Harry Guardino
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Born | Harold Vincent Guardino December 23, 1925 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
Cause of death | Lung cancer |
Resting place | Cremated |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1951-1993 |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Spouse(s) | Ann Norwood (1958-1969) (divorced) 1 child Jennifer Revson (1973-1974) (divorced) Elyssa Paternoster (1985-1995) (his death) 2 children |
Harry Guardino (December 23, 1925 – July 17, 1995) was an American actor whose career spanned from the early 1950s to the early 1990s. In 1964, he was cast in a CBS series entitled The Reporter, a drama about a hard-hitting investigative journalist named Danny Taylor. His principal co-star was Gary Merrill as city editor Lou Sheldon. He had co-starred with Merrill the year before in "The Human Factor" episode of The Outer Limits.
Biography
Born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and grew up in Brooklyn,[1] New York, Guardino appeared on stage, in films, and on television. His Broadway theatre credits included A Hatful of Rain, One More River (earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance), Anyone Can Whistle, The Rose Tattoo, The Seven Descents of Myrtle, and Woman of the Year.
Guardino's other film credits include Houseboat, Pork Chop Hill (about the Korean War), The Five Pennies, King of Kings, Madigan, Lovers and Other Strangers, Dirty Harry and The Enforcer. He was nominated twice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He guest starred on John Cassavetes's 1959–1960 series, Johnny Staccato, the story of a pianist/private detective in New York City.
In 1960, Guardino appeared as Johnny Caldwell in the episodes "Perilous Passage", "The O'Mara's Ladies", and "Daughter of the Sioux" in the NBC western series Overland Trail starring William Bendix and Doug McClure. McClure two years later would join the long-running The Virginian series on NBC after a preceding stint on the CBS detective series Checkmate.
In 1971 Guardino starred in the short-lived series Monty Nash. Guardino had a continuing role as Perry Mason's nemesis, Hamilton Burger, in the 1973 television series The New Perry Mason and a recurring role on Angela Lansbury's Murder, She Wrote. He made guest appearances in dozens of television series, including Studio One, Target: The Corruptors!, The Eleventh Hour, Untouchables, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Kraft Television Theatre, Playhouse 90, Dr. Kildare, The Lloyd Bridges Show, Route 66, Ben Casey, Hawaii Five-O, Twelve O'Clock High (TV series), Love, American Style, The Greatest Show on Earth, Kojak, The Streets of San Francisco, Jake and the Fatman, Cheers and The Untouchables with Robert Stack. He had the lead role of Det. Lee Gordon in the 1969 made-for-television suspense film The Lonely Profession.
In 1993, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.[2]
Guardino died of lung cancer in Palm Springs, California in 1995.[3]
Filmography
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- Houseboat (1958)
- Pork Chop Hill (1959)
- The Five Pennies (1959)
- Five Branded Women (1960)
- King of Kings (1961)
- The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
- Hell Is For Heroes (1962)
- Rhino! (1964)
- Treasure of San Gennaro (1966)
- The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
- Madigan (1968)
- Jigsaw (1968)
- The Hell with Heroes (1968)
- Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
- Red Sky at Morning (1971)
- Dirty Harry (1971)
- They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
- Capone (1975)
- Whiffs (1975)
- St. Ives (1976)
- The Enforcer (1976)
- Rollercoaster (1977)
- Matilda (1978)
- Evening in Byzantium (1978)
- Goldengirl (1979)
- Any Which Way You Can (1980)
References
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/18/obituaries/harry-guardino-69-an-actor-in-romantic-and-gangster-roles.html
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- American male television actors
- American male stage actors
- American male film actors
- Male actors from New York City
- 1925 births
- 1995 deaths
- American people of Italian descent
- People from the Greater Los Angeles Area
- Deaths from lung cancer
- Cancer deaths in California
- Male actors of Italian descent
- 20th-century American male actors