Michael McGuire (actor)

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Michael McGuire
Born1934 (age 88–89)
Occupation(s)Film, television and theatre actor (retired)
Years active1968–2008

Michael McGuire (born 1934) [1] is an American retired film, television, [2] and theatre actor. [3]

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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

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  5. ↑ "The Theater: Chayefsky's 'Passion of Josef D.'; Author Directs Drama at the Barrymore; Stalin Is Portrayed by Peter Falk". The New York Times . February 12, 1964. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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