Mickey Spillane
Sign in to saveAmerican crime novelist (1918–2006)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 9 March 1918
- Died
- 17 July 2006
- Works
- 292
Top works
- האדמונית בסכנה
- Return of the Hood
- The death dealers
- Me, hood!
- אני הוא החוק
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Film & TV
Writing · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides — Narrator (voice)2005
- Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane — Self1998
- Mommy's Day — Attorney Neal Ekhardt1997
- Mommy — Attorney Eckhart1995
- Hammar — Himself1992
- Dinah! — Self1974
- Columbo — Alan Mallory1971
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
- The Girl Hunters — Mike Hammer1963
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self1962
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 62
- Total plays
- 449
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,663x
- The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer
· 2020 · cited 3,203x
- An Integrated TCGA Pan-Cancer Clinical Data Resource to Drive High-Quality Survival Outcome Analytics
· 2018 · cited 3,043x
- Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes
· 2020 · cited 2,754x
- Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas
· 2018 · cited 2,733x
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Key facts
- Born
- Frank Morrison Spillane , ( 1918-03-09 ) March 9, 1918, Brooklyn , New York, U.S.
- Died
- July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17) (aged 88), Murrells Inlet, South Carolina , U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist actor
- Period
- 1947–2006
- Genre
- Hardboiled crime fiction , detective fiction
- Notable awards
- Inkpot Award (1994)
- Spouse
- Mary Ann Pearce (1945–1963), Sherri Malinou (1965–1983), Jane Rogers Johnson (1983)
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Key dates
- Born
- 9 March 1918
- Died
- 17 July 2006
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Murrells Inlet
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Fort Hays State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Shamus Award
- Notable work
- I, the Jury
Article
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". He was best known for stories featuring his signature detective character, Mike Hammer.
Spillane's total sales rank him among the most successful fiction authors of the modern era, with industry estimates exceeding 200 million copies of his 26 books sold. Spillane was also an occasional actor, once even playing Hammer himself in the 1963 film The Girl Hunters.
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