Donald Hamilton

Born abroad the son of a Swedish count who renounced his title when he emigrated to the U.S., Donald Hamilton graduated from the University of Chicago and served in the Navy during the second World War. He has published 26 novels in the Matt Helm Series from 1960-1992, as well as several other novels and magazine articles. At last word, he was living aboard his motor-yacht, "Kathleen", somewhere in Connecticut. One of the last truly "American" suspense series writers, his Matt Helm series, although badly translated to the screen for Columbia Pictures, starring Dean Martin, ranks up there with John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee as the quintessential American anti-hero. Date of Birth 24 March 1916, Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden Date of Death 20 November 2006, Visby, Gotland, Sweden

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Matt Helm

Matt Helm is an American mystery television series which aired on the ABC Network during the 1975-1976 season. The title character was played by Anthony Franciosa.

Release Date:1975-09-20

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:5

Matt Helm

In this pilot film for the later series, a former secret agent, now a private investigator, is hired to protect a beautiful film star and gets involved with black marketeers and gun runners.

Release Date:1975-05-07

Department:Writing

Job:Characters

The Wrecking Crew

When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.

Release Date:1968-12-30

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:57

The Ambushers

When an experimental flying saucer crashes, secret agent Matt Helm has to bring back the secret weapons hidden on board.

Release Date:1967-12-22

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:34

Murderers' Row

The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the loss. However it's just faked for his latest top-secret mission: He shall find Dr. Solaris, inventor of the Helium laser beam, powerful enough to destroy a whole continent. It seems Dr. Solaris has been kidnapped by a criminal organization. The trace leads to the Cote D'Azur.

Release Date:1966-12-20

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:37

The Silencers

Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.

Release Date:1966-02-18

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:43

The Big Country

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

Release Date:1958-09-30

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:358

5 Steps to Danger

Can a couple keep important secrets from Communist spies?

Release Date:1956-11-05

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:14

The Violent Men

A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.

Release Date:1955-01-26

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:49

Matt Helm

Feature film based on Donald Hamilton's series of spy novels about a counter- assassination agent who's sent on missions to stop other spies.

Department:Writing

Job:Novel