Antony Hamilton

Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hamilton.

Antony Hamilton est un acteur britannique né le 4 mai 1952 à Liverpool (Royaume-Uni), décédé le 29 mars 1995 à Los Angeles (Californie).

Biographie

Anthony Hamilton est décédé en 1995 des suites du sida^[1],[2].

« Says Bob Murray, a Hamilton fan and biographer: For all intents and purposes, he was discovered playing Samson. Antony tested for Cover Up using the same scene that Jennifer and Jon-Erik shot in the pilot, where the characters are introduced to each other. He was pretty much cast on the spot. I think this was a time in his career with anyone who had a hand in Antony Hamilton's life decided they were going to push him. This was going to be his catalyst into the spotlight. Douglas Snauffer - The show must go on: how the deaths of lead actors have affected television series (ISBN 0-7864-3295-0) (pag. 91) »

« "I'd get up at 5 for Mirrors, be on that set all day, start work on Cover Up at 7 P.M., work until 2 A.M., and then start the whole cycle over again. A couple of times they had to fly me from one set to another by helicopter. At one point, I called my father in Australia to bitch about this backbreaking schedule. Dad said, "Let me tell you a war story. In the Battle of Britain, I fought the Luftwaffe every day from 3 A.M. until midnight. My valet had to get me up after two hours' sleep. He'd be court-martialled if he didn't have my signature on his wake-up slip. And that went on for months. So don't complain, son." I stopped complaining". Antony Hamilton for a magazine, reproduced by IMDb.com »

« British actor Antony Hamilton, 30, who replaced Jon-Erik Hexum in the recently shelved CBS series COVER UP, has been talking with producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli about replacing Roger Moore, 57, as James Bond. Broccoli hasn't tendered an offer, says Hamilton, who claims to be undecided about stepping into the role. "It all depends on how Cubby Broccoli conceives the new Bond," contends Hamilton. Some reviews of the latest Bond flick, A View to A Kill, have suggested that Moore is getting to old to play the dashing secret agent. (by Rebecca Bricker) People Magazine, June 17, 1985 Vol. 23 No. 24 »

« All his life, Tony had spent more money than he earned. Now he was broke. While he was hospitalized, his condominium was repossessed by the bank. He was without hope and, by the early 1994, he just wanted to die. That year he got sicker and sicker until he finally did. I am convinced a stronger will to live would have saved Tony. Joe Rothschild - Signals: An Inspiring Story of Life After Life (ISBN 1-57731-179-5) (pag. 54) »

« Toward the end of his life he gave me a photograph of himself signed: "To a brave hero. Love Tony". I asked him what he meant, and he said: "You know, Joel, I'm just not a hero like you. AIDS is a war like any another war, - there will be casualties and heroes". Joel Rothschild - Signals: An Inspiring Story of Life After Life (ISBN 1-57731-179-5) (pag. 55) »

« (...) Antony Hamilton also continued to act, most notably as another spy in ABC's revival of Mission: Impossible from 1988 to 1990. Sadly, Hamilton died of AIDs-related pneumonia on March 23, 1995. Ironically, says Bob Murray, Hamilton's greatest fears in life were the disease that took his life and being forgotten after his death. Douglas Snauffer - The show must go on: how the deaths of lead actors have affected television series (ISBN 0-7864-3295-0) (pag. 95) »

Filmographie

• 1979 : Nocturna : Jimmy
• 1984 : Samson and Delilah (TV) : Samson
• 1985 : Le Miroir aux alouettes (Mirrors) (TV) : Gino
• 1985 : Espion modèle Jack Striker (Saison 1 de 9 à 22)
• 1986 : Jumpin' Jack Flash : Man in Restaurant
• 1988 : Hurlements IV (Howling IV: The Original Nightmare) (vidéo) : Tom
• 1988-1990 : Mission impossible, 20 ans après (Max Harte (Saisons 1 à 2))
• 1991 : Fatal Instinct : Bill Hook
• 1991 : P.S.I. Luv U (TV) : Dodger

Notes et références

Liens externes

• Antony Hamilton sur l’Internet Movie Database - Version plus complète en anglais
• Antony Hamilton website with galleries
• Preview of the book Signals: An Inspiring Story of Life After Life by his friend Joel Rothschild, in which talks about the last years of Antony Hamilton
• Galeries of "Mission: Impossible" on the official site of actor Thaao Penghlis
• Bio of Anthony Hamilton on the tribute site of Jon-Erik Hexum
• Personal web of the writter Joel Rothschild, close friend of Anthony Hamilton
• Antony Hamilton's channel on Stagevu.com
• The Hitchhiker (season 3; cap. 12): Man of her dreams with Antony Hamilton. Hulu.com

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