Actor

Mickey Spillane

Writing

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TMDB popularity

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Movies: 21Series: 7Crew credits: 19

TMDB ID: 82616

IMDb ID: nm0818765

Known for: Writing

Born: March 9, 1918

Died: July 17, 2006

Age: 88

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2023

Years active: 71

Average TMDB rating: 6.5

Wikidata: Q336081

Also known as

Микки Спиллейн • Frank Morrison Spillane • Фрэнк Моррисон Спиллейн • Frank Michael Morrison Spillane

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Novel (9)Characters (8)Story (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

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.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Mickey Spillane.