Nicholas Hammond
Nicholas Hammond (born May 15, 1950) is an American actor and writer who is perhaps best known for his roles as Friedrich von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music, and as Peter Parker/Spider-Man on the CBS television series The Amazing Spider-Man.
Early life and career
Hammond was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Eileen Bennett, an English actress, and Col. Thomas West Hammond, Jr. Hammond was 10 years old when he made his movie debut in Lord of the Flies. Shortly after filming Lord of the Flies, he appeared in the Broadway play The Complaisant Lover in 1961. Nine years later he appeared in his second Broadway play, Conduct Unbecoming.
Besides his subsequent work as Spider-Man, Hammond's most visible screen role was as Friedrich von Trapp in the 1965 hit The Sound of Music. In 1972, he appeared as Peter Linder in Skyjacked. In 1973, he made a guest appearance on The Brady Bunch, in the fourth-season episode #090 "The Subject Was Noses", as the high school hunk Doug Simpson who loses interest in Marcia after her tragic football accident. That year he also appeared in an episode of The Waltons, called "The Townie" as Theodore Claypool, Jr. After making the transition from juvenile to young leading man, he spent several seasons in daytime soaps such as General Hospital. He also appeared on many television shows of the 1970s including Hawaii Five-O.