"to other locations. Mickey Spillane had demanded that the series be shot in New York. Production of the show was interrupted in December 1984 when Stacy Keach was sentenced to nine months prison time for drug smuggling. Keach was arrested with his secretary Deborah Steele on April 4 at London's Heathrow Airport for smuggling 36 grams (1¼ ounces) of cocaine. He had arrived in London from France—where he was filming the TV miniseries ""Mistral's Daughter""—when he and Steele were picked out at random to be searched. Keach was in London to record voiceover for ""Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer"". On December"
"Mickey Spillane Frank Morrison Spillane (; March 9, 1918July 17, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American crime novelist, whose stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. Spillane was also an occasional actor, once even playing Hammer himself. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Spillane was the only child of his Irish bartender father, John Joseph Spillane, and his Scottish mother, Catherine Anne. Spillane attended Erasmus Hall High School, graduating in 1935. He started writing while in high school,"
"2015, Keach became a Polish citizen. He suffered a mild stroke in March 2009, from which he has made a full recovery. Stacy Keach Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor of stage, film, and television. Highly prolific, he has played mainly dramatic roles throughout his career, often in law enforcement or as a private detective. His most prominent role was as Mickey Spillane's fictional detective Mike Hammer, which he played in numerous stand-alone television films and at least three different television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The role earned him a Golden Globe"
"Stacy Keach Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor of stage, film, and television. Highly prolific, he has played mainly dramatic roles throughout his career, often in law enforcement or as a private detective. His most prominent role was as Mickey Spillane's fictional detective Mike Hammer, which he played in numerous stand-alone television films and at least three different television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The role earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination in 1984. He has also performed as a narrator for programs including CNBC'S ""American Greed"" (2008–) and various educational television"
"Biff Elliot Biff Elliot (born Leon Shalek, July 26, 1923 – August 15, 2012) was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as popular detective Mike Hammer in the 1953 version of ""I, the Jury"", and for his guest appearance in the """" episode ""The Devil in the Dark"". Elliot was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, the son of Susan M. (née Bernstein) and Israel Michael Shalek. All of his grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. His father was a former semi-pro baseball player who had, after retiring, opened a burlap-bag manufacturing business in Presque Isle,"
"The Girl Hunters The Girl Hunters (1962) is Mickey Spillane's seventh novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. It was adapted for the screen in 1963; Spillane himself played Mike Hammer. The reader discovers that Hammer has been a drunk living in gutters around New York City for the past seven years. Hammer's secretary and fiancee, Velda, is believed to be dead after a botched protection job involving a Chicago socialite and her new husband. Then, Hammer is apprehended and taken to an undisclosed location, where he is interrogated by former friend Captain Pat Chambers. Chambers, who blames Hammer for Velda's"
"Ralph Meeker Ralph Meeker (born Ralph Rathgeber; November 21, 1920 August 5, 1988) was an American film, stage, and television actor. He first rose to prominence for his roles in the Broadway productions of ""Mister Roberts"" (1948–1951) and ""Picnic"" (1953), the former of which earned him a Theatre World Award for his performance. In film, Meeker is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Mike Hammer in Robert Aldrich's 1955 film noir cult classic ""Kiss Me Deadly"". Meeker went on to play a series of roles that used his husky and macho screen presence, including a lead role in Stanley"
"Sledge Hammer! Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a caricature of the standard ""cop on the edge"" character. Inspired by Clint Eastwood's no-nonsense approach to law enforcement in the ""Dirty Harry"" films, teenager Alan Spencer dreamed up the idea of a police officer whose approach was even more over-the-top, to the point of absurdity. At the age of 16, Spencer wrote a screenplay based on this idea."
"died in New York City 1950, aged 38. Kane blamed his death on a ""broken heart"" at a young age. Crime novelist Mickey Spillane, who worked for Lloyd Jacquet's Funnies Inc. packager during the 1930s and 1940s, teamed with Sahle on a number of occasions, including on the character ""Mike Danger"", which Spillane described as ""the original concept of Mike Hammer"", the archetypal hardboiled detective of mid-20th century paperback novels. After Spillane's novels were successful, some ""Mike Danger"" stories saw print in issues of ""Crime Detector"" in 1954, and new stories featuring the character were published by Big Entertainment four"
"Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All is a 1989 mystery crime thriller television film. It starred Stacy Keach, former ""Wonder Woman"" actress Lynda Carter, Lindsay Bloom, Don Stroud, Michelle Phillips, Lyle Alzado and the pre-stardom Jim Carrey. It was respectively filmed in Culver City, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. This television film features the Madonna song ""Open Your Heart"". It has never been released on VHS, DVD or Blu Ray Mike Hammer (Stacy Keach) is asked by a Las Vegas entertainer named Johnny Roman (Edward Winter) to come to Vegas. After that call, his secretary Velda"
"One Lonely Night One Lonely Night (1951) is Mickey Spillane's fourth novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. After having been berated by a little judge because of killing somebody who needed knocking off bad, licensed investigator Mike Hammer goes for a walk to contemplate this humiliation on a rainy night in Manhattan and comes across a terrified woman and her pursuer on a bridge. Mike kills the man but the woman, terrified, jumps to her death from the bridge. Both the man and the woman possessed oddly shaped green cards with the edges cut off at odd angles. Hammer's friend"
"My Gun Is Quick (film) My Gun Is Quick is a 1957 film noir crime film based on the 1950 novel ""My Gun is Quick"" by Mickey Spillane. Written by Richard M. Powell and directed by Mike Hammer producer Victor Saville credited as Phil Victor and George White, the movie stars Robert Bray as private investigator Mike Hammer, Pamela Duncan as Velda, Hammer's secretary. Private investigator Mike Hammer, by assisting a prostitute being assaulted, cannot help noticing a unique ring on her finger. Later, when she is found murdered that ring is nowhere to be found. From here the story"
"The Body Lovers The Body Lovers (1967) is Mickey Spillane's tenth book featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. This story opens with Mike Hammer moving through the dark streets of the city when he hears a child emit a terrible scream of fear. When he finds the child he also discovers the nude body of a murdered beautiful woman who had been beaten to death with a whip. This begins a complicated and baffling case involving the deaths of a few more women, a murdered newspaper reporter who was tracking some aspects of the case and the sordid life of the"
"have inherited, had it not been stolen. Mike Hammer takes on the whole mafia, coolly, and in imperfect health. Black Alley Black Alley (1996) is Mickey Spillane's 13th novel featuring tougher-than-thou New York City private investigator Mike Hammer, and the last one he completed before his death in July 2006. Following the author's demise, the first of ""five substantial Mike Hammer manuscripts,"" ""The Goliath Bone"", was completed by his friend and colleague Max Allan Collins and published in 2008. Additional books based on Spillane's unfinished manuscripts have since been released, including ""Lady, Go Die!"" (2012), ""Complex 90"" (2013) and ""King"
"popular detective shows of the day (e.g., Remington Steele, Thomas Magnum), Mike Hammer was unapologetically masculine with little concern for political correctness. A prominent feature of most episodes was the inclusion of a number of female characters (known in casting sessions ""Hammer-ettes"") who would exchange a double entendre or two with Hammer while wearing very low tops and push-up bras emphasizing their ample cleavage. Hammer would regularly wind up in bed with the highly sexualized female characters in the show, who would never fail to melt once they had fixed their eyes upon the brawny detective. The show's writers latched"
"My Gun Is Quick My Gun Is Quick (1950) is Mickey Spillane's second novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. It was the basis for the 1957 film of the same title, ""My Gun Is Quick"". The story starts with Mike Hammer meeting a red-headed prostitute in a diner. She is hassled by a man she appears to know and fear but Mike deals with him swiftly. Despite little conversation, he gives her some money to get a real job and leaves. The next day she is found dead, the victim of an apparent hit-and-run accident. Mike does not believe this"
"Williams played the role of Deputy Mayor Barry Lawrence. Kent Williams (actor) Kent Williams (born December 27, 1950) is an American actor. Williams was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York. He studied music and theatre at the State University of New York at Oswego, where he graduated in the class of 1973. He is known for his role as an Assistant District Attorney and, later, Special Prosecutor Lawrence D. Barrington in the television programs ""Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer"", and ""The New Mike Hammer"". Williams reunited with Stacy Keach in 1997 when a new Mike Hammer syndicated television show was released"
"Heart"" telethon bin. After that, he returns to Manhattan's Lite 'n' Easy Bar once again spending time with Velda. Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All is a 1989 mystery crime thriller television film. It starred Stacy Keach, former ""Wonder Woman"" actress Lynda Carter, Lindsay Bloom, Don Stroud, Michelle Phillips, Lyle Alzado and the pre-stardom Jim Carrey. It was respectively filmed in Culver City, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. This television film features the Madonna song ""Open Your Heart"". It has never been released on VHS, DVD or Blu Ray Mike Hammer (Stacy Keach) is asked by"
"TV series and is licensed to Amari by CBS and The Rod Serling estate. Each hour-long radio drama features Hollywood celebrities in the title roles. “The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas” is produced in Chicago and broadcast coast-to-coast each week on 100+ radio stations. Amari has produced four dramatized, award-winning audio dramas, of “The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer” starring Stacy Keach. In these adaptations, Mr. Keach reprises his film and television role of hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer. Two of the four audio plays were written by “Road to Perdition” author Max Allan Collins. Amari is the producer and"
"Jack Stang Jack Stang born John A. Stang (October 29, 1923 – January 7, 1996) was Mickey Spillane's inspiration for the private eye character Mike Hammer in his novels. During World War II Stang was a U.S. Marine who served in the Pacific Theater on Samoa, Guadacanal and Bougainville. He was wounded in action, and was one of four men in his platoon to survive. Following the war, Stang was a Newburgh, New York policeman where Spillane, then residing at Orange Lake in suburban Newburgh, met him in 1946. After leaving the Newburgh Police, Stang operated a popular riverfront bar"
"Jack Stang Jack Stang born John A. Stang (October 29, 1923 – January 7, 1996) was Mickey Spillane's inspiration for the private eye character Mike Hammer in his novels. During World War II Stang was a U.S. Marine who served in the Pacific Theater on Samoa, Guadacanal and Bougainville. He was wounded in action, and was one of four men in his platoon to survive. Following the war, Stang was a Newburgh, New York policeman where Spillane, then residing at Orange Lake in suburban Newburgh, met him in 1946. After leaving the Newburgh Police, Stang operated a popular riverfront bar"
"for Mike and he defeats the ring by literally blowing it away. The Body Lovers The Body Lovers (1967) is Mickey Spillane's tenth book featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. This story opens with Mike Hammer moving through the dark streets of the city when he hears a child emit a terrible scream of fear. When he finds the child he also discovers the nude body of a murdered beautiful woman who had been beaten to death with a whip. This begins a complicated and baffling case involving the deaths of a few more women, a murdered newspaper reporter who was"
"a two DVD set. The second disc featuring the subsequent ""Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer"" pilot ""More Than Murder"". Murder Me, Murder You Murder Me, Murder You is a 1983 American made-for-television mystery film starring Stacy Keach as Mickey Spillane's iconic hardboiled private detective, Mike Hammer. The movie was a follow-up to another TV-movie first aired in 1981, ""Margin for Murder"", in which the fictitious gumshoe was portrayed by Kevin Dobson. The Dobson movie, which did not lead to a series, marked the first time the character was depicted on the small-screen since Darren McGavin played the part in the black-and-white"
"Kent Williams (actor) Kent Williams (born December 27, 1950) is an American actor. Williams was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York. He studied music and theatre at the State University of New York at Oswego, where he graduated in the class of 1973. He is known for his role as an Assistant District Attorney and, later, Special Prosecutor Lawrence D. Barrington in the television programs ""Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer"", and ""The New Mike Hammer"". Williams reunited with Stacy Keach in 1997 when a new Mike Hammer syndicated television show was released under the title ""Mike Hammer, Private Eye"". This time"
"torture from gangsters that Hammer reciprocates. Hammer also has loving encounters with two women he meets on his quest. Marsha is a former Hollywood Actress who was beaten by Decker when he robbed her flat. Ellen is the estranged daughter of a rich horse breeder who works for the D.A.. The Big Kill The Big Kill (1951) is Mickey Spillane's fifth novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. Drinking at a seedy bar on a rainy night, Hammer notices a man come in with an infant. The man, named Decker, cries as he kisses the infant, then walks out in the"
"the Whisperer. Rick Jones was created in 1962 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in ""Hulk"" #1 (May 1962). Rick Jones was born in Scarsdale, Arizona. He lost his parents at a young age and as a result grew up at an orphanage. Later, he accepts a dare to drive out to a bomb testing ground in New Mexico. As luck would have it, the gamma bomb designed by Dr. Robert Bruce Banner is being tested. Banner pushes Rick into a protective trench saving his life, but absorbing the gamma rays that transform Banner into the Hulk. Rick thus becomes"
"Don't Answer the Phone Don't Answer the Phone! is a 1980 horror thriller film directed by Robert Hammer, written by Hammer and Michael D. Castle. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic. Former Vietnam vet, amateur bodybuilder, and talented porno-photographer Kirk Smith is a crazed killer who stalks the streets of Los Angeles, picking up young women, strangling them in lurid fashion, and sexually abusing their dead bodies. Between murders, he carries out twisted religious ceremonies, has imaginary conversations"
"Mike Mignola Michael Joseph ""Mike"" Mignola (; born September 16, 1960) is an American comics artist and writer known for creating the ""Mignola-verse"" for Dark Horse Comics, a collection of titles including ""Hellboy"", ""B.P.R.D."" and various spinoffs (""Lobster Johnson"", ""Abe Sapien"", ""Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder"", etc.). He has also created similarly themed titles for Dark Horse including ""Baltimore"", ""The Amazing Screw-On Head"", and ""Joe Golem: Occult Detective"". Mignola's film work includes ""Bram Stoker's Dracula"" (1992), """" (2001), ""Blade II"" (2002), the 2004 adaptation of ""Hellboy"", its and 2019 reboot. Mignola was born in Berkeley, California. He began his career in"
"MC Hammer Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American hip hop recording artist, dancer, record producer and entrepreneur. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s, until the early 1990s. Remembered for his rapid rise to fame, Hammer is known for hit records (such as ""U Can't Touch This"" and ""2 Legit 2 Quit""), flashy dance movements, choreography and eponymous Hammer pants. A multi-award winner, M.C. Hammer is considered a ""forefather/pioneer"" and innovator of pop rap (incorporating elements of ), and is"
"Murder Me, Murder You Murder Me, Murder You is a 1983 American made-for-television mystery film starring Stacy Keach as Mickey Spillane's iconic hardboiled private detective, Mike Hammer. The movie was a follow-up to another TV-movie first aired in 1981, ""Margin for Murder"", in which the fictitious gumshoe was portrayed by Kevin Dobson. The Dobson movie, which did not lead to a series, marked the first time the character was depicted on the small-screen since Darren McGavin played the part in the black-and-white version of ""Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer"", a syndicated television series (1958–60). ""Murder Me, Murder You"" was the first"
"The script and the main character were both named ""Sledge Hammer"". Despite his youth, Spencer had already written for Rodney Dangerfield and such television as ""The Facts of Life"" and ""One Day at a Time"". He sold his script upon the release of the fourth Dirty Harry movie ""Sudden Impact"" and the popularity of NBC's ""Dirty Harry""-inspired action series ""Hunter""; the latter property created demand for a satirical police television show. When HBO approached Leonard B. Stern, former producer of ""Get Smart"", about developing such a show, Stern recommended Spencer's ""Sledge Hammer!"" idea. Spencer quickly reworked his script for a"
"and proceeds to hunt down her murderers. In the process he uncovers a massive and powerful prostitution ring in New York. My Gun Is Quick My Gun Is Quick (1950) is Mickey Spillane's second novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. It was the basis for the 1957 film of the same title, ""My Gun Is Quick"". The story starts with Mike Hammer meeting a red-headed prostitute in a diner. She is hassled by a man she appears to know and fear but Mike deals with him swiftly. Despite little conversation, he gives her some money to get a real job"
"Kiss Me, Deadly Kiss Me, Deadly (1952) is Mickey Spillane's sixth novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. The novel was later loosely adapted into the film ""Kiss Me Deadly"" in 1955. Chapter 1: Speeding down a mountain road coming back from Albany, New York, PI Mike Hammer almost runs over a woman hitch hiking in the middle of the road. After Mike's car skids to a stop, she gets in the car and they drive to Manhattan only later to be run off the road by gangsters. The gangsters torture the woman for information, which she fails to tell them."