Nicholas Hammond is an American-born Australian actor 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. He also appeared on the TV show The Brady Bunch as Doug Simpson, who breaks a date with Marcia after a football hits her nose causing it to swell. The son of actress Eileen Bennett, Hammond was 10 when he made his first movie appearance in Lord of the Flies. Besides his subsequent work as Spider-Man, Hammond's most visible screen role was as Friedrich von Trapp in the 1965... megahit The Sound of Music. During the filming of The Sound of Music he grew six inches , from 5 ft 3 in to 5 ft 9 in . In 1972 he starred as Peter Linder in Skyjacked alongside Walter Pidgeon and Charlton Heston. In 1973, he made a memorable guest appearance on The Brady Bunch in the 4th season episode #090 "The Subject Was Noses", as the high school hunk Doug Simpson who loses interest in Marcia after her tragic football accident.
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