Marc Hannibal

Frank Charles Hannibal Jr., better known as Marc Hannibal, (St. Louis, Missouri 1931 – Salem, Oregon, July 23, 2011) was an actor, singer and sportsman.

Basketball career

He studied at Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland, Oregon, and was a star basketball player for the school. After serving briefly in the US Army, he was recruited in 1954 to the Harlem Globe Trotters where he played for two years and toured with the team. In 1956 he played with the Harlem Magicians.

Acting career

Hannibal's TV acting debut was in 1963 on "CBS Repertoire Workshop", where he narrated the story of the historical Dred Scott Supreme Court case. He starred in several variety shows, including "Hannibal's Trunk". He had guest appearances in a number of television series including Dragnet 1967, Marcus Welby, M.D., Columbo, a number of Adam 12 episodes and in Mission Impossible, McCloud, Kojak and others. He produced and starred in the Las Vegas variety show On the Strip. He also appeared in long feature films most notably in Airport and starred as a gladiator superhero in 1975 in the Italian cult film Superuomini, superdonne, superbotte^[1] (English title Three Fantastic Supermen).

Singing career

He sang throughout the 1960s and early 1970s in various venues. He recorded two albums: the first, self-titled Marc Hannibal for Philips label,^[2] the second entitled Night Times for First American independent label. His music was chronicled in the Carolan Gladden book entitled The First Book of Oregon Jazz, Rock and All Sorts of Music.^[3]

In popular culture

• In 2002, Marc Hannibal's song "Forever Is a Long, Long Time" taken from his debut album Marc Hannibal,^[2] was sampled by Royce Da 5'9" for the latter's song "Boom" that appeared on the album Rock City (version 2.0)^[4]
• The song was also used on the soundtrack of MTV's 2001 television film Hip Hopera: Carmen.^[3]

Discography

• Marc Hannibal (on Philips label)
• Night Times (on First American label

Filmography

• 1975: Superuomini, superdonne, superbotte as Moog - African Superhero (credited as Mark Hannibal)
• 1977: Joey

References

1. ^ IMDb: Superuomini, superdonne, superbotte
2. ^ ^{a b} Discogs.com: Marc Hannibal in Marc Hannibal
3. ^ ^{a b} Variety: Marc Hannibal dies at 80 - Was actor, singer, Harlem Globetrotter
4. ^ WhoSampled.com: Tracks that sampled Marc Hannibal

External links

Marc Hannibal at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Hannibal, Marc
Alternative names	Frank Charles Hannibal Jr.
Short description	basketball player, actor, singer
Date of birth	1931
Place of birth	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Date of death	July 23, 2011
Place of death	Salem, Oregon, United States