Michael McGuire (born 1934)[1] is an American retired film, television,[2] and theatre actor.[3]
Michael McGuire | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1934 (age 89–90) |
| Occupation(s) | Film, television and theatre actor (retired) |
| Years active | 1968–2008 |
Life and career
McGuire was born in 1934.[1] A Wisconsin native, he attended Beloit College.[4] He began his acting career in 1964, appearing in the Broadway play The Passion of Josef D.[5] He appeared in such other Broadway plays as Child's Play,[1] Hey Fever,[1][6] and That Championship Season,[7] for which he won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance, shared with Charles Durning, Walter McGinn, Richard Dysart and Paul Sorvino, in 1972.[8][9] He also received an Outer Critics Circle Award for the same performance.[10]
McGuire began his screen career in 1968, playing Dr. Bryan Angell in the television soap opera One Life to Live. From the 1970s to the 2000s McGuire guest-starred in television programs including Hawaii Five-O, The Six Million Dollar Man, Columbo, Mannix, Kojak, Wonder Woman, The Streets of San Francisco, The Rockford Files, Taxi, The Long Days of Summer, Family Ties, All in the Family, M*A*S*H, The Golden Girls, Knots Landing, Dark Shadows, Newhart, Remington Steele, Highway to Heaven and The West Wing.[11][12] He also appeared as Professor Sumner Sloan in three episodes of Cheers, including the pilot episode.[13][14][15] He also starred in the short-lived comedy series Empire.[16]
McGuire's film credits include Coming Apart, They Might Be Giants, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, Blade,[12] Larry,[17] Report to the Commissioner,[11] Hard Times,[12] The Hunted Lady,[12] The Great Wallendas,[12] Home to Stay,[18] Like Normal People,[11] Sanctuary of Fear,[11] The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd,[11] Blinded by the Light,[11] Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again,[11] Bird,[12] The Karen Carpenter Story,[11] and A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation.[12]
McGuire retired in 2008, last appearing in the Broadway play August: Osage County,[1] as the patriarch Beverly Weston.[10][19][20]
Partial filmography
- Coming Apart (1969)[11]
- Where's Poppa? (1970)[11]
- They Might Be Giants (1971)[11]
- Blade (1973)[12]
- Larry (1974)[11][17]
- The Gun (1974)[12]
- Report to the Commissioner (1975)[11]
- Hard Times (1975)[12]
- The Keegans (1975)[12]
- The Hunted Lady (1977)[12]
- The Great Wallendas (1978)[11]
- Home to Stay (1978)[11][18]
- Like Normal People (1979)[11]
- Sanctuary of Fear (1979)[11]
- The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)[11]
- The Long Days of Summer (1980)[12]
- Blinded by the Light (1980)[12]
- The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)[11]
- Partners (1982)[12]
- Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)[12]
- Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988)[11]
- Bird (1988)[12]
- The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)[12]
- A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation (1989)[11]
- The Golden Girls (1989), episodes: "Sick and Tired", parts 1 and 2