Frank Charles Hannibal Jr., better known as Marc Hannibal, (St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

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, Missouri

Missouri

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 1931 – Salem, Oregon

Salem, Oregon

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, July 23, 2011) was an actor, singer and sportsman.

Basketball career

He studied at Benson Polytechnic High School

Benson Polytechnic High School

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 in Portland

Portland, Oregon

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, Oregon

Oregon

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, 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

Harlem Magicians

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.

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.

Marcus Welby, M.D.

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, Columbo

Columbo

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, a number of Adam 12 episodes and in Mission Impossible, McCloud, Kojak

Kojak

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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 (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, 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.

In popular culture

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

Filmography

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

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