Person Details

Birthday: 1921-06-17 02:47:41

Death: 2002-05-19 02:47:41

Aliases: Erwin Saul Hamburger

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York City, New York

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Movie Involvements: 9

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

ThunderCats
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8

ThunderCats

(1985) Jaga / Mumm-Ra / Vultureman (voice)
Robert Montgomery Presents
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5
SilverHawks
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8

SilverHawks

(1986) Mon-star
ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie
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7

ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie

(1987) Jaga / Mumm-Ra / Vultureman / Snowman / Turmagar / RoBear Bob / Nisida / Hammerhand (voice)
ThunderCats: Exodus (The Movie)
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6

ThunderCats: Exodus (The Movie)

(1985) Jaga (voice)
The Secret of Anastasia
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7

The Secret of Anastasia

(1997) (voice)
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
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5

The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus

(1985) Santa Claus (voice)
Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night
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6

Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night

(1998) Franz Xaver Gruber (voice)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1998 Franz Xaver Gruber (voice)
1997 (voice)
1993 N/A
1987 Jaga / Mumm-Ra / Vultureman / Snowman / Turmagar / RoBear Bob / Nisida / Hammerhand (voice)
1986 N/A
Mon-star
1985 Santa Claus (voice)
N/A
Jaga / Mumm-Ra / Vultureman (voice)
Jaga (voice)
1982 N/A
1980 Scarecrow
1979 N/A
1975 The Scarecrow
1973 Bugoff (voice)
1966 Frank
1962 Rudy
1960 N/A
1959 N/A
1958 N/A
N/A
1957 N/A
1953 N/A
1950 N/A
Henri
N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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