Michael Margotta

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Michael Margotta
Born 1946
Pearl River, New York, USA
Occupation Film, television actor

Michael Margotta (born 1946) is an American actor.

Career

Margotta appeared in the film that was Jack Nicholson's directorial debut, Drive, He Said (1971). In the year of its release, the film cause a stir because of Margotta appearing fully nude in a mental breakdown scene. Censors at the time attempted to give the film an X rating.

On television, Margotta played a youthful Butch Cassidy, originally named George or Robert Leroy Parker, in the syndicated television series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Robert Taylor not long before Taylor's own death. In the story line, the 16-year-old Parker, rebellious against his father, Maxy Parker (Russ Conway) and his bishop, played by William Zucker, takes the name of a much older rustler acquaintance, Mike Cassidy (Tony Russel) and sets forth for Salt Lake City in search of riotous living. The episode aired the same year as the film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.[1]

In 1973, Margotta guest starred in the "Do Your Own Thing" episode of the situation comedy Needles and Pins. He played "Harold" the Hippie in an episode of NBC's I Dream of Jeannie.

He serves as artistic director of The Actor's Center—ROMA. Margotta was nominated for an Emmy award for his appearance on Kojak in 1976.

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