Mark Hamill Before Star Wars

Mark Hamill has had a career which spans now close to 50 years and while a lot of his b-movie rules from the 80s and 90s are fairly well known his earliest appearances are rarely talked about and heard the find today we're going to be looking at 10 television appearances from Mark Hamill before the release of Star Wars Star Wars was the first feature film Mark Hamill ever acted in but it wasn't his first time in front of a camera he had been acting in television for over five years by that when starting in 1970 his father was a serviceman in the Naval Base in Yokosuka Japan the same one which is the setting for the famous Dreamcast game Shenmue you're coming to kiss boy exactly Nietzsche upon graduating high school there in 1969 his family moved back to California where he applied to LA college and gotten agents ice first two appearances were in 1970 on the headmaster one season flop starred in aging and Ygritte and the five linemen on the [Applause] and there you dropped your for the next year in 1971 he also had his first starring role in a commercial that camp Julie now kodak introduces a new pocket camera that lets you take your pictures two ways what are you doing here I'm gonna take your picture I can't come down I'm studying well that's okay I can take it from here the new Kodak telly Instamatic camera has two lenses inside that let you switch from normal flick of a finger to telephoto Kodak tele Instamatic camera less than $36 at your photo dealers 1971 Brighton one of his most famous guest appearances in an episode of the hit sitcom The Partridge event why what a coincidence I just happened to be passing by and I nearly got traffic Hey you're all right aren't you I mean you're not gonna be sick your radio playing the same thing my mouth is thank you pardon it was you Laurie did you know you have braces I'm sorry I meant to break it to you eventually hey Laurie it really doesn't make any difference it doesn't know you're still you I mean you're a beautiful person even if you do have an ugly mouth I didn't mean that in 1972 he landed a recurring role on the soap opera General Hospital there doesn't seem to be any surviving footage of it that I can find as the tape masters of soap operas normally weren't archives since they were never meant for rebroadcast there is surviving footage of his brief appearance on the rod sterling horror serial night gallery from that same here that's my door oh I got a telegram here for Ellie Greene mm-hmm that your wife no that's me what's your name Frances so what are you looking at see you Frances that here he could also be seen on the legal drama oh and marshal counselor at law mom I wrote you a letter I didn't get it I didn't mail it I read it over and it sounded dumb but I wanted to call you but I didn't know what to say so you came to see me instead I'm very glad I just had to mom it isn't true is it what isn't you what they're saying about the song your song oh that you wrote it didn't you does it matter of course it matters when I read it was yours I I ran out and bought a copy just so I could sit down and really listen to it way back in 1973 he got his first voiceover job is the lead on Jeannie the animated spin-off from I Dream of Jeannie think the matter Henry he's really convinced he's a loser we got to do something about it I know how to make him happy master you do know I can make him six feet to bring his way to 190 pounds and give him Steve McQueen's face get it genie I like him to be the way he is even if he does I think it is an evil master it looks like it is today from a cuckoo clock the next year he landed a lead role in the TV comedy Texas wheelers starring alongside a young Gary Busey the show was a hit with critics both cancelled before its season was over Mark Hamill said in the recent interview with Hollywood Reporter when the show was canceled it was one of the biggest traumas of my life I thought I'll never get part that good again getting all dressed up to ferry it duck duck so we're gonna give it a proper send-off okay why don't you go get the shovel drop out you're digging the grave I don't see why I was gonna do the digging just be landok I didn't die then one day there he was big is life now we're getting back to being a family again what's this about me getting a job what you do for us please pop lord knows I love you kids more anything in the world and you're right TRUCKING make it a solemn promise I'm gonna get up the first thing tomorrow morning put on my very best clothes I'm gonna shave and everything and I'm going down apply for welfare pastor salami but Texas we live in his final years before Star Wars handle transitioned into TV movies among them was 1975's Eric where he plays the brother of a teen athlete dying of leukemia okay I have leukemia you know what that is into this some kind of cancer yeah why didn't you tell me I had to wait a while why look I'm your brother man you should have told me I had to have time you should have told me right away right off I had to have some time to think I had to I had to have some time to myself you see Paulie it's not the easiest thing but don't you call me that also a 1970 plug you started alongside Linda Blair in the TV movie Zarate portrait of a teenage alcoholic which became land highest-rated TV movies of the year Sarah look you got me a little worried don't you think that drinking is warming right in the open in that a little dumb aren't you a little square we go out of the lunch court how's that there was a smell of booze so it's not such a major crime here I don't care about that I only I don't like seeing you do it okay Wow one of his final TV appearances before Star Wars was the city which aired in January of 1977 where he plays a maniac on a mission to murder a country-western music star [Music] coming up on your right now is the home of the country-western singing star West Collins stop this thing stop to see ya [Music] what do you want I want to see West Collins is out that's it you got it that's beautiful that's got it take five Cal yeah go ahead you don't know who I am do you what should I know who you are I seen your place yeah all those things you have when you live or put that knife there and you don't know nothing about being alone not even close and I mean to hit him that hard I I nearly killed that kid I don't want nothing from you you hear me you just want to see you then you gonna help me you gotta help and there you have it ten appearances from mark Campbell before Star Wars was even released [Music]

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Keywords: Mark Hamill, acting, tv, television, star wars, early, movie, bill cosby show, texas wheelers, Jeannie, I dream of Jeannie, voice-over, animation, eric, the city, general hospital, 1970, 1977, commercial, kodak, california, japan, linda blair, young mark hamill

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Length: 11min 5sec (665 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 15 2018