Richard Hamilton was an American film

Film

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, television

Television

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, theater, and radio

Radio

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 actor

Actor

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. He was raised in California

California

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, where he worked at the Pasadena Playhouse

Pasadena Playhouse

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, before moving to Broadway

Broadway theatre

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. There, he performed in award-winning productions of Buried Child

Buried Child

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and Mornings at Seven. He acted in over 50 movie and TV roles, including playing Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

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' first partner in Men in Black

Men in Black (film)

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, and a recurring role in the Bret Maverick

Bret Maverick

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1981 television series.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
1980	Resurrection Resurrection (1980 film) Resurrection is a 1980 film which tells the story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people...	Earl Carpenter
1981	Arthur	Bill
1983	Silkwood Silkwood Silkwood is a 1983 American drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen was inspired by the true-life story of Karen Silkwood, who died in a suspicious car accident while investigating alleged wrongdoing at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant where she...	Georgie
1984	Protocol Protocol (film) Protocol is a 1984 comedy film that starred Goldie Hawn and Chris Sarandon. The screenplay was by Buck Henry and it was directed by Herbert Ross....	Mr. Davis
1985	Heaven Help Us Heaven Help Us (film) Heaven Help Us is a 1985 comedy-drama film starring Andrew McCarthy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kevin Dillon, Donald Sutherland, Wallace Shawn, Stephen Geoffreys, John Heard, and Patrick Dempsey.-Story:...	Grandpa
1985	The Sure Thing The Sure Thing The Sure Thing is a 1985 romantic comedy directed by Rob Reiner, written by Steven L. Bloom and Jonathan Roberts and starring John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Viveca Lindfors, and Nicollette Sheridan...	Bartender
1985	Pale Rider Pale Rider Pale Rider is a 1985 American western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars in the lead role. This movie has plot similarities to the classic Western Shane , including in its final scene, as well as previous Eastwood films featuring his Man with No Name character and his 1973...	Jed Blankenship
1987	Ironweed Ironweed (film) Ironweed is a 1987 film directed by Argentine-born Brazilian Héctor Babenco.The picture is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by William Kennedy and concerns the relationship of a homeless couple: Francis, an alcoholic, and Helen, a terminally ill woman during the Great...	Donovan
1989	In Country In Country In Country is a 1989 American drama film produced and directed by Norman Jewison, starring Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd. The screenplay by Frank Pierson and Cynthia Cidre was based on the novel by Bobbie Ann Mason. The original music score was composed by James Horner...	Grampaw
1992	Mo' Money Mo' Money Mo' Money is a 1992 romantic-crime-dramedy film, starring Damon Wayans, Marlon Wayans and Stacey Dash, and directed by Peter MacDonald. The screenplay was also written by Damon Wayans.-Synopsis:...	Judge Harold Lake
1993	Sommersby Sommersby Sommersby is a 1993 romantic drama film directed by Jon Amiel and starring Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman and James Earl Jones.Set in the Reconstruction period following the U.S...	Doc Evans
1994	On Deadly Ground On Deadly Ground On Deadly Ground is a 1994 environmental action-adventure film, co-produced, directed by and starring Steven Seagal, and co-starring in an all-star cast, Michael Caine, Joan Chen, John C. McGinley, R. Lee Ermey, Kenji Nakano, and Billy Bob Thornton in one of his early appearances. The film held a...	Hugh Palmer
1997	Men in Black Men in Black (film) Men in Black is a 1997 science fiction comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent D'Onofrio. The film was based on the Men in Black comic book series by Lowell Cunningham, originally published by Marvel Comics. The film featured the creature effects...	Agent D (K's first Partner)
1997	Home Alone 3 Home Alone 3 Home Alone 3 is a 1997 family comedy film written and produced by John Hughes. It is the third film in the Home Alone series and the first not to feature actor Macaulay Culkin or director Chris Columbus. The film is directed by Raja Gosnell, who served as the editor of both original films, and...	Cab driver
1998	Reach the Rock Reach the Rock Reach the Rock is a 1998 film directed by William Ryan.-Plot:A small town troublemaker , directionless and alienated, ends up spending a night in a jail cell, where he and the police chief engage in a battle of wills and wit.The soundtrack featured a compilation of Chicago-based Post-Rock artists,...	Ed
1999	Message in a Bottle Message in a Bottle (film) Message in a Bottle is a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki. Based on a novel with the same name by Nicholas Sparks, the film stars Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn, and Paul Newman...	Chet
2002	Death to Smoochy Death to Smoochy Death to Smoochy is a 2002 American dark comedy film directed by and starring Danny DeVito and starring Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, and Jon Stewart.-Plot:...	Vagrant

External links

• "Obituary: Richard Hamilton", The New York Times
  The New York Times
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  , January 5, 2005