Michael Margotta

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Michael Margotta
Born (1946-09-01) September 1, 1946 (age 76)
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Michael Margotta (born September 1, 1946) is an American actor.

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Career

Margotta appeared in the film that was Jack Nicholson's directorial debut, Drive, He Said (1971). In the year of its release, the film caused a stir because of Margotta appearing fully nude in a mental breakdown scene. Censors at the time attempted to give the film an X rating.[ citation needed ]

On television, Margotta appeared in the 1968 I Dream of Jeannie episode "The Guru" as a strung-out hippie named Harold. [1]

Margotta was nominated for an Emmy for his appearance on Kojak in 1976.[ citation needed ] In the same year, he acted in the Canadian thriller film Partners . [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1968 Maryjane Jerry Blackburn
1968 Wild in the Streets Jimmy Fergus
1970 The Strawberry Statement Swatch
1970 Cover Me Babe Steve Winston
1971 Drive, He Said Gabriel
1976 Partners Paul Howard
1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Hallucinated Character
1980 Times Square JoJo
1983 Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? Larry
1986 9½ Weeks Michael
199918 Shades of DustPetey
2013 Third Person Daniel

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1968 The Outcasts MattEpisode: "The Heroes"
1968 Shadow on the Land Timothy WillingTelevision film
1968 I Dream of Jeannie HaroldEpisode: "Jeannie, My Guru"
1969 Judd, for the Defense Paul MillerEpisode: "Between the Dark and the Daylight"
1969–1970 Death Valley Days Various roles3 episodes
1969, 1970 The Mod Squad Fred Dawson / Jerry Kane2 episodes
1972 Hawaii Five-O NikiEpisode: "Death Wish on Tantalus Mountain"
1972 The Streets of San Francisco Thanos KampacalasEpisode: "Bitter Wine"
1972 Young Dr. Kildare MattEpisode: "No More Than a Bad Cold"
1973 She Lives! Al ReedTelevision film
1973 Needles and Pins JeffEpisode: "Do Your Own Thing"
1973 Toma Paul ZieglerEpisode: "The Cain Connection"
1973 Kojak Jack DonnellyEpisode: "Requiem for a Cop"
1974Sorority KillJackieTelevision film
1974 Police Story CatemanEpisode: "Chief"
1974The Last Angry ManFrankie ParelliTelevision film
1975 The Blue Knight Frank ZugarelliEpisode: "Pilot"
1976 Cannon Allen BehrEpisode: "Snapshot"
1976 Serpico JerryEpisode: "Dawn of the Furies"
1977 Starsky & Hutch MillerEpisode: "A Body Worth Guarding"
1978 Sam SuspectEpisode #1.1
1985 Search for Tomorrow Hardy5 episodes
1985 Miami Vice Tony RiversEpisode: "Phil the Shill"
1986 Another World Rolfe2 episodes
1986 The Equalizer Frank CarterEpisode: "Heartstrings"
1987, 1988 Max Headroom Sully3 episodes
1989 Something Is Out There JimmyEpisode: "A Hearse of Another Color"
1995 Law & Order MitchellEpisode: "Rebels"
2017 The Comedians Giampaolo, Acting CoachEpisode #1.3

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References

  1. "Drop Out on Death Valley Days". Internet Movie Database. April 25, 1969. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  2. "Partners: much ado about nothing". The Globe and Mail , October 30, 1976.