Harry Guardino

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1925-12-23

Died: 1995-07-17

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Sirocco	Lt. Collet (uncredited)	58
2	1951	Purple Heart Diary	Lt. Roberts	0
3	1952	Flesh and Fury	Lou Callan	61
4	1955	The Big Tip Off	Hood #2	55
5	1955	Hold Back Tomorrow	Detective	63
6	1958	Houseboat	Angelo Donatello	64
7	1959	Pork Chop Hill	PFC. Forstman	65
8	1959	The Killers of Mussolini	Captain Neri	0
9	1959	The Five Pennies	Tony Valani	67
10	1960	Five Branded Women	Branco	60
11	1961	King of Kings	Barabbas	71
12	1962	The Pigeon That Took Rome	Sgt. Joseph Contini	53
13	1962	Hell Is for Heroes	Sgt. Jim Larkin	65
14	1964	Rhino!	Alec Burnett	43
15	1966	The Treasure of San Gennaro	Jack	74
16	1967	The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin	Sam Trimble	65
17	1967	Valley of Mystery	Danny O'Neill	50
18	1968	Madigan	Det. Rocco Bonaro	62
19	1968	Jigsaw	Arthur Belding	60
20	1968	The Hell with Heroes	Lee Harris	52
21	1969	The Lonely Profession	Leo Gordon	0
22	1970	Lovers and Other Strangers	Johnny	51
23	1971	Red Sky at Morning	Romeo Bonino	67
24	1971	The Last Child	Howard Drumm	70
25	1971	Dirty Harry	Bressler	74
26	1971	Dirty Harry's Way	Self	0
27	1972	They Only Kill Their Masters	Capt. Daniel Streeter	53
28	1973	Partners in Crime	Walt Connors	20
29	1973	Moving Target		0
30	1974	Indict and Convict	Mel Thomas	0
31	1974	Get Christie Love!	Capt. Casey Reardon	53
32	1975	Capone	Johnny Torrio	59
33	1975	Whiffs	Chops Mulligan	71
34	1976	St. Ives	Det. Frank Deal	57
35	1976	Street Killing	Al Lanier	0
36	1976	Having Babies	Ralph Bancini	60
37	1976	The Enforcer	Lt. Al Bressler	67
38	1977	Rollercoaster	Keefer	60
39	1977	Contract on Cherry Street	Ron Polito	63
40	1978	Police Story: No Margin for Error		0
41	1978	Matilda	Uncle Nono	52
42	1978	Evening in Byzantium	Jerry Olson	0
43	1978	Every Which Way but Loose	James Beekman (uncredited)	61
44	1979	Pleasure Cove	Bert Harrison	0
45	1979	Goldengirl	Valenti	48
46	1980	Any Which Way You Can	James Beekman	58
47	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	67
48	1989	The Neon Empire	Nick	10
49	1991	Under Surveillance	Ben Hirsch	0
50	1993	Fist of Honor	Dino Diamond	53

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Studio One	Carmen Fiore	50
2	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Bill Hungerford	73
3	1952	Dangerous Assignment		35
4	1953	I Led Three Lives		0
5	1955	The Millionaire	Roy Delbridge	50
6	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Gerry Daniels	77
7	1957	Suspicion	Larry Gennaro	59
8	1958	Naked City	Johnny Mills	55
9	1958	Naked City	Benvenuto Giovanni	55
10	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		58
11	1959	Johnny Staccato		56
12	1960	Route 66		63
13	1961	Cain's Hundred	John Maychin	47
14	1961	Dr. Kildare	Gerald Hastings	55
15	1961	Target: The Corruptors!		35
16	1961	Ben Casey		56
17	1962	The Virginian	Sam Willock	65
18	1963	The Outer Limits	Major Roger Brothers / Dr. James Hamilton	78
19	1963	The Greatest Show on Earth		50
20	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Rick	57
21	1964	Reporter		50
22	1965	Run for Your Life	Enzo	72
23	1965	The F.B.I.	Al Eubanks	55
24	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Sgt. Simms	71
25	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Mike Martin	71
26	1968	The Name of the Game	Raul Oliva	68
27	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Commander Wallace	71
28	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Johnny Mio	71
29	1969	Medical Center		61
30	1969	Love, American Style	Harry Watkins	61
31	1970	McCloud		71
32	1970	Night Gallery		78
33	1971	Monty Nash	Monty Nash	55
34	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		69
35	1973	Police Story		69
36	1973	The Evil Touch		55
37	1973	The New Perry Mason	Hamilton Burger	74
38	1973	Kojak	Det. Benny Fiore	70
39	1974	The Manhunter		50
40	1975	Wonder Woman	Simon Penrose	70
41	1976	Good Heavens		55
42	1978	Fantasy Island	NYPD Detective Captain John Burke	64
43	1978	Vega$		70
44	1981	The Sophisticated Gents	Vice Detective Collins	70
45	1982	Hotel		68
46	1982	Cheers	Frank Carpaccio	76
47	1984	Hunter	Bill Ryan	72
48	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Haskell Drake	75
49	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Danny Cochran	75
50	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Floyd Novack	75
51	1985	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Phil Mansfield	72
52	1987	Jake and the Fatman		60
53	1989	The Neon Empire	Nick	0
54	1991	P.S. I Luv U		58
55	1992	Renegade	Karl Swan	67

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