Actor Turned Producer Mark Damon Passes Away In Los Angeles

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.