Mickey Spillane

Frank Morrison Spillane (born March 9, 1918), better known as Mickey Spillane, is an American author of crime novels.

Acting

Spillane occasionally acted in movies. He had a chance to play himself as a detective in Ring of Fear in 1954. It was directed by screenwriter, James Edward Grant.

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Ring of Fear - 1954

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In the 1963 production The Girl Hunters, Spillane played his creation, Mike Hammer (one of the only occasions in film history in which an author of a popular literary hero has portrayed his own character). It also starred Bond girl Shirley Eaton and actor Lloyd Nolan.

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The Girl Hunters - Shirley Eaton - Lloyd Nolan

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Spillane also appeared in a series of beer commercials which parodied his tough-guy image.

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Beer - Commercial

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