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Donald Hamilton (1919-2006)

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Alias:
Donald Bengtsson Hamilton

Born:
March 24, 1919

Died:
November 20, 2006

Biography from TheMovieDB

Born abroad the son of a Swedish count who renounced his title when he emigrated to the U.S., Donald Hamilton graduated from the University of Chicago and served in the Navy during the second World War. He has published 26 novels in the Matt Helm Series from 1960-1992, as well as several other novels and magazine articles. At last word, he was living aboard his motor-yacht, "Kathleen", somewhere in Connecticut. One of the last truly "American" suspense series writers, his Matt Helm series, although badly translated to the screen for Columbia Pictures, starring Dean Martin, ranks up there with John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee as the quintessential American anti-hero.  Date of Birth 24 March 1916, Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden  Date of Death 20 November 2006, Visby, Gotland, Sweden

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Film Production

Characters:
1975  Matt Helm

Novel:
1955  The Violent Men
1956  Five Steps to Danger
1958  The Big Country
1966  Murderers' Row
1966  The Silencers
1967  The Ambushers
1968  The Wrecking Crew
1975  Matt Helm
????  Matt Helm

Story:
1955  The Violent Men
1956  Five Steps to Danger
1958  The Big Country
1966  Murderers' Row
1966  The Silencers
1967  The Ambushers
1968  The Wrecking Crew
1975  Matt Helm
????  Matt Helm

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TV Production

Creator:
1975  Matt Helm

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