Hammer, Ben 1925-

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Hammer, Ben 1925-

PERSONAL

Full name, Benjamin Hammer; born December 8, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York, NY; son of Morris and Mollie (maiden name, Nadler) Hammer; married Dorothea (a potter), December 21, 1958; children: Marlayna, Paula. Education: Brooklyn College, B.A., 1948. Avocational Interests: Motorcycles, airplanes, travel.

Career:

Actor. Military service: U.S. Army, staff sergeant, 1945-46.

Member:

Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Mr. Otto Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1955-57, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1957.

Pavlat, The Great Sebastians, American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) Playhouse, New York City, 1956, Coronet Theatre, New York City, 1956.

Understudy, The Tenth Man, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1959-61, Ambassador Theatre, 1961.

Old soldier and ordinance officer, Mother Courage and Her Children (also known as Mother Courage), Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1963.

Prisoner, The Deputy, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1964.

Fray Vincente de Valverde, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) Playhouse, 1965-66.

Thomas A. Morgan and understudy for the roles of Edward Teller and John Lansdale, In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York City, 1969.

Ambassador of the Soviet Union, Murderous Angels, Phoenix Theatre, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1971-72.

Thomas Putnam, The Crucible, Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater, 1972.

Henry IV, Part I, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1972.

D. P. and Moshe Dayan, Golda, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1977-78.

Earl of Derby, The Tragedy of Richard III, New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theater, Delacorte Theater, New York City, 1990.

Elihu, Invention for Fathers and Sons, American Jewish Theatre, New York City, 1992.

Vassily Vorolilch Smukov, Slavs!, New York Theatre Workshop, 1994-95.

Ferapont, Three Sisters, Criterion Theatre Center Stage Right, New York City, 1997.

More Stately Mansions, New York Theatre Workshop, beginning 1997.

Gabe, The Gathering, Cort Theatre, 2001.

Sewerman, The Madwoman of Chaillot, the Colleagues Theatre Company, Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City, 2001.

Enoch Cryder, A Last Dance for Sybil, New Federal Theatre, New York City, 2002.

Reb Bassevi and Elijah the prophet, The Golem, Culture Project, Manhattan Ensemble Theatre, New York City, 2002.

Max Aberdam, Meshugah (also known as Meshugga), Naked Angels at the Kirk at Theatre Row, New York City, 2003.

Mr. Green, Visiting Mr. Green, Two River Theater Company, Red Bank, NJ, 2005, English Theatre, Frankfurt, Germany, c. 2006.

Appeared in other productions, including Tamara, Los Angeles production; as well as Broadway Bound and Camping with Henry and Tom.

Major Tours:

Come Back, Little Sheba, 1950-51.

The Diary of Anne Frank, Theatre Guild tour, 1957-58.

Film Appearances:

Zabriskie Point, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970.

Second doctor, Johnny Got His Gun (also known as Dalton Trumbo's "Johnny Got His Gun," E deramihe uma espingarda, E Johnny prese il fucile, Johnny cogio su fusil, Johnny poszedl na wojne, Johnny s'en va-t-en guerre, Johnny vai a guerra, Johnny zieht in den Krieg, and Sotilaspoika), Cinemation Industries, 1971.

Herb Kline, Invasion of the Bee Girls (also known as Graveyard Tramps), Centaur, 1973.

Vicar, Haunts (also known as The Veil), Intercontinental Releasing Corporation, 1977.

Nichols, The Competition (also known as A competicao, Das grosse Finale, El concurso, Kilpailu, Konkurs, La competicion, and Un amor em competicao), Columbia, 1980.

The First Family, Warner Bros., 1980.

Young Dar's father, The Beastmaster (also known as Beastmaster—Der Befreier, Dar l'invincible, El senor de las bestias, Kaan principe guerriero, Kungasonen, O guerreiro sagrado, Varvos mahitis, Voittamaton kostaja, and Wladca zwierzat), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1982.

Danny's father, Running Hot (also known as Highway to Hell), New Line Cinema, 1984.

Dr. Goldman, Jagged Edge (also known as A double tranchant, Al filo de la sospecha, Das Messer, Doppio taglio, I akri tou nimatos, Kniven aer enda vittnet, Lahav Meshunan, Noz, and Viiltaevae terae), Columbia, 1985.

Hans (the maitre d'), Mannequin (also known as Ikkunaprinsessa, Manekin, Manequim, Maniqui, and Skyltdockan), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987.

Reunion, 1988.

Histoires d'Amerique (also known as American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy, Family and Philosophy, Geschichten aus Amerika, and Histoires d'Amerique: Family and Philosophy), 1988, Metro Pictures, 1990.

Hal, Survival Quest (also known as Camp der verlorenen Teufel), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1989.

Dr. Koch, Crazy People (also known as Crazy People—hulluja ihmisiae, Gente loca, Gente louca, Les fous de la pub, Loco, loco, pero no tanto, Nichts ist irrer als die Wahrheit, Pubblifollia, and Szalency), Paramount, 1990.

Cristina's father, Miliardi (also known as Billions, Millions, Milhoes, and Miliardi/Millions), Cecchi Gori Group/Penta Films, 1991.

Chaim Pearlman, Nick and Rachel, 1996.

Judge Weisman, Sleepers (also known as Kardes gibiydiler, Katuvarpuset, La correction, Los hijos de la calle, Pokoli lecke, Sentimento de revolta, and Sleepers—A vinganca adormecida), Warner Bros., 1996.

Moses Weiss, The Last New Yorker, Brink Films, 1996.

Vladimire Tiomkin, Subterfuge (also known as Into Deep—Jagd in der Tiefe), Avalanche Home Entertainment, 1996.

Television Appearances; Series:

Oakley Reynolds, The Edge of Night, CBS, 1962.

Hal Conrad, Search for Tomorrow, CBS, 1974.

Chief Dwight Buchanan, Holmes and Yo-Yo (also known as Holmes and Yoyo), ABC, 1976.

Max Chapman, Guiding Light, CBS, 1977-78.

Striker Bellman, Another World (also known as Another World: Bay City), NBC, 1979.

Captain Alex Morgan, The Young and the Restless (also known as Y&R, The Innocent Years, Atithasa niata, Les feux de l'amour, Schatten der Leidenschaft, and Tunteita ja tuoksuja), CBS, c. 1982-83.

Judge Herman Mooney and Judge Cornell, Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1991-2002.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

The Law, NBC, 1975.

Dr. Palmer, The Amazing Howard Hughes (also known as Der Legendaere Howard Hughes, Howard Hughes—Eine Legende, Zadziwiajacy Howard Hughes, and Zwariowany Howard Hughes), CBS, 1977.

Beggarman, Thief, NBC, 1979.

Sumner Welles, The Winds of War (also known as Der Feuersturm, Krigets vindar, Le souffle de la guerre, Soden tuulet, and Vientos de guerra), ABC, 1983.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Lieutenant colonel Leacock, The Execution of Private Slovik (also known as The Execution of Private Eddie Slovik, Arkebuseringen av menige Slovik, Execute pour desertion, L'execution du soldat Slovik, La ejecucion del soldado Slovik, and Teloitusjoukon edessae), broadcast on NBC Wednesday Night at the Movies, NBC, 1974.

Inchon admiral, Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (also known as Collision Course), ABC, 1975.

Dr. Feinberg, Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (also known as Griffin and Phoenix, Today Is Forever, Jaeljet hiekassa, Kort lycka, Quando passi da queste parti …, and Siempre hay tiempo para amar), ABC, 1976.

Yaakobi, Victory at Entebbe (also known as La lunga notte di Entebbe, Segern vid Entebbe, Unternehmen Entebbe, Victoire a Entebbe, Victoria en Entebbe, and Voitto Entebbessae), ABC, 1976.

Oglethorpe, Confessions of a Married Man (also known as Bekenntnisse eines Ehemanns), ABC, 1983.

Also appeared in An Affair to Forget.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Jetfighter," ABC Album (also known as The Plymouth Playhouse), ABC, 1953.

"Wings over Barriers," Goodyear Playhouse (also known as Goodyear Television Playhouse), NBC, 1953.

Doctor, "The Return," Johnny Staccato (also known as Staccato), NBC, 1959.

Talaferio, "The Ivy League Bank Robbers," M Squad (also known as Dezernat "M"), NBC, 1959.

Dr. John Harvey, "Call from Tomorrow," Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (also known as Alcoa Presents and One Step Beyond), ABC, 1960.

Professor John Wyler, "Spell of Murder," Peter Gunn, NBC, 1960.

Brecht, "Line of Duty," 87th Precinct, NBC, 1961.

Dan Gordon, "Dialogues with Death," Thriller (also known as Boris Karloff's "Thriller" and Boris Karloff presenta), NBC, 1961.

Mr. Packer, "I before E Except after C," East Side/West Side, CBS, 1963.

Spragg, "A Messenger to Everyone," The Nurses (also known as The Doctors and the Nurses), CBS, 1964.

Bill Simpson, Another World (also known as Another World: Bay City), NBC, 1964.

Callao, "Elena," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1966.

Flagg, "An Inside Job," Ironside (also known as The Raymond Burr Show), NBC, 1967.

Mr. Mitchell, "The Honeymooners: Hair to a Fortune," The Jackie Gleason Show (also known as The Color Honeymooners), CBS, 1967.

Paul G. Fremont, "The Phony Police Racket," Dragnet '67 (also known as Dragnet), NBC, 1967.

Quincey King, "Vengeance Trail," The Virginian (also known as The Men from Shiloh), NBC, 1967.

Fleming, "Robert Phillips vs. the Man," Ironside (also known as The Raymond Burr Show), NBC, 1968.

Tom Campbell, "The Land of the Fox," The Outsider, NBC, 1968.

Mr. Farris, Days of Our Lives (also known as Cruise of Deception: Days of Our Lives, Days, DOOL, Des jours et des vies, Horton-sagaen, I gode og onde dager, Los dias de nuestras vidas, Meres agapis, Paeivien viemaeae, Vaara baesta aar, Zeit der Sehnsucht, and Zile din viata noastra), NBC, 1968.

Quinn, "My Friend, My Enemy," Bonanza (also known as Ponderosa), NBC, 1969.

Bryan Fox, "At the Edge of the Night," The Young Lawyers, ABC, 1970.

Plainclothes man, "The Ambassador's Daughter," Monty Nash, syndicated, 1971.

Ron Hentzel, "Voice from a Nightmare," Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, ABC, 1971.

Henry Cole, "The Loose Connection," Barnaby Jones, CBS, 1973.

Prosecutor, "Murder in Movieland," Hawkins, CBS, 1973.

Sergeant Glaser, "The Ten Year Honeymoon," Police Story, NBC, 1973.

"Girl on the Run," Jigsaw, ABC, 1973.

"Love and Carmen Lopez/Love and the Cover/Love and the Cryin' Cowboy," Love, American Style, ABC, 1973.

Hank Pritchard, "Race against Time: Parts 1 & 2," Mannix, CBS, 1974.

Shaeffer, "A Small Favor for an Old Friend," Mannix, CBS, 1974.

Walter Miller, "Smack," Police Woman, NBC, 1974.

Arthur Handler, "A Fallen Idol," Petrocelli, NBC, 1975.

Bo Willis, "The White Lightning War," The Six Million Dollar Man (also known as Cyborg, De Man van zes miljoen, Der sechs Millionen Dollar Mann, El hombre de los seis millones de dolares, Kuuden miljoonan dollarin mies, L'homme qui valait 3 milliards, and L'uomo da sei milioni di dollari), ABC, 1975.

General Stacey, "Return of the Robot Maker," The Six Million Dollar Man (also known as Cyborg, De Man van zes miljoen, Der sechs Millionen Dollar Mann, El hombre de los seis millones de dolares, Kuuden miljoonan dollarin mies, L'homme qui valait 3 milliards, and L'uomo da sei milioni di dollari), ABC, 1975.

Gus, "From Baltimore to Eternity," Movin' On, NBC, 1975.

Mr. Daly, "Labyrinth," The Streets of San Francisco, ABC, 1975.

Nick Vane, "Close Cover before Killing," Kojak, CBS, 1975.

Sergeant Irv Berman, "The Man in the Shadows," Police Story, NBC, 1975.

Alex Kadescho, "Suspect Your Local Police," Gemini Man, NBC, 1976.

Alex Ross, "Both Sides of the Law," Kojak, CBS, 1976.

Gerald Gardner, "Most Likely to Succeed," The Streets of San Francisco, ABC, 1976.

Hendricks, "Mary Had More Than a Little," Barbary Coast, ABC, 1976.

George Faylon, "Angel on High," Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1978.

"Life on the Line," The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (also known as The Nancy Drew Mysteries), ABC, 1978.

Judge Henry Becker, "Nowhere to Run," Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC, 1979.

State senator Kane, "Last Rights," Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC, 1980.

"The Millionaire's Life," Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, NBC, 1980.

Attorney Ted Marshall, "The Golden Hour," Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC, 1981.

Mr. Kelleher, "Wax Museum," The Incredible Hulk, CBS, 1981.

"A Simple Operation," CHiPs (also known as Chips and CHiPs Patrol), NBC, 1981.

"Old Love," Barney Miller, ABC, 1982.

"Jennifer: The Movie," Jennifer Slept Here, NBC, 1983.

Army general, "Showdown!," The A Team, NBC, 1984.

Bill Drake, "Spontaneous Combustion," Fame, syndicated, 1984.

Gregory Paulson, "Double Play," Simon & Simon, CBS, 1984.

Porson, "Harts on the Run," Hart to Hart (also known as Hart & Hart, Detectivii Hart, Hart aber herzlich, Par i hjaerter, Par i hjerter, and Pour l'amour du risque), ABC, 1984.

Dr. Francis Watkins, "Where Have All the Children Gone?," Airwolf (also known as Lobo del aire), CBS, 1985.

Admiral Tucker, "Summit," Highway to Heaven, NBC, 1986.

Dr. Perry, "Nightmare," T. J. Hooker, ABC, 1986.

Ron Jeffries, "The Whole Truth," Ed (also known as Stuckeyville), NBC, 2000.

Also appeared in other programs, including One Life to Live (also known as Between Heaven and Hell), ABC.