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Harry Guardino

Harry Guardino

Actor · 1925 – 1995 · New York City, New York, USA

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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  • Movie7.5

    Dirty Harry

    1971 · 2.8K votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Enforcer

    1976 · 1K votes

  • Movie6.1

    Every Which Way but Loose

    1978 · 531 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Any Which Way You Can

    1980 · 387 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Houseboat

    1958 · 202 votes

  • Movie6.6
  • Movie5.9

    Capone

    1975 · 110 votes

  • Movie7.1

    King of Kings

    1961 · 245 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Son of Ali Baba

    1952 · 15 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Hell Is for Heroes

    1962 · 140 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Madigan

    1968 · 91 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Sirocco

    1951 · 50 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Night of 100 Stars

    1982 · 5 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Rollercoaster

    1977 · 161 votes

  • Movie5.1
  • Movie5.8

    St. Ives

    1976 · 61 votes

  • Movie7.4

    Operazione San Gennaro

    The Treasure of San Gennaro

    1966 · 194 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Pork Chop Hill

    1959 · 79 votes

  • Movie5.1
  • Movie6.8

    The Five Pennies

    1959 · 30 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Hell with Heroes

    1968 · 6 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Flesh and Fury

    1952 · 10 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Big Tip Off

    1955 · 3 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Five Branded Women

    1960 · 21 votes

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  • TV7.5

    Murder, She Wrote

    1984 · 471 votes

  • TV7.6

    Cheers

    1982 · 715 votes

  • TV6.2

    Love, American Style

    1969 · 21 votes

  • TV5.7

    Dr. Kildare

    1961 · 19 votes

  • TV7.2

    Hawaii Five-O

    1969 · 164 votes

  • TV5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Virginian

    1962 · 35 votes

  • TV5.6

    The F.B.I.

    1965 · 25 votes

  • TV6.8

    Hotel

    1982 · 26 votes

  • TV5.9
  • TV7.1

    Hunter

    1984 · 102 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Name of the Game

    1968 · 13 votes

  • TV7.2
  • TV5.7

    Naked City

    1958 · 13 votes

  • TV5.9

    Ben Casey

    1961 · 15 votes

  • TV6.7

    Renegade

    1992 · 152 votes

  • TV6.7

    Route 66

    1960 · 20 votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 266 votes

  • TV7.1

    Run for Your Life

    1965 · 7 votes

  • TV6.5

    Fantasy Island

    1978 · 130 votes

  • TV6.4

    Medical Center

    1969 · 14 votes

  • TV6.2

    Jake and the Fatman

    1987 · 55 votes

  • TV7.3

    Kojak

    1973 · 154 votes

  • TV7.8

    Night Gallery

    1970 · 112 votes