Hamilton Camp

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Hamilton Camp (October 30, 1934 – October 2, 2005) was a British-born singer, songwriter, and actor.

He was born in London, United Kingdom, and was evacuated during World War II to the United States as a child with his mother and sister(s). He became a child actor in films and onstage. He originally performed under the name Bob Camp and later changed his name to Hamilton after being opened in Subud.

His debut as a folk singer was at the Newport Folk Festival in 1960, and his first recording was Gibson & Camp at the Gate of Horn, also from 1960. Over the next four decades he maintained a dual career as a musician/songwriter and as an actor. He appeared in nearly one hundred films and television programs.

Camp is probably best known, however, as the author of the song "Pride of Man", which was recorded by a number of artists, notably Quicksilver Messenger Service.

He also performed with the San Francisco satirical comedy troupe The Committee and appeared in a number of stage productions, including a 2004 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Hollywood Bowl.

His television work includes a supporting role on He & She, a sitcom starring Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss, which ran for one season in 1967-1968. He also guest starred on popular television shows such as M*A*S*H, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Twilight Zone, Starsky and Hutch, Cheers and twice appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Leck, a Ferengi.

He was the voice of Fenton Crackshell, aka GizmoDuck, on the Disney animated series DuckTales. He also voiced Count Dracula in Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf, and became Disney Studio's new voice of Merlin, following the death of Karl Swenson.

Camp's final work was on the film Hard Four in early-2005, as well as a musical album scheduled for release later in the year.

He died suddenly of a heart attack on October 2, 2005 at the age of seventy years, and is survived by six children and thirteen grandchildren.