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Acting

Earl Hammond

Born
Jun 17, 1921 · Aged 80
Died
May 19, 2002
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
17
TV credits
18
Also known as (1)
  • Erwin Saul Hamburger

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. 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…