HAMILTON CAMP

'Hamilton Camp' (October 30, 1934 – October 2, 2005) was a British/American singer, songwriter, and actor.

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Biography

Early life

Career

External links

Biography

Early life

Camp was born in London, England, and was evacuated during World War II to the United States as a child with his mother and sister(s). He became a child actor in films and onstage. He originally performed under the name 'Bob Camp' and later changed his name to Hamilton after being opened in Subud.

Career

Camp's debut as a folk singer was at the Newport Folk Festival in 1960, and his first recording was ''Gibson & Camp at the Gate of Horn'', also from 1960. Over the next four decades he maintained a dual career as a musician/songwriter and as an actor. He appeared in nearly one hundred films and television programs. Camp is probably best known, however, as the author of the song "Pride of Man", which was recorded by a number of artists, notably Quicksilver Messenger Service, who had a pop hit with it, and Gordon Lightfoot who included it as one of three covers on his first record.
He also performed with the San Francisco satirical comedy troupe The Committee and appeared in a number of stage productions, including a 2004 production of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at the Hollywood Bowl.
His television work includes a supporting role on ''He & She'', a sitcom starring Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss, which ran for one season in 1967-1968. He also guest starred on popular television shows such as ''M
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He was the voice of Fenton Crackshell, aka GizmoDuck, on the Disney animated series ''DuckTales''. He played the role of old Malcolm Corley in LucasArts's graphic adventure ''Full Throttle''. He also voiced the Prophet of Mercy in the 2004 video game ''Halo 2''. He also voiced Count Dracula in ''Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf'', and became Disney Studio's new voice of Merlin, following the death of Karl Swenson.
Camp's final work was on the film ''Hard Four'' in early-2005, as well as a musical album ''Sweet Joy'', completed just days before his death.
He died suddenly of a heart attack on October 2, 2005 at the age of seventy years, and is survived by six children and thirteen grandchildren.

External links

★ Hamilton Camp Official site

★ Hamilton Camp on AllMusic Guide

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