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Mickey Spillane

Known for
Writing
Born
March 9, 1918
Died
July 17, 2006
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Frank Morrison Spillane (/spɪˈleɪn/; March 9, 1918 – July 17, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American crime novelist called the "king of pulp fiction". His stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. Spillane was also an occasional actor, once even playing Hammer himself in the 1965 film The Girl Hunters. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mickey Spillane, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Credits from TMDB.