Biography
Mickey Spillane is an American author of hardcore detective stories. Wrote more than 20 novels with a circulation of more than 140 million copies. He began his writing career as a writer for comics. Spillane published his first novel, Judgment Is Me, in 1946. The hero of this and twelve other books is private detective Mike Hammer, one of the most popular characters in popular culture. Spillane's novels have been adapted many times in film and television. Spillane himself played the role of a detective in the movie (Ring of Fear / Ring of Fear, 1954). Films based on his novels became classics, including Kiss Me Deadly (1955) and The Girl Hunters (1963), with his own participation. In The Girl Hunters, Spillane played his character Mike Hammer. This is one of the rarest cases in history when the author plays the role of the hero he created. He also appeared as a writer in the television series about Colombo (episode "Publish or Perish"). Spillane's huge success is usually credited to the successful mixture of his gruff language, the rigidity of the characters, and the abundance of erotic scenes. His books, as fellow detective writer Raymond Chandler has said, can be described as "a mixture of violence and outright pornography." However, they have become a classic of the genre.
Filmography
all 26
Movies 19
Writer 12
self 8
TV Shows 7
Creator 1
The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides (2005)
Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (2001)
The Century: America's Time (1999)
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (1998)
The Fifties (1997)
Mommy's Day (1997)
Mommy (1995)
Fallen Angels (1993)
Hammar (1992)
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989)
Mike Hammer (1984)
More Than Murder (1984)
Murder Me, Murder You (1983)
I, the Jury (1982)
Margin for Murder (1981)
Columbo (1971)
The Delta Factor (1970)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Aslan Yürekli Kabadayı (1967)
The Girl Hunters (1963)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
My Gun Is Quick (1957)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Ring of Fear (1954)
The Long Wait (1954)
I, the Jury (1953)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1918-03-09
Deathday2006-07-17 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsМикки Спиллейн, Frank Morrison Spillane, Фрэнк Моррисон Спиллейн
AwardsInkpot Award, Edgar Awards, Shamus Award
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