Mark Lambert (American actor)

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Mark Lambert
Born
Mark Robert Luebke

(1952-01-19) January 19, 1952 (age 71)
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1971–present
Spouse
(m. 1975;died 2014)
Children1

Mark Lambert (born January 19, 1952) is an American actor and singer.

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Early life

He was born Mark Robert Luebke and grew up in San Jose, California, where he graduated from Oak Grove High School in 1970. He was discovered by a Hollywood manager while appearing at the San Jose Community Theatre. [1]

Career

After moving to Los Angeles, Lambert made a single episode appearance of Room 222. He went on to guest star in a variety of television shows, including The Mod Squad, The Partridge Family, and Ironside . He made his Broadway-theatre début in New York City originating the role of Henrik Egerman in the musical-theatre production of A Little Night Music (1973–74) with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. After Night Music closed, Lambert moved back to California [2] and appeared in feature films and television productions. [3] [4]

He dubbed the singing voice for "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" in Cabaret (1972), although the screen role was played by Oliver Collignon, a young German extra; both Lambert and Collignon were uncredited. [5]

Personal life

Lambert married actress Victoria Mallory in 1975; they remained together until her death from cancer in 2014. [6] The couple had a daughter, Ramona Mallory Lambert, also an actress, known professionally as Ramona Mallory. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1972 Cabaret Hitler youth singerUncredited
1984 Champions Sean
1987 A Prayer for the Dying Ainsley
1996 Jude Tinker Taylor
2000 Borstal Boy Chief Dixon
2002 Evelyn Minister of Education
2003 Veronica Guerin Willie Kealy
2004Vendetta: No Conscience, No MercyDwight
2005 Breakfast on Pluto Bishop's Secretary
2006 The Tiger's Tail District Judge
2009 Savage Garda SuperintendentVoice
2016 The Journey Bertie Ahern

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 Room 222 Val SilvertonEpisode: "Episode: "The Sins of the Fathers"
1972 The Mod Squad Palo HarrisonEpisode: "No More Oak Leaves for Ernie Holland"
1972 Ironside Harv FowlerEpisode: "The Countdown"
1972 The Partridge Family DaleEpisode: "Whatever Happened to Keith Partridge?"
1972 The Rookies FrankEpisode: "A Very Special Piece of Ground"
1975 The Streets of San Francisco Randy PruittEpisode: "School of Fear"
1975 The Secrets of Isis Fred WietingEpisode: "No Drums, No Trumpets"
1976 Medical Story Dr. SandlerEpisode: "The Quality of Mercy"
1976 The Quest Young PunkTelevision film
1977 The Fantastic Journey AlphaEpisode: "Children of the Gods"
1977 Quincy, M.E. Officer James WellsEpisode: "A Dead Man's Truth"
1977 Mulligan's Stew DennyEpisode: "Melinda Special"
1982 Ennal's Point GormanEpisode: "The Jade"
1983 Caught in a Free State Sean McGlynn4 episodes
1984 The Young Ones Bank ManagerEpisode: "Summer Holiday"
1986 Screen Two Christy LuceyEpisode: "Time After Time"
1988 The Face of Trespass FrancisTelevision film
1991 Bottom GasmanEpisode: "Gas"
1991 Boon StanEpisode: "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
1993–1998 The Bill Various roles6 episodes
1994 Scarlett Donnelly3 episodes
1995 Cracker David Harvey2 episodes
1995 Kidnapped JohnTelevision film
1995Beyond ReasonDI Albert Christie
1996 Casualty Clive WingateEpisode: "Asking for Miracles"
1996 Dalziel and Pascoe Marcus FelsteadEpisode: "A Clubbable Woman"
1996Annie's BarTory Whip3 episodes
1996SeptemberGeorgeTelevision film
1996 Rough Justice Pat MolloyEpisode: "Who Killed Carl Bridgewater?"
1996 Sharpe Colonel GirdwoodEpisode: "Sharpe's Regiment"
1996 Bramwell Jack BeamishEpisode #2.7
1996 Performance J. O'LearyEpisode: "Broken Glass"
1997 A Touch of Frost Peter LawsonEpisode: "No Other Love"
1998 Vanity Fair Major O'Dowd3 episodes
1999 Durango Algie ClawhammerTelevision film
2002No TearsMinister for HealthMiniseries
2002 Sunday Jack DohertyTelevision film
2002Fergus's WeddingJulian / Jules4 episodes
2003 Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor Joshua SmithTelevision film
2003 Rosemary & Thyme Derek KellyEpisode: "A Simple Plot"
2004 Proof Frank Erskine2 episodes
2004The Big Bow WowSullivan3 episodes
2007Be More EthnicStation PolicemanTelevision film
2007 Inspector George Gently CorbyEpisode: "Gently Go Man"
2007 The Tudors William Cornish2 episodes
2008 Single-Handed Malachy Doran2 episodes
2008 Heartbeat Tom PadgettEpisode: "Take Three Girls"
2009 Durham County UmpireEpisode: "Little Lost Children"
2009 The Last Templar New York Cop #22 episodes
2009–2015 Roy Mr. Hammond31 episodes
2010–2013 Raw Des Harte4 episodes
2011 Hidden Ian SavageEpisode #1.4
201213 Steps DownVarious roles2 episodes
2013 An Crisis President Van de Veld5 episodes
2014Play Next DoorJohnEpisode: "Pheasant Island"
2016 Rebellion Brigadier Blackader2 episodes
2016 Orange Is the New Black SingerEpisode: "We'll Always Have Baltimore"
2016–2017 Fair City Trigger Foley29 episodes
2017Nowhere FastDavidEpisode: "Work"
2018Women on the VergeBernard3 episodes
2019 Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar GodfreyTelevision film
2020The South WesterliesPaudi3 episodes

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References

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  2. Rudetsky, Seth. "Original FOLLIES Stars Victoria Mallory COMPLETE Chatterbox". Seth's Broadway Chatterbox. Youtube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 Mark Lambert at IMDb
  4. Mark Lambert at the Internet Broadway Database
  5. Hischak, Thomas (2008). The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 115.
  6. Okamoto, Sandra (September 4, 2013). "Broadway star returns home to Columbus, will perform for the first time in more than 30 years". Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.