Joseph Campanella
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 21, 1924
- Died
- May 16, 2018 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Actor Joseph Campanella's father, a Sicilian immigrant, was an early member of the American Federation of Musicians; perhaps as a result, the younger Campanella remained active in liberal "underdog" political causes all his life. At eighteen, Campanella became one of the youngest-ever skippers in the wartime navy. He went on to attend Columbia University, then began his acting career on the New York stage and in TV soap operas. Over the next three decades he would portray Joe Turino on The Guiding Light, Alec Fielding on The Doctors, Dr. Ted Steffen on the nighttime TV serial The Doctors and the Nurses and Senator Harper Devereaux on Days of Our Lives. Additional TV assignments for Campanella included the role of Mike Connors' boss on the first season (1967-68) of Mannix; attorney Brian Darrell on four seasons (1969-73) of The Bold Ones; and Hutch Corrigan on the 1985-86 season of The Colbys. He also narrated several National Geographic Specials, and was host of the syndicated 1983 revival of This is Your Life. A steadfast film supporting player, Campanella was finally awarded a lead in 1972's "rampaging rat" thriller Ben, only to find that his was the second name above the title: "Leave it to me," Campanella remarked with his usual self-deprecation, "to get second billing to a rat in my first big starring movie." Recent credits include a "guest voice" role as Dr. Thorne on the Fox Network's Batman: The Animated Series. Joseph Campanella is the brother of Frank Campanella, a character actor usually cast as uniformed big-city cops.
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Filmography
Science International
TV · as host
For Heaven's Sake
Movie · as Donald Meeks
The Dukes
Movie · as Giovanni Zorro
Christmas at Cadillac Jack's
Movie · as Joe Jenkins
The Showdown
Movie · as The Announcer
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
Movie · as Dr. Curt Connors (voice)
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
Movie · as Doctor Curt Connors (voice)
Cold Case
TV · as Nelson Miller · 1 ep
The Glow
Movie · as Ben Goodstein
America's National Parks: The Sights and Sounds of Yellowstone National Park
Movie · as Narrator
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
Movie · as Doctor Curt Connors (voice)
The Guardian
TV · as Ralph Longo · 1 ep
The Division
TV · as Judge Miles King · 1 ep
All About Jesus – Who Is This Jesus?
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Grissley Geezer · 1 ep
Grizzly Adams and the Legend of Dark Mountain
Movie · as Professor Hunnicut
The Great Builders of Egypt
Movie · as Narrator
L.A. Heat
TV · 1 ep
The Roman War Machine
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps
Charles Darwin: Evolution's Voice
Movie · as Narrator
James Dean: Race with Destiny
Movie · as Winton Dean
The Practice
TV · as Judge Joseph Camp · 5 eps
The Glass Cage
Movie · as LeBeque
Road Rovers
TV · as Master (voice) · 13 eps
Pacific Blue
TV · as Joseph Tataglia · 3 eps
Early Edition
TV · as MacGruder · 1 ep
Hologram Man
Movie · as Dr. Stern
Charlie Grace
TV · 1 ep
Star Trek: Voyager
TV · as Federation Arbitrator · 1 ep
Save Me
Movie · as Barton
Too Bad About Jack
Movie
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
Movie · as Mickey Ryder
Spider-Man
TV · as Dr. Curt Connors (voice), Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard (voice) · 12 eps
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Clive Hathaway · 1 ep
Magic Kid
Movie · as Tony
Dark Dreams
Movie · as Phil
The Force Within
Movie · as Police Chief
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Victor DeMarco · 1 ep
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV · as George Thompson · 1 ep
Search for the Great Sharks
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Dead Girls Don't Tango
Movie · as Rheinhardt
Cafe Romeo
Movie · as Nino
Space Case
Movie · as General Maxwell
Original Intent
Movie · as Judge May
Terror on Track 9
Movie · as Chief Mleczko
Melrose Place
TV · 3 eps
Batman: The Animated Series
TV · as Matthew Thorne (voice) · 1 ep
Last Call
Movie · as Morris Thayer
P.S. I Luv U
TV · 1 ep
Memories of Midnight
TV · 2 eps
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
Movie · as John Alexander
Down the Drain
Movie · as Don Santiago
A Show of Force
Movie · as Walker Ryan
Body Chemistry
Movie · as Dr. Pritchard
Club Fed
Movie · as Vince Hooligan
The Game
Movie · as Schekel
Steele Justice
Movie · as Harry
Death Diploma
Movie · as Self - Narrator
The River That Harms
Movie · as Narrator
21 Jump Street
TV · as Hunt Samperton · 1 ep
Beauty and the Beast
TV · as Dr. Peter Alcott · 3 eps
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
Movie
The Golden Girls
TV · as Al Mullins · 1 ep
The Colbys
TV · as Hutch Corrigan · 24 eps
Walt Disney World's Very Merry Christmas Parade
Movie · as Self
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as George Knapp, George McDaniels · 1 ep
Airwolf
TV · as Gen. Elliot Sandhower · 1 ep
Crazy like a Fox
TV · as Bart Simian · 1 ep
Great Transport
Movie
This Is Your Life
TV · as Self - Host · 29 eps
Mama's Family
TV · as Mr. Hanson · 2 eps
The Great Transport
TV · 1 ep
My Body, My Child
Movie · as Joe Cabrezi
Computers Are People, Too!
Movie · as Narrator
Hotel
TV · as Russ Turnbull
Matt Houston
TV · as Nick Harrigan · 1 ep
Earthbound
Movie · as Conrad
Jessica Novak
TV · 1 ep
The Brady Brides
TV · 1 ep
Hangar 18
Movie · as Frank Lafferty
The Plutonium Incident
Movie · as Harry Skirvan
Defiance
Movie · as Karenski
Meteor
Movie · as General Easton
Trapper John, M.D.
TV · 1 ep
Knots Landing
TV · as Deputy District Attorney · 3 eps
Return to Fantasy Island
Movie · as Brian Faber
Ring of Passion
Movie · as Paul Gallico
Dallas
TV · as Joseph Lombardi, Sr. · 2 eps
Vega$
TV · 2 eps
Pearl
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Movie · as Father at San Bruno Mission
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
TV · 1 ep
The Love Boat
TV · as Nabil El Masri · 2 eps
Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Attorney Jules Draper, Charlie Barnes, Dr. Styer · 1 ep
Journey from Darkness
Movie · as Dr. Schroeder
Sky Hei$t
Movie · as Captain Monty Ballard
Khan!
TV · 1 ep
Barbary Coast
TV · 1 ep
Matt Helm
TV · as Corbett · 1 ep
One Day at a Time
TV · as Ed Cooper · 8 eps
Hit Lady
Movie · as Jeffrey Baine
Unwed Father
Movie · as Scott Simmons
Terror on the 40th Floor
Movie · as Howard Foster
Skyway to Death
Movie · as Bob Parsons
Child Under a Leaf
Movie · as The Husband
Police Woman
TV · 1 ep
The Rockford Files
TV · as Arnold Bailey · 1 ep
NOVA
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Petrocelli
TV · as Arthur Holbrook · 1 ep
The President's Plane Is Missing
Movie · as Col. Doug Henderson
You'll Never See Me Again
Movie · as Lt. John Stillman
Honor Thy Father
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Police Story
TV · 1 ep
Toma
TV · 1 ep
The Magician
TV · as Frank Mitchell · 1 ep
Silent Running
Movie · as Neal - Berkshire’ Captain (voice/uncredited)
Ben
Movie · as Cliff Kirtland
The Trouble With People
Movie · as Detective (Story 3)
Drive Hard, Drive Fast
Movie · as Eric Bradley
The Rookies
TV · 1 ep
The Sixth Sense
TV · 1 ep
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
TV · 1 ep
And Then They Forgot God
Movie · as Arthur Thompson
Murder Once Removed
Movie · as Lt. Phil Proctor
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 1 ep
Zoos of the World
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Wild River: The Colorado
Movie · as Narrator
A Clear and Present Danger
Movie · as Jordan Boyle
Night Gallery
TV · as Simms, Simms (segment "The Nature of the Enemy") · 1 ep
McCloud
TV · as Victor Rhigas · 1 ep
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV · as Tom Vernon · 1 ep
The Whole World Is Watching
Movie · as Brian Darrell
Any Second Now
Movie · as Doctor Raul Valdez
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Leo Maslow · 1 ep
Medical Center
TV · as Colson · 1 ep
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
TV · as Brian Darrell · 27 eps
Lancer
TV · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Charles Thorndyke · 1 ep
The Doris Day Show
TV · as Roger Flanders · 1 ep
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Movie · as Albert Wienshank
Mannix
TV · as Lew Wickersham · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Curtis Whitney, Raymond Otis Baker · 2 eps
Captain Nice
TV · 1 ep
The Invaders
TV · as Father Joe · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Dr. Helmut Cherlotov, Captain Miklos Cherno · 1 ep
Shane
TV · as Barney Lucas · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as Fritz Moline, John Anthony Harris, Ken Meade · 1 ep
The Big Valley
TV · as Francisco De Navarre, Martinson · 1 ep
National Geographic Specials
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Run for Your Life
TV · as Ward Cooper · 1 ep
Days of Our Lives
TV · as Harper Deveraux · 514 eps
The Young Lovers
Movie · as Prof. Reese
12 O'Clock High
TV · as Father Roman · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Jesse Stransel, Deputy Harry Banner, Capt. Ralph Lee, Lieutenant Spencer · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Frank Mancini · 1 ep
Espionage
TV · as Ben Ashman · 1 ep
Combat!
TV · as D'Amato, Lt. Douglas · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Pedro Lopez, Corbett, Walker · 1 ep
The Nurses
TV · as Dr. Ted Steffen · 97 eps
Route 66
TV · as Whit Spencer · 1 ep
New York Confidential
TV · 1 ep
The Untouchables
TV · as Vince Dastille · 1 ep
Startime
TV · as Repairman · 1 ep
Naked City
TV · as Detective Dutton, Dr. Rutland · 1 ep
Four Boys and a Gun
Movie · as Policeman killed during robbery (uncredited)
Decoy
TV · as Sergeant · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Amos McKee, Jack Norcross · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Tony · 1 ep
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · 1 ep