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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 23, 1925
Died
July 17, 1995
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Harold Vincent "Harry" Guardino
- Harold Vincent Guardino
Harry Guardino
1.2 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
4.8
Dino Diamond
Fist of Honor
1993
6.7
Karl Swan
Renegade
1992
5.8
P.S. I Luv U
1991
0.0
Ben Hirsch
Under Surveillance
1991
5.5
Nick
The Neon Empire
1989
0.0
Nick
The Neon Empire
1989
6.2
Jake and the Fatman
1987
7.2
Phil Mansfield
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
7.5
Haskell Drake
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.5
Danny Cochran
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Credits
Fist of Honor
as Dino Diamond
1993
4.8
Renegade
as Karl Swan
1992
6.7
P.S. I Luv U
1991
5.8
Under Surveillance
as Ben Hirsch
1991
0.0
The Neon Empire
as Nick
1989
5.5
The Neon Empire
as Nick
1989
0.0
Jake and the Fatman
1987
6.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Phil Mansfield
1985
7.2
Murder, She Wrote
as Haskell Drake
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Danny Cochran
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Floyd Novack
1984
7.5
Hunter
as Bill Ryan
1984
7.1
Cheers
as Frank Carpaccio
1982
7.6
Hotel
1982
6.8
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
The Sophisticated Gents
as Vice Detective Collins
1981
7.0
Any Which Way You Can
as James Beekman
1980
5.7
Goldengirl
as Valenti
1979
4.8
Pleasure Cove
as Bert Harrison
1979
0.0
Every Which Way but Loose
as James Beekman (uncredited)
1978
6.1
Vega$
1978
7.0
Evening in Byzantium
as Jerry Olson
1978
0.0
Matilda
as Uncle Nono
1978
5.2
Police Story: No Margin for Error
1978
0.0
Fantasy Island
as NYPD Detective Captain John Burke
1978
6.4
Contract on Cherry Street
as Ron Polito
1977
6.3
Rollercoaster
as Keefer
1977
6.0
The Enforcer
as Lt. Al Bressler
1976
6.7
Having Babies
as Ralph Bancini
1976
6.0
Street Killing
as Al Lanier
1976
0.0
Good Heavens
1976
5.5
St. Ives
as Det. Frank Deal
1976
5.6
Wonder Woman
as Simon Penrose
1975
7.0
Whiffs
as Chops Mulligan
1975
7.1
Capone
as Johnny Torrio
1975
5.8
The Manhunter
1974
5.0
Get Christie Love!
as Capt. Casey Reardon
1974
5.0
Indict and Convict
as Mel Thomas
1974
0.0
Kojak
as Det. Benny Fiore
1973
7.0
The New Perry Mason
as Hamilton Burger
1973
7.4
The Evil Touch
1973
5.5
Moving Target
1973
0.0
Partners in Crime
as Walt Connors
1973
2.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
They Only Kill Their Masters
as Capt. Daniel Streeter
1972
4.9
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
Dirty Harry
as Bressler
1971
7.4
🎬
Dirty Harry's Way
as Self
1971
0.0
The Last Child
as Howard Drumm
1971
7.0
🎬
Monty Nash
as Monty Nash
1971
5.5
Red Sky at Morning
as Romeo Bonino
1971
6.7
Night Gallery
1970
7.8
Lovers and Other Strangers
as Johnny
1970
4.9
McCloud
1970
7.1
The Lonely Profession
as Leo Gordon
1969
0.0
Love, American Style
as Harry Watkins
1969
6.1
Medical Center
1969
6.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Sgt. Simms
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Mike Martin
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Commander Wallace
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Johnny Mio
1968
7.1
The Name of the Game
as Raul Oliva
1968
6.8
The Hell with Heroes
as Lee Harris
1968
5.2
Jigsaw
as Arthur Belding
1968
6.0
Madigan
as Det. Rocco Bonaro
1968
6.1
Valley of Mystery
as Danny O'Neill
1967
5.0
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
as Sam Trimble
1967
6.6
The Treasure of San Gennaro
as Jack
1966
7.4
The F.B.I.
as Al Eubanks
1965
5.4
Run for Your Life
as Enzo
1965
7.2
🎬
Reporter
1964
5.0
Rhino!
as Alec Burnett
1964
4.5
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Rick
1963
5.7
🎬
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
5.0
The Outer Limits
as Major Roger Brothers / Dr. James Hamilton
1963
7.8
The Virginian
as Sam Willock
1962
6.4
Hell Is for Heroes
as Sgt. Jim Larkin
1962
6.5
The Pigeon That Took Rome
as Sgt. Joseph Contini
1962
5.3
King of Kings
as Barabbas
1961
7.2
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
3.5
Dr. Kildare
as Gerald Hastings
1961
5.5
Cain's Hundred
as John Maychin
1961
4.7
Route 66
1960
6.3
Five Branded Women
as Branco
1960
6.0
Johnny Staccato
1959
5.0
The Five Pennies
as Tony Valani
1959
6.8
The Killers of Mussolini
as Captain Neri
1959
0.0
Pork Chop Hill
as PFC. Forstman
1959
6.6
Houseboat
as Angelo Donatello
1958
6.4
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
Naked City
as Johnny Mills
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Benvenuto Giovanni
1958
5.5
Suspicion
as Larry Gennaro
1957
5.9
Hold Back Tomorrow
as Detective
1955
6.3
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Gerry Daniels
1955
7.8
The Big Tip Off
as Hood #2
1955
5.5
The Millionaire
as Roy Delbridge
1955
5.0
I Led Three Lives
1953
0.0
Son of Ali Baba
as Hamid (uncredited)
1952
5.4
Flesh and Fury
as Lou Callan
1952
6.1
Dangerous Assignment
1952
3.5
Purple Heart Diary
as Lt. Roberts
1951
0.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Bill Hungerford
1951
7.2
Sirocco
as Lt. Collet (uncredited)
1951
5.9
Studio One
as Carmen Fiore
1948
5.0