Michael McGuire (actor)

McGuire was born in 1934.[1] He began his career in 1964, appearing in the Broadway play The Passion of Josef D.[4][1]

He also appeared in other Broadway plays, including Child's Play,[1] Hey Fever,[1][5] and That Championship Season,[6] for which he won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance, shared with Charles Durning, Walter McGinn, Richard Dysart and Paul Sorvino, in 1972.[7][8] He also received an Outer Critics Circle Award for the same performance.[9]

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.[10][11] He also appeared as Professor Sumner Sloan in three episodes of Cheers, including the pilot episode.[12][13][14] He also starred in the short-lived comedy series Empire.[15]

McGuire's film credits include Coming Apart, They Might Be Giants, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, Blade,[11] Larry,[16] Report to the Commissioner,[10] Hard Times,[11] The Hunted Lady,[11] The Great Wallendas,[11] Home to Stay,[17] Like Normal People,[10] Sanctuary of Fear,[10] The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd,[10] Blinded by the Light,[10] Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again,[10] Bird,[11] The Karen Carpenter Story,[10] and A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation.[11]

McGuire retired in 2008, last appearing in the Broadway play August: Osage County,[1] as the patriarch Beverly Weston.[9][18][19]

• Coming Apart (1969)[10]
• Where's Poppa? (1970)[10]
• They Might Be Giants (1971)[10]
• Blade (1973)[11]
• Larry (1974)[10][16]
• The Gun (1974)[11]
• Report to the Commissioner (1975)[10]
• Hard Times (1975)[11]
• The Keegans (1975)[11]
• The Hunted Lady (1977)[11]
• The Great Wallendas (1978)[10]
• Home to Stay (1978)[10][17]
• Like Normal People (1979)[10]
• Sanctuary of Fear (1979)[10]
• The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)[10]
• The Long Days of Summer (1980)[11]
• Blinded by the Light (1980)[11]
• The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)[10]
• Partners (1982)[11]
• Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)[11]
• Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988)[10]
• Bird (1988)[11]
• The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)[11]
• A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation (1989)[10]

• Michael McGuire at IMDb
• Michael McGuire at the TCM Movie Database
• Michael McGuire at AllMovie
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