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