Earl Hammond
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 was the first of three actors to portray the title character in the short-lived ABC TV science-fiction adventure series Buck Rogers, which ran from April 15, 1950, to January 30, 1951. In the mid-1950s, he had a major role in the daily/noontime CBS television soap opera Valiant Lady as Hal Soames, the married love interest of the widowed title character. Hammond was perhaps best remembered for providing the voices of Mumm-Ra, Jaga, and other characters on the 1980s animated TV series ThunderCats, and for being the voice of villain Mon*Star on the 1980s animated TV series Silverhawks. He also was the voice of the Transformers villain Megatron in a series of children's read-along books. In 1994, Hammond was selected from among several hundred actors who auditioned to be the voice of Pope John Paul II on the audiotape version of the Random House book Crossing the Threshold of Hope. The publisher said the pope personally selected Hammond.
Known For
Credits
- 1998 · Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night as Franz Xaver Gruber (voice)
- 1997 · The Secret of Anastasia as (voice)
- 1993 · The Twelve Days of Christmas as
- 1992 · Noël as (voice)
- 1992 · Peppermint Rose as
- 1987 · ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie as Jaga / Mumm-Ra / Vultureman / Snowman / Turmagar / RoBear Bob / Nisida / Hammerhand (voice)
- 1987 · TigerSharks as Captain Bizzarly (voice)
- 1987 · TigerSharks as Shad (voice)
- 1987 · TigerSharks as Walro (voice)
- 1986 · The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers as
- 1986 · SilverHawks as Mon-star (voice)
- 1985 · The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1985 · ThunderCats as Mumm-Ra / Jaga / Vultureman (voice)
- 1985 · ThunderCats: Exodus (The Movie) as Jaga (voice)
- 1982 · Thunderbirds 2086 as
- 1980 · It’s a Heart! as Scarecrow
- 1979 · Star Blazers as Voices
- 1975 · The Heart That Changed Color as The Scarecrow
- 1973 · The Weird Adventures of Mutt & Jeff and Bugoff as Bugoff (voice)
- 1966 · The Hired Killer as Frank
- 1962 · Satan in High Heels as Rudy
- 1960 · The Clear Horizon as
- 1959 · The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as
- 1958 · Bronco as
- 1957 · Maverick as
- 1953 · Valiant Lady as
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Henri
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as
- Future · Captain Video and His Video Rangers as
- Future · Inside Detective as