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