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Mark Rydell
Directing
23 Mar 1929
† 14 Aug 2026
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Mark Rydell (March 23, 1929 — August 14, 2026) was an American actor, film director and producer. He has directed many Academy Award-nominated films including The Fox (1967), The Reivers (1969), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Rose (1979), The River (1984) and For the Boys (1991). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for On Golden Pond (1981). Rydell's initial training was in music. As a youth, he wanted to be a conductor. He began his career as an actor and first became known...
Also Known As
Mortimer H. Rydell
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Mark Rydell's Movies
74%
The Long Goodbye
08 Mar 1973
65%
Hollywood Ending
03 May 2002
58%
Havana
11 Dec 1990
56%
Punchline
07 Oct 1988
68%
James Dean
04 Aug 2001
67%
Cinderella Liberty
18 Dec 1973
62%
Crime in the Streets
10 Jun 1956
56%
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
11 Jan 2009
70%
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
23 Mar 2010
69%
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
13 May 2016
43%
A Man Is Mostly Water
12 Oct 2000
60%
Chicanery
29 Apr 2017
70%
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
18 Mar 1997
40%
Char·ac·ter
30 Nov 2012
20%
Senior Entourage
03 May 2021
0%
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
27 Aug 1990
0%
James Dean: Sense Memories
11 May 2005
0%
The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men in 'The Cowboys'
13 Jan 1972
0%
Good Men
23 Sept 2011
0%
The Cowboys: Together Again
22 May 2007
