Actor turned producer Mark Damon lost his life at the age of 91 in Los Angeles, watch his career span here.
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00:00The Hollywood actor-turned-producer Mark Demond took his last breaths on Sunday, 12th May.
00:07His daughter, Alexis Demond-Rebo, confirmed the demise of her 91-year-old father due to
00:15natural causes in Los Angeles.
00:18Mark worked as an actor for nearly 20 years in spaghetti restaurants, and then he ventured
00:25into film productions.
00:27Inside Detroit was Mark's first film, but he got recognition after a 1960s horror venture,
00:35House of Usher.
00:36He also received a Golden Globe for his promising performance as a fresher in that movie.
00:43He was an energetic force in foreign sales and American film market.
00:48Mark produced his first film in 1974, The Arena.
00:53Then he worked as an executive film producer for the film, The Coyote Voice.
00:58One after another, he grew as a producer with nearly 70 films, which includes Short Circuit,
01:06The Lost Voice, 8 Million Ways to Die, Nine and a Half Weeks, Wild Orchid, The Upside
01:14of Anger, and many others.
01:17Monster, a biopic released in 2003, won the Oscar for Best Actress, and the film was produced
01:25under Mark Demond's banner.
01:27Talking about his initial struggle into production, he told Variety back in 1975,
01:34It was very tough.
01:36At that time, usually the producers found funding from private sources.
01:41They couldn't use foreign contracts as collateral.
01:45That's something our company kind of invented.
01:49If anyone wants to pop up into the life of this MBA degree holder actor, then there is
01:56a book, From Cowboy to Mogul to Monster, written by Linda Screecher and Demond.
02:04The book tells a story of Mark Demond's enthusiastic years in Rome and his independent film business.
02:11His demise has made his family's hearts heavy, which includes his wife Maggie Markow Demond,
02:19son Jonathan, daughter Alexis Demond-Rebol, and son-in-law Matthew Rebol.