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Harry Guardino

Harry Guardino

Birthday: 1925-12-23 | Place of Birth: 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1993
Fist of Honor

as    Dino Diamond

1980
Any Which Way You Can

as    James Beekman

1979
Goldengirl

as    Valenti

1978
Matilda

as    Uncle Nono

1977
Contract on Cherry Street

as    Ron Polito

1976
St. Ives

as    Det. Frank Deal

1976
The Enforcer

as    Lt. Al Bressler

1975
Whiffs

as    Chops Mulligan

1975
Capone

as    Johnny Torrio

1971
Dirty Harry

as    Bressler

1971
The Last Child

as    Howard Drumm

1971
Monty Nash

as    Monty Nash

1971
Red Sky at Morning

as    Romeo Bonino

1970
Lovers and Other Strangers

as    Johnny

1968
Jigsaw

as    Arthur Belding

1968
Madigan

as    Det. Rocco Bonaro

1967
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

as    Sam Trimble

1964
Rhino!

as    Alec Burnett

1962
The Pigeon That Took Rome

as    Sgt. Joseph Contini

1962
Hell Is for Heroes

as    Sgt. Larkin

1961
King of Kings

as    Barabbas

1960
Five Branded Women

as    Branco

1959
Pork Chop Hill

as    PFC. Forstman

1959
The Five Pennies

as    Tony Valani

1958
Houseboat

as    Angelo Donatello