of a drama teacher and dialogue director, American actor Stacy Keach began performing in college productions, then studied at the Yale Drama School. He spent a year at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art on a Fulbright scholarship, then acted in Shakespeare in the Park productions, where he first established his reputation; he soon worked both off and on Broadway, winning a Tony for his work in Indians. Keach debuted onscreen as a drunken drifter in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), then went on to play leads and supporting roles in a number of films; his screen appearances after 1982, however, have been infrequent. He wrote and directed the short film The Repeater (1972); he also directed a TV version of Pirandello's classic Six Characters in Search of an Author. In 1975 he starred in the short-lived TV series Caribe, and after starring in several TV movies, Keach assumed the title role of the TV series Mike Hammer in 1983. His career came to an abrupt halt in the mid-'80s when he was arrested and imprisoned in England for cocaine possession; after serving nine months and participating in drug rehabilitation, he returned to Mike Hammer. He is the brother of actor James Keach, with whom he co-starred in The Long Riders (1980), a film he also co-wrote and co-produced. He is married to Polish actress Malgosia Tomassi.
Lindsay Bloom
(Actor)
.. Velda
Born:
August 28, 1950
Trivia:
Bloom is a lead and supporting actress, onscreen from the '70s.
Don Stroud
(Actor)
.. Chambers
Born:
September 01, 1943
Kent Williams
(Actor)
.. Barrington
Born:
December 27, 1950
Donna Denton
(Actor)
.. The Face
Danny Goldman
(Actor)
.. Ozzie the Answer
Trivia:
Supporting actor Danny Goldman first appeared onscreen in the '70s.
Eddie Egan
(Actor)
.. Hennessey
Born:
January 03, 1930
Died: November 05, 1995
Died: November 05, 1995
Trivia:
In 1961, former New York policeman Eddie Egan and his partner Sonny Grosso were involved in a complex international drug bust which was later immortalized in Robin Moore's fact-based novel The French Connection The best-selling book became the basis of the 1971 Academy Award-winning crime thriller starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, and Fernando Ray. Egan and Grosso even landed small parts in the film playing Lt. Walt Simonson and Officer Klein respectively. Afterwards, Egan continued appearing in crime dramas both onscreen and on television.
