Mark Rydell’s on Golden Pond | 1981

Clip Name: Loon Spotting on the Canoe

84 Views

Mark Rydell’s on Golden Pond | 1981

Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda
Directed by: Mark Rydell
About this director

Mark Rydell (born March 23, 1930, in New York City) is an American actor, film director and producer. Rydell's initial training was in music. As a youth, he wanted to be a conductor. He began his career as an actor and first became known for his role as Walt Johnson on The Edge of Night and as Jeff Baker on As the World Turns, which he played from 1956 to 1962. He won plaudits for his role of violent Jewish mob kingpin Marty Augustine in Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973). His most recent significant film role was in Woody Allen's Hollywood Ending (2002). As a director, Rydell's credits include The Reivers (1969), The Cowboys (1972), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Rose (1979), On Golden Pond (1981, for which he received an Oscar nomination as Best Director), The River (1984), For the Boys (1991) and Intersection (1994). In 2006, Rydell directed the movie Even Money which starred Kim Basinger, Forest Whitaker, and Danny DeVito. Rydell was also director of the TV bio-pic James Dean...