Hamilton Camp

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Hamilton Camp (October 30, 1934 &ndash; October 2, 2005) was a British/American singer, songwriter, and actor. <p>Camp was born in London, England, 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. <p>Camp's debut as a folk singer was at the Newport Folk Festival in 1960, and his first recording was Gibson &amp; 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, who had a pop hit with it, and Gordon Lightfoot who included it as one of three covers on his first record. <p>He...