Harry Guardino
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 23, 1925
- Died
- July 17, 1995 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 short-lived 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. Born in Brooklyn, 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, and Dirty Harry. 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 (TV series). 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, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Kraft Television Theatre, Playhouse 90, Dr. Kildare, The Lloyd Bridges Show, Route 66, Ben Casey, Hawaii Five-O, Love, American Style, The Greatest Show on Earth, Kojak, The Streets of San Francisco, Jake and the Fatman, and Cheers. He had the lead role of Det. Lee Gordon in the 1969 made-for-television suspense film The Lonely Profession. Guardino died at the age of sixty-nine of lung cancer in Palm Springs, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Guardino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Fist of Honor
Movie · as Dino Diamond
Renegade
TV · as Karl Swan · 1 ep
Under Surveillance
Movie · as Ben Hirsch
P.S. I Luv U
TV · 1 ep
The Neon Empire
Movie · as Nick
The Neon Empire
TV · as Nick · 2 eps
Jake and the Fatman
TV · 1 ep
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Phil Mansfield · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Haskell Drake, Danny Cochran, Floyd Novack · 2 eps
Hunter
TV · as Bill Ryan · 1 ep
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
Hotel
TV · 2 eps
Cheers
TV · as Frank Carpaccio · 1 ep
The Sophisticated Gents
TV · as Vice Detective Collins · 3 eps
Any Which Way You Can
Movie · as James Beekman
Pleasure Cove
Movie · as Bert Harrison
Goldengirl
Movie · as Valenti
Police Story: No Margin for Error
Movie
Matilda
Movie · as Uncle Nono
Every Which Way but Loose
Movie · as James Beekman (uncredited)
Vega$
TV · 1 ep
Fantasy Island
TV · as NYPD Detective Captain John Burke · 1 ep
Evening in Byzantium
TV · as Jerry Olson · 2 eps
Rollercoaster
Movie · as Keefer
Contract on Cherry Street
Movie · as Ron Polito
The Enforcer
Movie · as Lt. Al Bressler
St. Ives
Movie · as Det. Frank Deal
Street Killing
Movie · as Al Lanier
Having Babies
Movie · as Ralph Bancini
Good Heavens
TV · 1 ep
Capone
Movie · as Johnny Torrio
Whiffs
Movie · as Chops Mulligan
Wonder Woman
TV · as Simon Penrose · 1 ep
Indict and Convict
Movie · as Mel Thomas
Get Christie Love!
Movie · as Capt. Casey Reardon
The Manhunter
TV · 1 ep
Moving Target
Movie · as Frank Hollister
Partners in Crime
Movie · as Walt Connors
Kojak
TV · as Det. Benny Fiore · 1 ep
The Evil Touch
TV · 2 eps
Police Story
TV · 3 eps
The New Perry Mason
TV · as Hamilton Burger · 16 eps
They Only Kill Their Masters
Movie · as Capt. Daniel Streeter
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · 1 ep
Dirty Harry
Movie · as Bressler
The Last Child
Movie · as Howard Drumm
Dirty Harry's Way
Movie · as Self
Red Sky at Morning
Movie · as Romeo Bonino
Monty Nash
TV · as Monty Nash · 14 eps
Lovers and Other Strangers
Movie · as Johnny
Night Gallery
TV · 1 ep
McCloud
TV · 1 ep
The Lonely Profession
Movie · as Leo Gordon
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Sgt. Simms, Mike Martin, Commander Wallace, Johnny Mio · 1 ep
Medical Center
TV · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Harry Watkins · 1 ep
Madigan
Movie · as Det. Rocco Bonaro
Jigsaw
Movie · as Arthur Belding
The Hell with Heroes
Movie · as Lee Harris
The Name of the Game
TV · as Raul Oliva · 1 ep
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Movie · as Sam Trimble
Valley of Mystery
Movie · as Danny O'Neill
The Treasure of San Gennaro
Movie · as Jack
The F.B.I.
TV · as Al Eubanks · 1 ep
Run for Your Life
TV · as Enzo · 2 eps
Rhino!
Movie · as Alec Burnett
Reporter
TV · 11 eps
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Rick · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Major Roger Brothers / Dr. James Hamilton · 1 ep
Hell Is for Heroes
Movie · as Sgt. Jim Larkin
The Pigeon That Took Rome
Movie · as Sgt. Joseph Contini
The Virginian
TV · as Sam Willock · 1 ep
King of Kings
Movie · as Barabbas
Cain's Hundred
TV · as John Maychin · 1 ep
Target: The Corruptors!
TV · 1 ep
Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Gerald Hastings · 1 ep
Five Branded Women
Movie · as Branco
Route 66
TV · 1 ep
Pork Chop Hill
Movie · as PFC. Forstman
The Five Pennies
Movie · as Tony Valani
The Killers of Mussolini
Movie · as Captain Neri
Johnny Staccato
TV · 1 ep
Houseboat
Movie · as Angelo Donatello
Naked City
TV · as Johnny Mills, Benvenuto Giovanni · 1 ep
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
The Troublemakers
Movie · as Ralph Como
Suspicion
TV · as Larry Gennaro · 1 ep
Hold Back Tomorrow
Movie · as Detective
The Big Tip Off
Movie · as Hood #2
The Millionaire
TV · as Roy Delbridge · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Gerry Daniels · 1 ep
I Led Three Lives
TV · 1 ep
Flesh and Fury
Movie · as Lou Callan
Son of Ali Baba
Movie · as Hamid (uncredited)
Dangerous Assignment
TV · 2 eps
Sirocco
Movie · as Lt. Collet (uncredited)
Purple Heart Diary
Movie · as Lt. Roberts
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Bill Hungerford · 1 ep
Studio One
TV · as Carmen Fiore · 1 ep