Mickey Spillane

Mickey Spillane

American writer
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Frank Morrison Spillane (; March 9, 1918 – July 17, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American crime novelist, whose 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.

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Mickey Spillane was born on Saturday, 9 March 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. His full name at birth was Frank Morrison Spillane. He was best known as a writer. Spillane's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. He died on Monday, 17 July 2006 in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, U.S. at the age of 88. He is buried at Cremated, Ashes scattered in a creek near his home in South Carolina. Mickey attended high school at Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, NY (1936). For university, he studied at Kansas State Teachers College. His religion is listed as Jahovah's Witness. He had salt and pepper hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Pisces.

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Frank Morrison Spillane
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Date of birth
9 March 1918
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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17 July 2006
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Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, U.S.
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Cremated, Ashes scattered in a creek near his home in South Carolina
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Novelist
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Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, NY (1936)
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Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.

Mickey Spillane is known for his role in the TV mini series documentary The Fifties (1997) as Self - Author.

He is also known for his role in the film Mommy's Day (1997) as Attorney Neal Ekhardt.

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