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Nicholas Hammond
Nicholas Hammond (born 15 May 1950) is an American and Australian actor and writer who is best known for his roles as Friedrich von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music and as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the 1970s television series The Amazing Spider-Man. He also appeared in the film Spider-Man (1977) and its two sequels, Spider-Man Strikes Back and Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge.
Hammond was born on May 15, 1950, in Washington, D.C., the son of Colonel Thomas West Hammond, Jr. and Eileen Hammond (née Bennett). Thomas was an American of English descent and an officer in the US Army while Eileen was English and an actress of stage and screen; she starred opposite George Formby in the feature film Much Too Shy (1942). They met and married in London during World War II as his father was posted in the UK. Hammond has an elder brother, David (b. 1946 in Paris). After the war, they moved to the United States permanently. Because the colonel had an army job, the Hammond family moved many times to various army stations across the US before he attended college. Hammond began acting at age six.
In 1971, Nicholas graduated from the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland, then from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, where he performed in the Triangle Club's A Different Kick (1968–69). Col. Hammond died of heart attack in 1970.
Hammond was 11 years old when he made his acting debut as Robin Rhodes in the Broadway play The Complaisant Lover in 1961, playing alongside Michael Redgrave and Googie Withers.
At the same time, Hammond began to shoot for the film Lord of the Flies (not released until 1963) which marked his film debut. After this, Hammond played what was to be his most notable big screen role: Friedrich von Trapp (the elder of the two boys) in the 1965 hit The Sound of Music.
Hammond's first acting role as an adult role was in Conduct Unbecoming (1970). In 1972, Hammond appeared as Peter Linder in Skyjacked. The following year, he made a guest appearance playing a teenager on The Brady Bunch in season 4, episode 90, "The Subject Was Noses", as the high school hunk Doug Simpson, who loses interest in Marcia after her temporary disfigurement from an injury by a football. Also in 1973, Hammond appeared in The Waltons episode "The Townie", playing Theodore Claypool Jr.
Having transitioned to young leading man roles, Hammond spent several seasons in daytime soap operas such as General Hospital. He also appeared on many television shows of the 1970s including Hawaii Five-O.
In the late 1970s, Hammond and fellow The Sound of Music alumnus Heather Menzies (who played Louisa von Trapp) performed in an episode of the TV adaptation of Logan's Run. He also contributed to The Sound of Music Family Scrapbook.
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Nicholas Hammond
Nicholas Hammond (born 15 May 1950) is an American and Australian actor and writer who is best known for his roles as Friedrich von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music and as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the 1970s television series The Amazing Spider-Man. He also appeared in the film Spider-Man (1977) and its two sequels, Spider-Man Strikes Back and Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge.
Hammond was born on May 15, 1950, in Washington, D.C., the son of Colonel Thomas West Hammond, Jr. and Eileen Hammond (née Bennett). Thomas was an American of English descent and an officer in the US Army while Eileen was English and an actress of stage and screen; she starred opposite George Formby in the feature film Much Too Shy (1942). They met and married in London during World War II as his father was posted in the UK. Hammond has an elder brother, David (b. 1946 in Paris). After the war, they moved to the United States permanently. Because the colonel had an army job, the Hammond family moved many times to various army stations across the US before he attended college. Hammond began acting at age six.
In 1971, Nicholas graduated from the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland, then from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, where he performed in the Triangle Club's A Different Kick (1968–69). Col. Hammond died of heart attack in 1970.
Hammond was 11 years old when he made his acting debut as Robin Rhodes in the Broadway play The Complaisant Lover in 1961, playing alongside Michael Redgrave and Googie Withers.
At the same time, Hammond began to shoot for the film Lord of the Flies (not released until 1963) which marked his film debut. After this, Hammond played what was to be his most notable big screen role: Friedrich von Trapp (the elder of the two boys) in the 1965 hit The Sound of Music.
Hammond's first acting role as an adult role was in Conduct Unbecoming (1970). In 1972, Hammond appeared as Peter Linder in Skyjacked. The following year, he made a guest appearance playing a teenager on The Brady Bunch in season 4, episode 90, "The Subject Was Noses", as the high school hunk Doug Simpson, who loses interest in Marcia after her temporary disfigurement from an injury by a football. Also in 1973, Hammond appeared in The Waltons episode "The Townie", playing Theodore Claypool Jr.
Having transitioned to young leading man roles, Hammond spent several seasons in daytime soap operas such as General Hospital. He also appeared on many television shows of the 1970s including Hawaii Five-O.
In the late 1970s, Hammond and fellow The Sound of Music alumnus Heather Menzies (who played Louisa von Trapp) performed in an episode of the TV adaptation of Logan's Run. He also contributed to The Sound of Music Family Scrapbook.
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